Posted on 06/25/2017 10:13:50 PM PDT by Swordmaker
923. Camelot Richard Harris King Arthur prop Excalibur sword. (Warner Bros., 1967) In Camelot, the romantic Lerner and Lowe musical telling of King Arthur (Richard Harris) and his beloved Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave), the most important prop must be the Excalibur sword. This 40 in. long sword was made in Spain for production. Consisting of steel blade with an ornate 8.25 x 10.25 in. brass handle, grip and pommel. One side of the blade is engraved with, Whoso Pulleth Out This Sword Of This Stone Is Rightwise King Born Of All England. Excalibur is visible in three pivotal scenes in the film; the knighting of Lancelot (Franco Nero), the christening of the Round Table and the finale. The sword is also spoken of when Arthur meets Guinevere and relates the story of how he retrieved it from the stone to win her over. With uniform tarnish and patina on the engraved surface of the blade, rubbing and loss of some plate to the verso. In production-used, very good condition. $6,000 - $8,000
I like it when King Arthur sang MacArthur Park and used Excalibur to cut a slice of cake before it melted in the dark.
Actually, Richard Harris played a lot of great roles from King Arthur to Cromwell to Marcus Aurelius.
I already have one and i didnt pay that for it and it looks like it don’t know how it feels swinging it but looks the same !
Kewl...
I have an *exact* copy of William Wallace’s sword from the movie ‘Braveheart’. Made of halfway decent steel, I think.
Description: 950. George Reeves Superman belt buckle, cape, and muscle undersuit. (NBC, 1952-1958) This iconic red fabric cape was worn by Reeves in his still-definitive small screen portrayal of the Man of Steel after production of the 1950s series switched from black and white to color. The red and yellow felt S insignia patch at back face of cape is a vintage 1970s replica created by Western Costume Co. Includes an original 3 x 2 in. Superman oval brass belt buckle with small double holes for affixing to belt on top, bottom and sides. Also includes a muscle under-suit constructed of a durable synthetic satin-like fabric with sculpted rubber torso, suggesting muscular pectoral, abdominal and bicep muscles, and integral stretch fabric sleeves. Marked, Doug, twice on the interior, possibly from a subsequent production. Cape exhibits only minor age and wear. Muscle under-suit rubber remains supple. Exhibiting cracking to shoulders, arms, and body, tears at under-arm vents, holes to fabric sleeves, and staining to exterior chest and interior. Cape in production used fine condition. Muscle suit in production used good condition. This instantly recognizable cape comes with a copy of an LOA from Western Costume Co. dated in 1975. Muscle suit originally from the collection of special effects wizard Thol Simonson. $15,000 - $20,000
Also being sold are “Hogan’s Heroes” coffee pot the POWs converted to a radio and “Get Smart” Maxwell Smart’s working S&W .38 Special revolver. James Cagney’s personal engraved .32 S&W Harrington & Richardson is being auctioned off as well.
I’d love to have the coffee pot radio!
This would be a great thing to own!
Prince Charles should buy it. Just in case...
Same here.
Love the sword!
Hate the movie!
Ew-mil-eh-tay.
Just thought I’d weigh in here to announce I finally changed my tagline yesterday. Coincidence?
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of representative government.
Wow, the "S" logo looks like it was made from ordinary craft felt a housewife could buy in a fabric store.
You can see a seam across the lower part of the cape, because most yard goods did not come in wide sizes then except for bedsheet fabric. Strange that they did not construct the seams lengthwise.
Then again, the show was in B&W, wasn't it? And on the tiny screens of the times. So who could even see those details, or even the color.
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