The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Investigates Cinema Relics... Investigates
The Stuff Dreams Are Made OfShow Notes
David and Ryan welcome friend of the podcast, fellow collector, former guest, and creator and host of Cinema Relics Investigates, Dan Lanigan, back onto The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. This episode reveals what's new in props for both the guys AND for Dan (it's a good one, sci-fi fans), discusses the state of the hobby, and delves into Dan's new web-series (you guessed it) Cinema Relics Investigates! And Dan's newest i-n-v-e-s-t-i-g-a-t-i-o-n is a spicy one revolving around - can you imagine - a fake Marvel prop!
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Matt Truex joins David and Ryan today to provide an inside look at the Warner Bros. Archives, its history, strategy, philosophy, and operation. And Matt is not only an archivist, he's a collector and a fan, so he comes at this topic with a unique blend of passion and gusto. Join the guys as they go all the way from the Maltese Falcon to Matt Reeves' The Batman, covering as much Warner collecting history as they can in between, including all you'd ever want to know about a little DC series called Birds of Prey.
Science fiction royalty joins the podcast in the corporeal form of Rod Roddenberry and Ethan Teller from Roddenberry Entertainment, Rod being the CEO and son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry himself. They regale the guys with tales of sci-fi yore, growing up around Star Trek, founding the archive that bears Rod’s family’s legendary name… and still have time to tell the incredible story of recovering the long-lost (and probably stolen…) original, 3-foot Enterprise model from Star Trek TOS. All that AND the guys at last learn who bought that V*Ger model from Star Trek: The Motion Picture… and used the RYAN10 code.
Your favorite movie props podcast returns for another batch of episodes and a big old dose of class. So break out your brandy snifters because David and Ryan are joined by someone who is not only a fine art expert, but also a lady. Mari-Claudia Jimenez has had a fascinating career hunting down stolen Nazi art, appraising collections, working at Sotheby's, and most recently founding her own business in the fine art world. The guys chat with her about fine art, pop culture, and how everything in collecting these days seems to circle back to movie props--and what that means for the future.
David and Ryan are back (sort of ) to review the August '26 Propstore auction. They discuss the auction results, winners (David) and losers (also David), trends, happenings, whether Mighty Joe Young will sell, and what's ahead for them and the hobby this year. And then the guys tuck in to discuss the fuckery they've noticed recently, with big props being bought for bigger amounts at one place (Propstore) only to be quickly relisted at another place (Heritage), often times for a loss. What is going on? Is Ryan still collecting celibate?
In the podcast's first live broadcast (with an actual live audience), the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of pulls off another coup by welcoming 1980s and 1990s comic art legend, toymaker, and baseball collector, the great Todd McFarlane. As our guest is such a man in demand, he arrived a bit late... but not to worry, David and Ryan improv and vamp in the meantime with a Heritage auction review and plenty of self-inflicted interruptions. But trust us: Todd is worth the wait.