Greg Jein Sci-fi collection – an overview of the records

The Greg Jein Collection auction will long be remembered. It represents the largest single sale of Science Fiction memorabilia ever held or ever likely to be held. Remarkably, genuine screen-worn Star Trek memorabilia made up half of the entire sale, supplemented by myriad Star Wars mementos, choice lots from every major sci-fi movie and TV show ever made, plus even more lots from Greg’s favorite non sci-fi indulgence, Batman.

Records galore fell at Heritage Auctions’ Greg Jein Collection sale of science fiction memorabilia last weekend, with the auction grossing US$13.6 million to surpass Christie’s 1999 auction of The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe to become the second-highest grossing Hollywood auction in history, behind only Profiles in History’s blockbuster Debbie Reynolds Collection Auction trilogy (2011).

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The highlights of the 2021 science, sci-fi and technology auction year

Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flown LM Lunar Surface Checklist Page (1969) was sold for $143,750 at RR Auction on 21 October 2021

This is the second part of a two-part overview of the 2021 auction year – a year where investors channeled more of their wealth into “investments of passion” than ever before.

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