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December 7, 2010 By 4 Comments

Hollywood Treasure – Joe’s Judgment Day Episode Recap and Review

Disclaimer: I am a Planet of the Apes nut, so this show got me pretty giddy.

hollywood treasure planet of the apes lawgiver statue

Ed Gogin is a big time Planet of the Apes collector in Orange County, CA. Joe and Brian visit Gogin, because they hope to convince him to sell his Lawgiver statue. This is a massive prop that Gogin has sitting in his backyard, and it is freaking awesome! Gogin bought the statue at an auction where he actually outbid 20th Century Fox, which was trying to buy it for its archives.

hollywood treasure Planet of the Apes props

Gogin has a closet full of costumes, boots, guns, and billyclubs from the series of movies. Joe estimates the collection to be worth $100,000.00 but it’s not for sale.

If I had a closet filled with those costumes, I would play dress up like a little girl everyday. I’d wear the Soldier Ape costume on the weekends while running errands and save the orangutan leather outfit for church on Sundays. I’d even wear the feet if the weather was right. This was probably the coolest collection I’ve seen so far on Hollywood Treasure. Mr. Gogin, if you ever want to share the POTA love with a fellow fan, I could help you store some of your overflow. Really.

hollywood treasure Forest J. Ackerman book

Forrest J. Ackerman was the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, and a science fiction icon. When he passed in 2008, he left many of his items with his caretaker, Joe Moe. Moe called Joe and Brian to see some of the items that he might consign for an auction. He has some copies of Famous Monsters magazines, a prop head that Ray Harryhausen gave Ackerman, and a series of life masks of horror genre legends.

One of the items Moe agrees to consign is a German magazine from the early 1900’s, called The Orchid Garden, which is the only known full set. He also will sell the original cover art for the King in Yellow, which is the first horror anthology.

hollywood treasure nutty professor wax figure

Brian and Jon visit Bill Boyd who has a wax figure of a Jerry Lewis nutty professor. Jon gives a pretty good impersonation of the professor upon seeing the model. Boyd has the original prop teeth and eyeglasses, having bought them from the movieland wax company when it closed. Unfortunately, Boyd doesn’t want to sell, and the guys have another disappointing strikeout.

hollywood treasure Stargate props

Tracey calls Christopher Judge from the Stargate TV show. We saw Judge in an earlier episode and he has found some other props from the show that his friends were able to hold onto after the series ended. Tracey and Joe meet with Judge and are thrilled with the large number of props he was able to gather.

It’s auction day and Joe is amazed to see the Orchid Gardens book bring in $3,500.00 which is much higher than his estimate of $400-600.00. The cover art for the King in Yellow by Robert Chambers sells for an impressive $7,000

The Stargate items start slow, with some items not even selling. The Teal’c Jaffa helmet is the big ticket item, and sells for $9,000.00. I think if you’re going to buy a prop from Stargate, that snake helmet would be the one to get.

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  1. Ed Gogin says

    December 18, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    Hi Brian,

    Glad you liked the show. I appreciated your kind remarks regarding my Planet of the Apes collection. The Lawgiver statue is the prize in my collection, although I continue to search for other significant items from the movie. Hopefully someday I will acquire my most desired items.

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    • Brian says

      December 18, 2010 at 5:47 pm

      Ed, it is truly an honor to have you visit my site. It’s probably a good thing I live on the east coast, because if I lived in your neck of the woods, you can bet I’d want to be your friend, just so I could play with some of your incredible “toys.” I can’t imagine what your “most desired items” might be, but I hope you get them someday.

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  2. stu says

    June 25, 2011 at 5:01 am

    I am not sure if Ed cogin will read this but as a child I was given the original latex foam mask of one of the planet of the apes characters. I think it is Dr. Zaius. My childhood buddies Bill and Robert Stromberg ( still involved in the movie industry today) and I were taken to visit thier father’s friend who was a makeup artist. Bill was given Roddy Mcdowell’s character, Corneilius and Robert was given General Orca’s mask and me being the friend received the last choice of Dr Zaius. I have kept mine all this time and after talking to my friends just recently ,they could not believe I had kept the mask all these years. Since their masks died many years ago through childhood neglect!!!!!

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    • Ed Gogin says

      August 19, 2011 at 1:02 am

      Hi Stu…send me a pic and I will let you know of my interest in your Dr. Zaius mask !

      Reply

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