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June 5, 2011 By 4 Comments

Hollywood Treasure — Robbie the Robot and the Wizard of Oz

hollywood treasure - james and the giant peach puppet

It was a long wait, but Hollywood Treasure finally returned to the airwaves, and it looked like they took a page from Mike and Frank over on American Pickers. This episode has Joe picking through a shed with dead animals on the floor and a leaky roof above. The shed belongs to Lauren, an artist who worked on a bunch of films. Joe finds some cool masks from Alien Mine and a huge stack of animation cels, but the leaking roof ruined the cels over time.

Joe opens a box and finds a ladybug puppet from James and the Giant Peach. Lauren thinks it might be worth $500, but Joe thinks it is more like $6-8,000. He digs a little more and some more puppets and props from James and the Giant Peach and A Nightmare Before Christmas.

These are the kinds of story I like to see — ones where amazing items sit undiscovered, just waiting to be unearthed.

Barry Bregman, the grandson of the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz comes to town and he has a copy of L. Frank Baum’s classic book, signed by all the original cast members. The book itself wouldn’t be worth too much, but because of the provenance and autographs, Joe thinks it could sell for up to $60,000.

hollywood treasure - robbie the robot

Joe pays a visit to Bill Malone, a film director, who owns some pretty amazing pieces of Hollywood memorabilia, including the grand daddy of them all — he owns the original Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet. This thing is amazing. It has ben restored to be fully functional with blinking and rotating lights. Unfortunately for Joe, Robbie is not for sale, but he does eventually get a ray gun from Forbidden Planet to sell at auction.

hollywood treasure - Forbidden Planet ray gun

Auction day: The Forbidden Planet blaster sells for $35,000, and the Wizard of Oz book goes for $40,000. Lauren’s puppets and props sell for a combined total of $62,500. Now she can buy a new shed!

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  1. IAreGeek says

    June 6, 2011 at 9:17 am

    “Now she can buy a new shed!” LOL!

    I love this show! I knew I would but now it’s officially my “show”.

    I can’t believe Lauren had all of that stuff in her shed and didn’t realize that maybe, just maybe, someone somewhere would want to buy them. She can’t be that oblivious. Well, I guess she could be.

    I thought Joe’s face the whole time he’s looking at Robbie the Robot was hilarious. I wonder if there was any “hey, here’s my card. If you EVER want to sell, call me.” once the cameras turned off. I know I would.

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    • Brian says

      June 6, 2011 at 9:21 am

      One of the great things about Joe is that he is a big collector himself. He truly loves his job and it is obvious when you watch him in scenes like the one you mentioned.

      Reply
  2. Newt says

    June 9, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    I love me some Robbie the Robot.

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  3. tom says

    July 9, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    will the american treasure tv show ever come out on dvd

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