Bonhams auction - 15th December 2011

Doesn’t time fly!
It doesn’t seem that long since the last Bonhams auction, and the next in December is soon upon us.

The online catalogue has been posted and there 23 Doctor Who items, most of which are from the Tennant era.

Bonhams sale 19073
(15th December 2011)
Entertainment Memorabilia

As usual I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:

Lots 154
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 154a
Seventh Doctor (1987-1989)

Lots 157 - 184
Tenth Doctor (2005-2010)

Lots 185 − 191
Eleventh Doctor (2010-2013)

Here are just the lots relating to the Ninth Doctors

Lot 155
Doctor Who - The Empty Child, 2005
Richard Wilson as Doctor Constantine: A complete costume, comprising; a white cotton lab coat, with grey/ white coloured buttons to front, a brown tweed three-piece suit, labelled inside Richard Hope, Oct 2001, a pair of oxblood coloured leather brogues, a cream coloured cotton shirt, together with a tie (not visible on screen) (8)

Estimate: £400 − 500
Sold for £813



Lot 156
Doctor Who - End of the World, 2005
An Adherent of the Repeated Meme costume, comprising: a cloak, full length tunic and over hood, all of woven cotton mix fabric, the tunic inscribed inside A2, the hood labelled inside ‘Atelier Caraco-Canezou, Paris’ (3)

Estimate: £250 − 300
Sold for £750
Footnote:
The Adherents of the Repeated Meme are used by Cassandra O’Brien during the episode.

Bonhams auction - 23rd June 2010

When I was at the last Bonhams auction, one of the auctioneers made mention of a further sale in June, where Doctor Who items would be available.

I think I was expecting another full-on sale of ex-BBC items, but what it appears to be is a general Memorabilia sale, with a hand full of Who related lots.

There are seventeen items in total, and you need to real carefully what they are. The repeated use of the phrase “built for exhibition purposes” is a bit disappointing.

I’ll go to the viewing, but I can’t see myself bidding on anything.

Bonhams sale 17973
(23rd June 2010)
Entertainment Memorabilia

As usual I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:

Lots 126
1st Doctor (1963-1966)

Lots 128 - 129
2nd Doctor (1966-1969)

Lots 133. 136
3rd Doctor (1970-1974)

Lots 130, 134 - 135
4th Doctor (1975-1981)

Lots 131, 140 - 142
5th Doctor (1982-1984)

Lots 132 - 133
6th Doctor(1984-1986)

Lot 137
7th Doctor (1987-1989)

Here are just the lots relating to the Ninth Doctor era

Lot No: 142
A complete Tardis prop, circa 2005
of painted rasped wood panel and glass construction, the base having painted parquet effect floor, panels fastening using bracket and bolt, having a pair of hinged doors, on with Yale® lock, with windows to doors and signage to front, top section of Tardis with removable 'Police Box' signs, interior of Tardis roof with a number of miniature lights, and further interior lighting, the roof with removable lamp to top, height approximately 10ft

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,800

Footnote:
This lot was purchased directly from the BBC after completion of filming on this series.

Bonhams costume sale - 24th February 2010

In a few of weeks time there is another costume sale at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, this time selling off a vast number of items which have featured in the various exhibitions that have been held around the country.

Since I covered the previous auctions at Bonhams on the 16th June 2009 and 16th December 2009, I felt I should do the same for this, but because there are SO many items on offer, I have split them up by Doctor.

Bonhams costume sale - 16th June 2009

This coming week there is an auction at Bonhams in Knightsbridge of Film and Entertainment memorabilia.

Amongst the James Bond and Beatles items (and Christopher Lee’s original cape from his first Dracula film) are a number of original Doctor Who costumes, some dating right back to the very first season in 1964.

Also on sale are three Doctor costumes; one from Jon Pertwee’s last series; Jon Pertwee’s jacket when he appeared in the Children In Need special, Dimensions In Time; and a near complete Colin Baker outfit (sadly missing the coat).

This is an opportunity I can’t miss, if not to bid, but to at least go along to the viewing and take a closer look, and maybe some decent photos.

Ironically I have just done a replica (to a slightly different pattern) of the Six trousers, so now I will get the chance to check out my work against the real thing close-up. I will take a swatch of the fabric I used and compare it.

The viewing is Sunday 14th and Monday 15th June, so I will go on Monday and take some more detailed pictures, particularly of the Doctor costumes.

In the meantime, below is a full list of the items on offer, taken from the online catalogue so they can be seen all together and long after the listing on Bonhams will have been removed.

Bonhams sale 16808 (16th June 2009) Entertainment Memorabilia including items from the Angels Collection of Television & Film Costumes

I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:

Lots 1 to 4
First Doctor (1963-1966)

Lot 5
Third Doctor (1970-1974)

Lots 6 to 13 & 464
Fourth Doctor (1975-1981)

Lots 14 & 15
Fifth Doctor (1981-1984)

Lots 16, 462 & 465
Sixth Doctor (1981-1984)

Lots 17 to 18
Seventh Doctor (1987-1989)

Here are just the lots relating to the Ninth Doctor era

Lot 19
Simon Day as Steward from Dr. Who: The End Of The World, featuring Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor, first broadcast April 2005.
A full length tunic, trousers and jacket, all of brown and black patterned brocade, jacket with black velvet collar and cuffs, trousers with elasticated braces and inscribed inside “Double”.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Sold for £600

New blog

I am probably gonna say straight off that this will be a fairly sparsely filled blog!

I claim no expertise in the wardrobe for this Doctor, but I thought it worth sharing my own experiences in collating a costume.

Essentially I only have one project that is relevant, and it’s not the most exciting, but I did think it well worth showing what I did as I go along.

The Ninth Doctor’s era was short, but memorable. I think by the time we all got around to thinking about wearing a new series Doctor Who costume, the more striking and headline catching David Tennant was on the scene and all thoughts of Christopher Ecceston’s incarnation had already been forgotten.

This was a shame really, as his costume was one of the more accessible and quickly re-creatable of all the Doctors to date.

I’m going to take a look at some of the replica Nine jackets available, with just my opinion as an observer rather than a proactive owner.
That said, I will aim to make this a resource for as many things Nine as possible.

Happy reading!