A handsome nerd journeys the globe to turn the conventional art world on its head, set to prove to historians and critic | dG1fbElQYWxKVmpWZG8
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00:08 There's nothing quite like an escape to the movies.
00:10 They make us laugh, fall in love, or take us on adventures.
00:18 Everything about the movies is magic.
00:20 But it wasn't until sometime in the past 30 years or so,
00:25 that collectors begin to realize
00:26 that they could actually own pieces of their favorite films.
00:29 >> This is where all our money goes.
00:31 >> Whether it's a prop held by Harrison Ford that's pivotal
00:35 to an adventurous scene, or a classic MacGuffin,
00:38 we never truly understand.
00:39 >> Here we are.
00:41 >> Owning props has become a very big business
00:44 in the collecting world.
00:45 >> Prices have gone up really high in the past couple years.
00:48 >> 92,500.
00:50 >> Almost as big as traditional art itself, selling nostalgia
00:55 and trafficking in magic.
00:57 >> They're revisiting a moment in time that they had perhaps
01:00 when they went to the cinema and watched Superman
01:02 when they were young kids.
01:03 >> What is it that makes prop collectors so passionate
01:06 about owning a movie studio's garbage?
01:08 >> I took the original glove.
01:11 I just threw it in my bag.
01:13 Took it.
01:13 >> That is what I intend to find out.
01:16 >> This is a real original gorilla?
01:18 >> Yeah.
01:18 >> Oh, no way.
01:20 >> Everything that I love, it's all in one thing.
01:22 >> That one, as you can see, also in the shoulder tubes,
01:24 the shininess on it, that's actually dried slime.
01:27 >> I think in general, film is art,
01:28 and this is a piece of film, so yeah.
01:30 >> Yeah, this is the size of a car.
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