The Nerdiest Collection of Iconic Hollywood Props Just Went on Sale (For $5 Million)

A massive collection of props, sets, costumes, and memorabilia from your favorite science fiction franchises can now be yours, provided you have $5 million to spend. SellerForce posted a new listing for an extensive collection from Sci-Fi World, which is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of Hollywood Science Fiction movies created by the Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation. The museum organizers are not planning on renewing their lease, so are looking to sell a huge lot of items pulled from franchises like Star Trek, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Lord of the Rings, Robocop, and more, and the current asking price for all of it is currently $4,900,000.

According to the listing, the museum contained more than $7 million in memorabilia, though that’s not all the buyer will get with the purchase. The asset sale will also include six website domains, an email database with over 9,690 followers, and eight social media accounts with a combined 288,766 followers, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Kickstarter accounts.The listing also addresses the possibility of the buyer being an investor who seeks to revive the museum, and everything they would need to make that happen is included in the asset sale.



The other element to note is that this asset sale is only being offered as a complete package, so no individual assets will be sold.Sci-Fi World opened in 2024 and featured a Hall of Heroes and Hall of Robots, though the organization would also launch classes on creating makeup and special effects, film screenings, and lectures, as well as areas that could be rented out for special events.[RELATED: Star Wars Fans Can Now Create Their Own Jedi in Legion’s Big Update]This whole project actually began on a much smaller scale, as it was initially an attempt to preserve the Star Trek Enterprise-D display bridge touring set created by Paramount.

The project drew a great deal of attention from fans and former members of the Star Trek cast, though attempts to find a museum to house the bridge didn’t pan out. That’s when fans got together and created a museum for the bridge and a host of other franchise memorability, resulting in the creation of Sci-Fi World.You can check out the listing right here.

Sci-Fi World hasn’t commented on the upcoming closure, but if that changes we will update this story. You can also find the full listing below.“SellerForce® presents an assets sale from a closing non-profit museum dedicated to the history of Hollywood Science Fiction movies.

The museum is in the process of dissolving and closing its doors, prompting the launch of this valuable asset sale. This museum contains more than $7 million in props, sets, costumes and related memorabilia from such blockbuster film franchises as Star Trek, Star Wars, Robocop, The Terminator, and many others.The asset sale includes additional valuable offerings, including six website domains, an email database with 9,690+ followers, and eight social media platforms with a combined 288,766 followers.

This 501c3 non-profit based in the Los Angeles area was launched in 2012 by fans of TV’s Stark Trek show with the simple goal of restoring the Star Trek Enterprise-D Bridge touring set created by Paramount Studios, with the hope of giving it to a museum. When no museum expressed interest in the set, the Star Trek fans banded together and created their own museum, and it soon expanded to include other popular science fiction franchises, as well as a Horror Museum focused on popular cinematic scare films.The museum also launched an education component that included Daily Makeup Classes demonstrating the process of creating special effects; classes, lectures, film screenings, and games available daily; space available for rentals, live theatre, and music events; and rooms for weddings and private parties.

The museum’s organizers do not plan to renew their lease at their Santa Monica property and are looking to sell a massive list of props, costumes, and memorabilia from well-known science fiction and horror movies.The museum’s assets are likely to grow in value over the years, as movie memorabilia items usually do. The collectibles industry is a massive one, estimated at $462 billion in 2023.

A subset of that, the global TV and movie memorabilia market, is especially vibrant, as enthusiasts and collectors are constantly hunting for rare artifacts from their favorite entertainment properties, seeking out legendary props, costumes, toys, and other items associated with popular films.The actual value of these items has increased significantly in recent years as items are now easy to find on eCommerce sites and through Internet auctions or platforms such as eBay. With the seller’s ability to prove authenticity, these items are in high demand and bring in exceptionally high bids.

These items could also be valuable to other museums. There are scores of movie museums across the globe devoted to entertaining film enthusiasts, and they include The Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY, and The Cinema Museum in London. This museum’s list of assets spans a wide number of movies that were huge box office hits or have developed cult followings, including Lord of the Rings, Planet Of The Apes, The Shining, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and many others.

Collectively, these items are estimated to have a total value in excess of $7 million, while individuals items can sell for anywhere from $500 to $600,000.For an investor who would like to revive the science fiction museum, everything needed to make it a reality is available in this asset sale. That investor would find that the museum’s social media following is another significant asset to a future business or museum related to movie history and memorabilia.

The museum was able to build up a collection of nearly 300,000 followers on its social media pages, which include a Facebook page on the Enterprise Bridge Restoration (which has 97,000+ followers), Instagram (37,000+ followers on both a science fiction and separate horror page), Twitter (79,000+ horror fans and 8,400 sci-fi fans), and Kickstarter (3,671 followers).These social media platforms are an invaluable source of organic traffic and digital marketing for any investor who purchases these assets and then uses them for a new business, whether it’s focused on history or selling movie memorabilia. Asset sales also offer a strong proposition to the buyer.

An asset sale carries less risk for a buyer since, typically, any liabilities associated with the seller, such as outstanding debts and contingent expenses, remain the seller’s sole responsibility.Please note that this asset sale includes all items as a complete package. We are not considering offers for individual assets or piecemeal sales.

Thank you for your understanding. Contact SellerForce today to learn more about this rare investment opportunity. Listing ID: SF463′′Will you be jumping in to own this one-of-a-kind collection? Let us know in the comments, and you can talk all things collectibles and film with me on Bluesky @knightofoa!The post The Nerdiest Collection of Iconic Hollywood Props Just Went on Sale (For $5 Million) appeared first on ComicBook.

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