Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/2/23 - John Azarian, Star Wars Collector, Auction

Talking with John Azarian this week about many of his one of a kind Star Wars items going to Heritage Auctions, including one of a kind props, and a bevy of entertainment artifacts.

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This Is the ‘Star Wars’ Auction You’re Looking For

Heritage Auctions has unleashed its blockbuster, three-day Entertainment Signature® Auction which continues through July 27-29 and features a treasure-trove of pop culture memorabilia from the collections such icons as adventure film/TV series producer-director, “The Master of Disaster”  Irwin Allen; M*A*S*H mementos from show star Alan Alda; collector John Azarian’s one-of-a-kind Star Wars props; rare Three Stooges memorabilia from a renowned collector Richard Baron Cohen, the largest selection of scarce material from the Wizard of Oz.

Heritage's The Irwin Allen Collection is comprised of more than 200 items from Allen's legacy, including significant props, models, concept art, costumes — and some of the most detailed and gorgeous storyboards to come out of Hollywood from the director behind Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space and The Towering Inferno.

Titanic, yes, but movie and TV buffs will remind you that Titanic, and all other contemporary disaster flicks and streaming shows, rest on a foundation of the great disaster-movie trend of the 1970s, which belonged to producer-director Irwin Allen.  

The Star Wars props include  one of the few surviving Imperial Stormtrooper helmets from 1977's Star Wars, Stormtrooper helmet and blaster rifle, Luke's X-wing and pistol, Carrie Fisher's Snowspeeder and Phantom Menace's trio of lightsabers.

The still wildly-popular comedy film and Vaudeville legends The Three Stooges collection from Richard Baron Cohen in includes Larry Fine’s custom-made violin, a complete set of Fleet Stooges trading cards, and a Columbia Pictures signed contract by four of the Stooges.

Some specific items up for bid:

Carrie Fischer's Star Wars snow speeder mini - gifted by George Lucas to Carrie Fischer and Azarian bought it from Carrie. She gave him an autographed picture of her holding the piece.

Darth Maul’s light saber - donated by George Lucas to benefit the survivor families of 9/11.  

First Order Stormtrooper helmet donated by Lucas for a charity auction

 One of the few surviving Imperial helmets from 1977's Star Wars

 Luke Skywalker's Stunt Blaster from 1980's The Empire Strikes Back

 Arnold’s Terminator 2 ensemble with bullet-ridden jacket which was gifted by Arnold to Matt Sorum (Guns n Roses drummer), who Azarian bought it from.

Friends Central Perk mugs autographed by the cast - obtained by an NBC exec at the wrap party.

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio - 9/25/21 - Rodney Hilton Brown, Author, MUHAMMAD ALI: The Untold Story

For most people, it’s a little known fact Cassius Clay Sr. was a house painter as well as fine arts painter in his hometown Louisville and that he shared his love of the arts and encouraged his son, known globally as Muhammad Ali, to explore his artistic side.

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Over the years, Ali expressed himself beautifully and produced a large number of drawings, paintings and, poetry over the years. In 1977, historian, Rodney Hilton Brown, veteran, collector, and author, was the owner of an art gallery in Manhattan. He met  Muhammad Ali at a charity boxing match in Boston. They formed a friendship and partnership that lasted for the rest of Ali’s lifetime. Rodney became the greatest boxer of all time’s art dealer, friend, confidant, representative to the United Nations, and business.  Ali lovingly nicknamed him “The Vanilla Brother.”  

Rodney, now in his seventh decade, felt the time was ripe to tell his story and share his never-before-revealed memories about the decades he spent with “the greatest of all time” with the world.  The result is MUHAMMAD ALI: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet, and Prophet.


Hilton-Brown’s rare and extensive collection of Muhammad Ali’s artwork and some other items will be sold at auction this coming October 5, 2021, in the morning at Bonhams in Manhattan and online.

View full sale catalog: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27079/