Category: Collectibles
The Silence of the Lambs Minimates Set
From action-figure.com:
Next in our continuing line of Movie Minimates releases comes this Minimates set based on the thrilling 1991 Academy Award-winning Best Picture “The Silence of the Lambs†Prepare to explore the darker side of humanity with this Minimates box set featuring Clarice Starling, the twisted Dr Lecter, Buffalo Bill and the ingenious Hannibal the Cannibal
All four Minimates feature all-new Art Asylum sculpts and accessories, including Hannibals removable straight jacket, Buffalo Bills signature Deaths Head Moth and Hannibal the Cannibals trademark mask and gurney
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Jurassic Park coming to Sideshow Collectibles
Sideshow Collectibles has posted a teaser movie (link below) indicating that they’ll be releasing a line of Jurassic Park-based… somethings… soon. Sideshow generally releases very high-quality merchandise so I’m sure we can expect nothing but the best dinosaur sculpts (and hopefully Ian Malcolm and Dr. Hammond!)
TweetIndiana Jones LEGOs
Indiana Jones LEGOs are now available directly from LEGO’s web site. The sets are based on scenes from the classic Indy films, including the snake-filled tomb from Raiders of the Lost Ark, the motorcycle chase from Last Crusade, and more. These are the ultimate LEGO sets for any Indy fan.
TweetMagna Carta sells in New York for $21.3 million
From pr-inside.com:
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A 710-year-old copy of the declaration of human rights known as the Magna Carta, the version that became part of English law, was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million ¤14.78 million, a Sothebys spokeswoman said.
The document, which had been expected to draw bids of $30 million ¤20.81 million or higher, was bought by David Rubenstein, of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, the spokeswoman said.
Sothebys vice chairman David Redden called the ancient but durable parchment «the most important document in the world, the birth certificate of freedom.
The document was owned by the Perot Foundation since the early 1980s. It had been on exhibit at the auction house for the past 11 days.
Bearing the seal of King Edward I and dated 1297, it is one of 17 known copies of the historic tract that defined human rights as the foundation for liberty and democracy as it is known today. It is one of two that exist outside Britain; the other is in Australia.
In the 1980s, it was sold by a British family for $1.5 million ¤1.04 million to the Perot Foundation, created by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, and from 1988 until earlier this year it was on loan to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., sharing space with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, two documents that drew on its principles.
«Over those years,» Redden said, «it may have been seen by 40 to 50 million people, certainly the most viewed version of the Magna Carta anywhere.
