Buying Used Film Props
Buying Used Film Props
Today, fans of a particular movie have lots of ways to enjoy the films they are passionate about. They can, of course, buy the film on DVD or Blu-Ray, often purchasing special “collector’s editions”. They can buy the movie poster and hang it on the wall, the soundtrack on CD, and for more famous films, books offering behinds-the-scenes insight can be found, but for collectors, nothing can beat owning an item or prop that was actually used in making the film.
Today, most of the movie memorabilia market is taken up by “replica’s”, copies of on-screen props or film production items such as the shooting script or set design drawings. These are normally officially licensed by the film studio, but made and manufactured by a third-party unconnected with the film. Sometimes the items will be made using moulds, or computer models that were used for the film,
