Props from the popular series Game of Thrones and the Vikings will be going under the hammer at an auction in Laois later this month.
Laois’s auctioneer to Hollywood, Sean Eacrett will be bringing the gavel down on his latest collection on Monday July 26 – with international collectors poised to pounce online.
The auction will feature thrones and costumes from the six season Amazon Prime and History Channel Norse series, and notably two other items of particular interest; giant candelabras from Game Of Thrones.
Ballybrittas native Sean is now synonymous with the auction of Irish film sets and props since it all started in 2016.
He said: “I was dealing with a client in the antiques world a few years ago, who mentioned that he was the production manager on ‘Penny Dreadful’, a series that was being filmed in Dublin at the time.
“So I suggested that if he ever wanted to sell the props and costumes after filming to let me know, and it turned out he was up for it.”
The first auction for ‘Penny Dreadful’, five years ago this month, was a total success, as has every other film or television auction since hosted by Sean Eacrett.
Just about every series to be filmed in Ardmore or Ashford now offer their props and sets to Eacrett for international sale.
And that includes a massive warehouse of props from ‘Into The Badlands’ auctioned last year during the final months of the first lockdown.
Over six thousand colourful and intriguing props filled the massive conference centre of Killenard Hotel County Laois before all went under the online hammer.
“Every film auction has been a 100% sell-out,” he says.
“Basically I am selling the props sets and costumes for them at a commission. Otherwise they would have to be stored or sold cheaply.”
Online brings its own advantages attracting interest from all over the world. The biggest buyer for the ‘Into The Badlands’ series clicked on in Lithuania to buy two container loads of props; forty foot long each.
Sean was the first auctioneer house to use online bidding in 2005 and he now uses easylive.com and liveauctioneers.com.
He said: “It is now its de rigeur for most auction rooms to use online sites, it’s standard practise.”
Game Of Thrones:
Lot 650 Pair of Tall Metal Candelabras, estimate €400-€800
Vikings:
Of the Vikings 120 lots, highlights include wooden thrones up to two metres tall.
Lot 506 King Ivor’s throne Season 4 of Vikings, est €300-500.
Lot 544 King Alfred’s throne Vikings season 5 and 6; €300-500.
Lot 558: Floki’s table; Vikings; est €200-400.
Lot 559 King Aelle’s throne; est €200-400.
Lot 530 Aslaug’s Boat Chair; Season 2 of Vikings, est €200-400.
Lot 545 King Mi’kmaq’s throne from season 6 of Vikings 2 x 2 metres ; est €200-400.
Lot 522 Odo of Paris’s table, from Vikings. Est €200-400
Lots 524 & 525: Floki’s boat cabinet (2) 2 metres tall, Vikings, est €100-200 each.
Lot 509 A birthing table. (Looks like a sleigh.) Est €100-200.
All lots: Items from The Great Hall Of Kattegat, as filmed in Ashford County Wicklow including axes, cabinets chairs, chests and tables.
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