The back and the lining are nice and easy - just various linens and lightweight aged cottons.
It's the fronts that's gonna be the problem.
This is machine woven, which is not how the real waistcoat is made.
I’ll have to look a bit harder.
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Planet Of Fire waistcoat - matching fabrics
The back and the lining are nice and easy - just various linens and lightweight aged cottons.
It's the fronts that's gonna be the problem.
This is machine woven, which is not how the real waistcoat is made.
I’ll have to look a bit harder.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Planet Of Fire waistcoat -
calico test: finished!
Just before Christmas I spent some time making a calico test for my Planet Of Fire waistcoat replica.
After cutting my Pattern, I showed how I made the Fronts, with their six welted pockets; and then the Back, with its complex pleated arrangement.
Finally, I had to hand-stitch all the jute piping on around the edges, which I did over Christmas, and now at last it is finished!
I’ve taken some side-by-side photos to compare how the test is looking and hanging.
After cutting my Pattern, I showed how I made the Fronts, with their six welted pockets; and then the Back, with its complex pleated arrangement.
Finally, I had to hand-stitch all the jute piping on around the edges, which I did over Christmas, and now at last it is finished!
I’ve taken some side-by-side photos to compare how the test is looking and hanging.
The fronts have come out very well – I’m happy with those. Working with the embroidered curtain fabric wasn’t as bad as I had feared, which was a relief.
The back has come out quite well too, though I need to pay a little more attention tot he straps, which need to be a tad longer and not as wide. Otherwise all good.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Planet Of Fire waistcoat -
calico test: back
The back is made from a linen fabric lined with cotton. For the purposes of my test garment I am using washed calico for the outside, lined with a cheap cotton to give me a feel for the contrast between the two in the finished thing.
Back
The centre of the back is remarkably similar to that of a Tennant Coat, and it’s construction is near identical.
The two halves of the back are sewn together (see left) and the seam allowance pressed flat (see below, left); it is then folded in halve along the seam, and two vertical lines of stitch, one above and below the vent, are sewn to form the visible back centre seam; this is then pressed flat, create the capacity vent (see below, right).
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Planet Of Fire waistcoat -
calico test: fronts
I will now make a calico test garment to a high standard of finish, so I can troubleshoot any issue I might have in making the real thing.
The waistcoat is literally, a garment of two halves with the multi-pocketed tapestry fronts; and the tailored & pleated back.
Today I am going to tackle the fronts, with their six pockets.
Fronts
The tapestry fabric is quite a loose-weave and the hand-stitched flowers are raised and quite bulky. I’ve decided to stabilise the edges I am overlocking them, so I allowed a bit extra on the seam allowance when cutting.
So before steaming in and messing things up, I quickly did a little test welt to see how difficult the fabric can be to handle (see left). To my surprise it want too bad, partly due I think to my experience in setting welts, so I was able to concentrate on the fabric rather than the sewing as that is now second nature.
Monday, 6 December 2010
Planet Of Fire waistcoat - pattern cutting
I’ve worked on a nice little project this week, taking it from nothing to a finished (abet test) garment in only six days!
Back in May I went to the Cameo Auction and acquired the original tapestry waistcoat worn by Peter Davison in Planet Of Fire (see left).
It is my first piece of screen used proper costume I have bought, though it is only worn briefly in a couple of episodes. That said it is very distinctive and quite striking (see below).
Back in May I went to the Cameo Auction and acquired the original tapestry waistcoat worn by Peter Davison in Planet Of Fire (see left).It is my first piece of screen used proper costume I have bought, though it is only worn briefly in a couple of episodes. That said it is very distinctive and quite striking (see below).
Friday, 28 May 2010
The Auction Of Fire
Last weekend contained a day of extreme excitement, and to be frank excruciating boredom!
Sunday the 23rd of May was the day of the Cameo Auction of Angel Costumes that I gave a heads-up about a little while back.
I did think it was an unusual marriage, especially given Angels’ long association with Bonhams in Knightsbridge, where they have held a number of sales which have included Who-related items.
Being a good 90 minutes drive we decided to go to the viewing on the day of the sale rather than making two trips. The sale was due to start at 11am and we got there in plenty of time with the intention of seeing the Peter Davison waistcoat from Planet Of Fire and getting some decent reference pictures. It was really the one item in the sale I had serious intentions of bidding on, but I wanted to make sure I was covered in case I didn’t win.
While I was getting my photos (see left) someone asked if I was from that Tennant Coat website – oops! I’ve been spotted!
We had a chat and it ended up to be Jamie Smythe, who runs the DoctorWhoProps website.
I went to the front office to get a catalogue (see right) which was free. It certainly wasn’t the bound glossy catalogues you get at Bonhams, and was just a black text un-illustrated A5 booklet of listings, with a colour cover. To my minor horror the one item I wanted to bid on was on the cover! Drat!
Anyway, we got a coffee and patiently waited for the auction to start. Hardly anyone seemed to be around, and any expectation of a rush of bidders arriving at the last minute evaporated when the auctioneer called order and made a start on selling the lots.
I glanced around and counted (including myself) barely a dozen people in the room, most of whom hovered around the edges (see left, picture taken while auction was in full flow!). They may have over-estimated on the seating needed!
To be fair it was a Sunday – 11am – an a lovely hot, sunny day.
The wasitcoat was lot 149, and since I didn’t know how the bidding could run away with it, so I held off bidding on anything else.
During the course of the sale a number of items worn by some big star names were either sold for trivial prices or failed to sell at all. Nigel Bruce (his costume as Dr Watson in the Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films); Peter Lorre; Anthony Quinn (costumes from Lawrence Of Arabia); Ralph Fiennes (from Schindler’s List) all failed to find a buyer.
A good half hour passed and barely 20 lots had been gotten though – this was gonna be a loooong auction!
Along the way I was tempted by a set of garters worn by Gert Frobe as Baron von Bombhurst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, one of my favorite films of my childhood! They had an estimate of £100 to £200 and I got them for £50. Bargain! They’ll look nice framed with a photo from the film.
Another item which caught my eye, but for a different reason, was a green army greatcoat which had apparently appeared in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. (see left) It was identical in every respect to a coat I bought at the Angel Retro Sale back in February (see below). Mine does not have the nazi emblems on it, but everything else, right down to the buttons was exactly the same.
My initial internet searches showed that North Korea has green army greatcoats, so I had thought it may have appeared in Die Another Day. But it would be nice to think it was actually from an Indiana Jones film!
The auction plodded along slowly, with a number of mishaps along the way. Several times the auctioneer took further bids after the hammer had fallen; he struggled with foreign names in the descriptions; sold one lot twice; and sometimes had the wrong image shown on the laser display screens while selling! (see above)
A leading auction house this was not!
So, after more than 140 lots we finally reached the six Doctor Who items.
First up was lot 144, Tom Baker’s shoes. Bidding was a little slow to start but quickly picked up and they went for £300 to a telephone bidder, nicely at the upper end of the estimate of £200 to £300.
Next, lot 145 a beige suit worn by James Maxwell in Underworld failed to sell.
Then came lot 146, Jean Marsh’s shimmering full length dress worn as Morgaine in Battlefield.
This was sold.
Lot 147 was a Crusading Knight’s cape from The Crusade.
This sold too.
Lot 148, A yellow striped holiday camp style jacket from Delta and the Bannermen.
Again this sold.
In June 2010 it was resold on eBay for £250.
Then came the final Who item, lot 149: the waistcoat worn by Peter Davison in Planet of Fire (see left). This was the one item I had designs on bidding on and with an estimate of £800 to £1,200 I was prepared for some competitive bidding.
The auctioneer started it relatively low, around £700 I think, and there was some online bidding against another buyer at the back of the room. This levelled out at around the £800 mark, the lower end of the estimate. As he started to call fair warning, I entered the bidding and found myself in a war with the bidder at the back of the room. It slowly crept onward and upward and was soon at the upper £900 mark and was offered back to me at £1,000. Biting the bullet I went for it, hoping it would not go much higher into a four-figure sum, but to my surpriser that was it – I guess my rival had set a £1,000 limit and was not prepared to go over it.
Fair warning was called and the hammer came down. Only when I was asked my number was I satisfied I got it, as the auctioneer had reopened bidding a number of times after dropping the hammer.
This time he didn’t - and it was mine!
After ducking outside for a bit of air and to take in that I had won, I did return to see how one further lot would go.
I had my eye on a long canvas coat that had been used in Alien 3. I wasn’t expecting much from it, but when I found it at the viewing I thought it was in very good condition with little wear. It had an estimate of £200 to £400, and I would be up for it if I could get it for £200 or less.
The bidding opened for it a bit below the estimate and Soon climbed over it.
I shan't say what I paid for it - but it was a bit more than I had intended!!!
So, as good result with me securing the one item I wanted, plus nabbing a couple of bonus items at a knock-downn price.
I did later re-contact the auction house and bought one further item. A jacket worn by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List had failed to sell, and had been offered as low as £100. Another identical jacket had sold at Bonhams for £600, so I grabbed that too with a view to selling it on at a future sale.
Sunday the 23rd of May was the day of the Cameo Auction of Angel Costumes that I gave a heads-up about a little while back.
I did think it was an unusual marriage, especially given Angels’ long association with Bonhams in Knightsbridge, where they have held a number of sales which have included Who-related items.
Cameo Auctioneers are somewhat out of central London, beyond Windsor and Reading (see map above) and are really one on the many regional auction houses around the country making their way selling the contents of house clearances and the like.
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Credit to them though, they have also been home to a number of memorabilia sales with items relating to The Beatles and the like. They have also broadened their audience by running their auctions live on the net.
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Credit to them though, they have also been home to a number of memorabilia sales with items relating to The Beatles and the like. They have also broadened their audience by running their auctions live on the net.
While I was getting my photos (see left) someone asked if I was from that Tennant Coat website – oops! I’ve been spotted!
We had a chat and it ended up to be Jamie Smythe, who runs the DoctorWhoProps website.
Anyway, we got a coffee and patiently waited for the auction to start. Hardly anyone seemed to be around, and any expectation of a rush of bidders arriving at the last minute evaporated when the auctioneer called order and made a start on selling the lots.I glanced around and counted (including myself) barely a dozen people in the room, most of whom hovered around the edges (see left, picture taken while auction was in full flow!). They may have over-estimated on the seating needed!
To be fair it was a Sunday – 11am – an a lovely hot, sunny day.
The wasitcoat was lot 149, and since I didn’t know how the bidding could run away with it, so I held off bidding on anything else.During the course of the sale a number of items worn by some big star names were either sold for trivial prices or failed to sell at all. Nigel Bruce (his costume as Dr Watson in the Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films); Peter Lorre; Anthony Quinn (costumes from Lawrence Of Arabia); Ralph Fiennes (from Schindler’s List) all failed to find a buyer.
A good half hour passed and barely 20 lots had been gotten though – this was gonna be a loooong auction!
Another item which caught my eye, but for a different reason, was a green army greatcoat which had apparently appeared in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. (see left) It was identical in every respect to a coat I bought at the Angel Retro Sale back in February (see below). Mine does not have the nazi emblems on it, but everything else, right down to the buttons was exactly the same.
My initial internet searches showed that North Korea has green army greatcoats, so I had thought it may have appeared in Die Another Day. But it would be nice to think it was actually from an Indiana Jones film!The auction plodded along slowly, with a number of mishaps along the way. Several times the auctioneer took further bids after the hammer had fallen; he struggled with foreign names in the descriptions; sold one lot twice; and sometimes had the wrong image shown on the laser display screens while selling! (see above)
A leading auction house this was not!
So, after more than 140 lots we finally reached the six Doctor Who items.
This was sold.
This sold too.
Again this sold.
In June 2010 it was resold on eBay for £250.
The auctioneer started it relatively low, around £700 I think, and there was some online bidding against another buyer at the back of the room. This levelled out at around the £800 mark, the lower end of the estimate. As he started to call fair warning, I entered the bidding and found myself in a war with the bidder at the back of the room. It slowly crept onward and upward and was soon at the upper £900 mark and was offered back to me at £1,000. Biting the bullet I went for it, hoping it would not go much higher into a four-figure sum, but to my surpriser that was it – I guess my rival had set a £1,000 limit and was not prepared to go over it.
Fair warning was called and the hammer came down. Only when I was asked my number was I satisfied I got it, as the auctioneer had reopened bidding a number of times after dropping the hammer.
This time he didn’t - and it was mine!
After ducking outside for a bit of air and to take in that I had won, I did return to see how one further lot would go.
The bidding opened for it a bit below the estimate and Soon climbed over it.
I shan't say what I paid for it - but it was a bit more than I had intended!!!
So, as good result with me securing the one item I wanted, plus nabbing a couple of bonus items at a knock-downn price.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Cameo Auction - 23rd May 2010
We seem to have had a number of sales of costumes form the Angels Costumier vaults, and yet another is planned for Sunday 23rd May 2010 at Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers in Midgham, Berkshire.
There are a good 230 plus items on offer, from a wide variety of productions such as Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Fifth Element, the Star Wars prequels and number of the Bond films.
Hidden in there are half a dozen lots from Doctor Who dating back as far as 1964.
Lot 144
Tom Baker the Fourth Doctor.
A pair of brown leather shoes worn throughout the series.
Lot 145
Underworld, 1978.
A beige suit used by James Maxwell in the series.
Labelled James Maxwell.
Lot 146
Battlefield, 1989.
A Blue shimmering full length dress worn by Jean Marsh as Morgaine.
Lot 147
The Crusade, 1964.
The First Doctor. A Crusading Knight’s cape.
Lot 148
Delta and the Bannermen, 1987.
A yellow striped holiday camp style jacket unnamed.
Lot 149
Planet Of Fire, 1982.
A Colourful Waistcoat worn by Peter Davison as The Doctor in the 21st Season story Planet of Fire.
This last item is obviously the star of the Doctor Who stuff on offer. I wonder how much it will go for in the end?
Check back after the auction, and I will update the entry with the sale prices.
You can view the full catalogue here
It has over a dozen items, again ranging right back to William Hartnell’s earliest seasons.
A couple of the items look familiar, so I guess they went unsold that time around.
Lot 99
A Quantity of Dr. Who memorabilia including shooting scripts for Doctor Who Episode 5 Parallel World Part 1 and 2 by Tom MacRae. Both Scripts were for Colin Spaull who played Mr. Crane and both scripts have been inscribed and signed by the director Graeme Harper. Also included are the shooting schedule's and call sheets for Colin Spaull, three signed photographs of Colin Spaull, a Doctor Who compliments slip and a letter to Colin Spaull from Russell T Davies and signed.
Estimate: £80-120
Lot 137
A small collection of memorabilia including a UK Quad for Daleks Invasion Earth 1966, trimmed Condition C-. Two CD sets of BBC Audio CD's Cybermen, Daleks (this set has three signatures Anneke Wills and two others), a signed calender by Peter Davison, 18 collectors cards and a Palitoy Battery Operated Dalek circa 1970's
Estimate: £150-200
Lot 139
Doctor Who Time and the Rani 1987
A Camera script for specific shots in the episode and seven Doctor Who annuals and The Dalek Pocket Book.
Estimate: £50-80
Lot 215
Doctor Who The Mutants 1972
Jon Pertwee The Second Doctor. Solonian Rebel Helmet.
Estimate: £150-200
Lot 219
An entertaining space costume worn by Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor.
Estimate: £400-500
Lot 221
A Grey Frock Coat used by Tom Baker in unknown episode of Doctor Who.
Estimate: £1000-1200
Lot 239
Doctor Who, The Crusade 1964
The First Doctor. A Crusading Knight's cape and leather belt from the BBC Wardrobe.
Estimate: £400-500
Lot 240 - A Leather Belt used in the Second Season of Doctor Who (the First Doctor), from the episode The Crusade, used by William Russell who played Ian Chesterton
Estimate: £200-250
Lot 241 - Doctor Who. A pair of boots used by Tom Baker as The Doctor, from the BBC wardrobe.
Estimate: £150-200
Lot 242
Doctor Who Robots of Death 1977
Ethnic poncho from the BBC wardrobe.
Estimate: £200-300
Lot 244
Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1988
A Gypsy style skirt used in the episode.
Estimate: £350-400
Lot 245
Doctor Who Ribos Operation 1978
A Water Bottle used by the character Unstoffe.
Estimate: £200-250
Lot 250
Doctor Who The Mutants 1972
A Leather belt and faux Roman Sword used by James Mellor as Varan.
Estimate: £200-250
Lot 291
Doctor Who 1987. Delta and the Bannermen
Jacket used by the Holiday Camp usher's
Estimate: £200-300
Lot 292
Doctor Who. Tom Baker
A frock coat used by Tom Baker in season 15.
Estimate: £500-600
Lot 293
Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1988
A Distressed Faux Leather Jacket detailed used in the episode.
Estimate: £250-350
There are a good 230 plus items on offer, from a wide variety of productions such as Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Fifth Element, the Star Wars prequels and number of the Bond films.
Hidden in there are half a dozen lots from Doctor Who dating back as far as 1964.
Tom Baker the Fourth Doctor.
A pair of brown leather shoes worn throughout the series.
Estimate:
£200 - 300
£200 - 300
Underworld, 1978.
A beige suit used by James Maxwell in the series.
Labelled James Maxwell.
Estimate: £400 - 500
Battlefield, 1989.
A Blue shimmering full length dress worn by Jean Marsh as Morgaine.
Estimate: £400 - 500
The Crusade, 1964.
The First Doctor. A Crusading Knight’s cape.
Estimate:
£400 - 500
£400 - 500
Delta and the Bannermen, 1987.
A yellow striped holiday camp style jacket unnamed.
Estimate: £150 - 200
Planet Of Fire, 1982.
A Colourful Waistcoat worn by Peter Davison as The Doctor in the 21st Season story Planet of Fire.
Estimate: £800-1200
This last item is obviously the star of the Doctor Who stuff on offer. I wonder how much it will go for in the end?
Check back after the auction, and I will update the entry with the sale prices.
You can view the full catalogue here
If you want to go to the viewing, it is between 10am to 4pm on Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and 10am to 2pm on Saturday 22nd of May, and from 8.30am before the sale on the Sunday 23rd May – sale starting at 11am.
Cameo Fine Art AuctioneersKennet Holme FarmBath RoadMidgham, BerkshireRG7 5UX
Telephone enquiries: 0118 9 713 772Email enquiries: office@cameo-auctioneers.co.uk
While search back though some old autions of the Cameo website, I came across a sale in March 2010 which I didn’t know about!UPDATE
It has over a dozen items, again ranging right back to William Hartnell’s earliest seasons.
A couple of the items look familiar, so I guess they went unsold that time around.
A Quantity of Dr. Who memorabilia including shooting scripts for Doctor Who Episode 5 Parallel World Part 1 and 2 by Tom MacRae. Both Scripts were for Colin Spaull who played Mr. Crane and both scripts have been inscribed and signed by the director Graeme Harper. Also included are the shooting schedule's and call sheets for Colin Spaull, three signed photographs of Colin Spaull, a Doctor Who compliments slip and a letter to Colin Spaull from Russell T Davies and signed.
Estimate: £80-120
A small collection of memorabilia including a UK Quad for Daleks Invasion Earth 1966, trimmed Condition C-. Two CD sets of BBC Audio CD's Cybermen, Daleks (this set has three signatures Anneke Wills and two others), a signed calender by Peter Davison, 18 collectors cards and a Palitoy Battery Operated Dalek circa 1970's
Estimate: £150-200
Doctor Who Time and the Rani 1987
A Camera script for specific shots in the episode and seven Doctor Who annuals and The Dalek Pocket Book.
Estimate: £50-80
Lot 215
Doctor Who The Mutants 1972
Jon Pertwee The Second Doctor. Solonian Rebel Helmet.
Estimate: £150-200
An entertaining space costume worn by Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor.
Estimate: £400-500
A Grey Frock Coat used by Tom Baker in unknown episode of Doctor Who.
Estimate: £1000-1200
Doctor Who, The Crusade 1964
The First Doctor. A Crusading Knight's cape and leather belt from the BBC Wardrobe.
Estimate: £400-500
Estimate: £200-250
Estimate: £150-200
Doctor Who Robots of Death 1977
Ethnic poncho from the BBC wardrobe.
Estimate: £200-300
Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1988
A Gypsy style skirt used in the episode.
Estimate: £350-400
Doctor Who Ribos Operation 1978
A Water Bottle used by the character Unstoffe.
Estimate: £200-250
Doctor Who The Mutants 1972
A Leather belt and faux Roman Sword used by James Mellor as Varan.
Estimate: £200-250
Doctor Who 1987. Delta and the Bannermen
Jacket used by the Holiday Camp usher's
Estimate: £200-300
Doctor Who. Tom Baker
A frock coat used by Tom Baker in season 15.
Estimate: £500-600
Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1988
A Distressed Faux Leather Jacket detailed used in the episode.
Estimate: £250-350
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