US EditionGuillermo del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he's letting some of it go
Guillermo del Toro auctions over 100 key horror memorabilia items after wildfires threatened his Santa Monica homes, aiming to ease maintenance and ensure preservation, auction starts Sept. 26.
- On Thursday, online bidding opened for the Sept. 26 sale, the first segment of Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's staged dispersal of hundreds of items from his horror collection.
- After wildfires earlier this year, del Toro rushed back to Santa Monica, salvaging key pieces from his Bleak House collection despite the houses being spared and fear consuming him.
- Auction catalog lists multiple high‑value items, including a 1983 Wrightson drawing with a $200,000 starting bid and works by Richard Corben, Jack Kirby, and H.R. Giger alongside over 40 Hellboy memorabilia pieces, including Ron Perlman's hero jacket.
- The filmmaker said the sale offers del Toro breathing room from arduous Bleak House maintenance and serves as estate planning, providing peace of mind that collectors will protect these artifacts.
- Del Toro has joined Heritage Auctions for a three‑part series, and more lots are slated later in the series, with additional items headed to the block next year.
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Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro to auction off iconic horror memorabilia he nearly lost to LA wildfires
Famed director Guillermo Del Toro will auction off part of his coveted horror memorabilia collection that was almost destroyed by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year.
California, United States.- Many fled when the forest fires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro returned hastily and determined to save his collection from all life of horror items. It is the same loyalty that leads him to make another difficult decision to protect the objects he loves: to let go of some of them. The Mexican filmmaker partnered with Heritage Auctions to conduct a three-part auction, in which he will …
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Horror maestro Guillermo del Toro is something of a legend, and his equally legendary horror memorabilia collection is practically fabled itself. During the tragic Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, the iconic director almost lost many of his prized possessions but was able to salvage his collection — and now, he’s putting tons of those incredible horror collectables up for auction.The beloved Mexican filmmaker has partnered with Heritage …
Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed master of terror and has built a huge collection of memorabilia throughout his decades career. A close encounter with California’s devastating forest fires led him to do what was previously unthinkable: auctioning some of the 5,000 items from his precious collection.
Guillermo Del Toro Sells Some of His Movie Memorabilia And Original Comic Art Through Heritage Auctions
Protecting Movie History Oscar winning director Guillermo Del Toro almost lost his most prized movie items in the wildfires earlier this year but now he has decided to sell some of his incredible collection. AP reported on this this week… Del Toro partnered with Heritage Auctions for a three-part auction to sell a fraction of a collection that is bursting at the seams. Online bidding for the first part on Sept. 26 started Thursday and includes o…
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