Famous Auctions: The SWCA Podcast, Blog Log Pod Episode 5




The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast show

Summary: Fratastic Pete, Skye and Steve discuss many important Vintage Star Wars auctions over the last 20 yearswith Ron Ron Salvatore and Chris Georgoulias. We briefly mention several auctions which we will return to at a later date, but go in depth on the following events: -The 2002 Celebration II Collector Track Auction -The 2007 Celebration IV Charity Auction (and the great Lucasfilm Marketing Dumps) -The 2011 The Boba Fisher Auction somewhere in Pennsylvania -The 2008 Premier Collectible Auction in San Diego, the greatest and most important Vintage Auction there has ever been and ever will be -The 2017 Hakes Auction which could be a harbinger of things to come. Wait, how many 10s of thousands of dollars? Have a listen and learn how the hobby we love has recently become "Auction House Worthy." Plus...plumbing supply warehouse selling vintage??? 05:41 Fratastic Pete Joins the Show and discusses 2007 Lucasfilm Auction 10:59 Chris Georgoulias Joins the Show 14:19 Celebration II Collector Track Auction 17:05 The DiCaprio Auction 20:15 Discussion of Celebration III Lucasfilm Marketing Dump (featuring books and animation cels) and the later 2007 Lucasfilm Marketing Dump 24:50 Celebration IV Charity Auction revisited 26:30 The Plumbing Supply Warehouse that used to sell merchandise directly from the Lucasfilm archives 29:36 BOBa Fisher, the man and the auction 54:21 The 2008 PCA San Diego Auction, The Biggest and Best Vintage Auction of all time 01:24:07 Hakes round One