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Auction archive: Lot number 571

An original film prop for the 'The Investigator', a speed boat, designed by Reg Hill for a Gerry ...

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,822 - US$10,430
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 571

An original film prop for the 'The Investigator', a speed boat, designed by Reg Hill for a Gerry ...

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,822 - US$10,430
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

An original film prop for the 'The Investigator', a speed boat, designed by Reg Hill for a Gerry Anderson pilot series in 1973 and manufactured by Space Models of Feltham, fitted with a swivel cannon, this would have been towed for the live action, sequences, 250cm long, together with a copy of the Meccano blueprint design, for the 'Investigator' Boat Shot in 1973, The Investigator was produced as a pilot episode for a new Gerry Anderson series that would go further than ever before in, mixing live action and puppetry techniques. Gerry Anderson had previously and successfully produced Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet. This cult classic follows the exploits of a boy and a girl, John and Julie, who are miniaturised by a, powerful being from another galaxy (the eponymous Investigator) and sent on a dangerous mission to stop a corrupt tycoon, Karanti, from stealing a priceless 14th century masterpiece from a church.

Auction archive: Lot number 571
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
Beschreibung:

An original film prop for the 'The Investigator', a speed boat, designed by Reg Hill for a Gerry Anderson pilot series in 1973 and manufactured by Space Models of Feltham, fitted with a swivel cannon, this would have been towed for the live action, sequences, 250cm long, together with a copy of the Meccano blueprint design, for the 'Investigator' Boat Shot in 1973, The Investigator was produced as a pilot episode for a new Gerry Anderson series that would go further than ever before in, mixing live action and puppetry techniques. Gerry Anderson had previously and successfully produced Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet. This cult classic follows the exploits of a boy and a girl, John and Julie, who are miniaturised by a, powerful being from another galaxy (the eponymous Investigator) and sent on a dangerous mission to stop a corrupt tycoon, Karanti, from stealing a priceless 14th century masterpiece from a church.

Auction archive: Lot number 571
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
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