seven wrote:
bigbisont wrote:
Granted he is a much more popular character, but Hudson's breastplate sold at auction last year for $42,500. It was the complete breastplate, but not complete armor. It did have the back and the shoulder bits in tact, but the iconic skull was damaged/partially covered by a mysterious and faded skull sticker.
It did come with a helmet, but it was clearly not original. It was very likely Terry English made, but had the low sitting ear flap and black 'ear defender' typical of Terry's replacement/repro helmets.
I was under the impression that that entire Hudson armor was a TE repro. They never screen matched it and had a few tells of a repro. I could be mistaken.
Ive seen some footage of these live auctions, its like 30 filthy rich people just like "oh look at that, lets get whatever that is, I think our young kid has seen that movie"
I actually screen matched it. The skull cover/sticker thing is weird, but the armor was definitely the set he wore in the drop scene.
That set was on display for years at the Hollywood Casino in PA. I dropped in to check it out the year before it sold and had my doubts.
My research revealed it was legit (at least the body was. Again, I have no doubt the helmet was added later)
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There was a supposedly "screen used" Hicks set that is on display at the EMP museum in Seattle that was purchased by the guy that owns the Seahawks or something. That set was 100% repro and that rich dude just got ripped off.