Original tiki used in brando's mutiny on the bounty movie - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 7, 2011 4:45 PM Hmm...it is simple, unpretentious, and aged-looking enough to have been a prop in the movie. Maybe it was, but never came into frame. Problem is, if there is no photo or other documentation that proves its connection, you (or they) cannot "bank" on it. I own a black plaster skull from the original "Terminator" movie, the ones that were crushed and pulverized by machine-tanks in the "vision of the future" sequences. It was given to me by an art department member of the movie over 20 years ago, so I forgot the person's name. It was just a B-movie back then, but since: " In 2008, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" So it would be worth something to movie memorabilia collectors, but without proof of pedigree, it's just a black painted plaster replica of a skull. It's sorta like Tiki stuff in general: You and I know it's cool, but it ain't worth much on Antiques Road Show. :)

Hmm...it is simple, unpretentious, and aged-looking enough to have been a prop in the movie. Maybe it was, but never came into frame. Problem is, if there is no photo or other documentation that proves its connection, you (or they) cannot "bank" on it.

I own a black plaster skull from the original "Terminator" movie, the ones that were crushed and pulverized by machine-tanks in the "vision of the future" sequences. It was given to me by an art department member of the movie over 20 years ago, so I forgot the person's name. It was just a B-movie back then, but since:
" In 2008, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

So it would be worth something to movie memorabilia collectors, but without proof of pedigree, it's just a black painted plaster replica of a skull. It's sorta like Tiki stuff in general: You and I know it's cool, but it ain't worth much on Antiques Road Show. :)

Post #571143 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 7, 2011 4:45 PM