The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
Hosted by collectors David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Ryan Condal (Colony, House of the Dragon), this podcast explores iconic treasures from film and television, such as Kane's Rosebud, Indy's Whip, and Captain America's shield. Each week, the two writers share their love of Hollywood memorabilia, revealing unbelievable stories behind some of the most famous and culturally important props, costumes, art, and ephemera in silver screen history.
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Live (on Tape) from San Diego Comic Con - with Todd McFarlane!
In the podcast's first live broadcast (with an actual live audience), the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of pulls off another coup by welcoming 1980s and 1990s comic art legend, toymaker, and baseball collector, the great Todd McFarlane. As our guest is such a man in demand, he arrived a bit late... but not to worry, David and Ryan improv and vamp in the meantime with a Heritage auction review and plenty o
Emergency Pod: Heritage's Summer Entertainment Auction
David and Ryan fire up the cameras and microphones to jump on the horn and break down Heritage Auctions' massive summer entertainment sale. The guys cover everything from antique (but screen-used!) Pirates of the Carribean hardware to historical documents and photos (Claude Monet!) to Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker clappers and Otto-pilots to Terminators to epic Kirk wardrobe to severed Hamill hands
Propstore's The Boys Auction
David and Ryan crack open Propstore's incredible The Boys auction (now live) and dive The Deep (get it) into all the insanity from the acclaimed and recently-ended Amazon Prime series. Join the guys for a head-popping bacchanalia of supe costumes, intimate squids, popped heads, superhero drinking glasses and other toy tie-ins, lots of normie wardrobe, V vials and - of course - dildos. Bid now at p
Shiny Object Syndrome (S.O.S.)
David and Ryan are back with another topic from Scott Brown's Downtown Brown book-collecting newsletter. But this one translates directly from collecting books to collecting props. Scott states, "Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS) is the best description I’ve heard for the magpie sensibility of most booksellers. The accumulation of pretty things is essential for our businesses, and most of us strugg
David Zucker of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Surely they can't be serious. In another coup for the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of (our first comedy coup?), David and Ryan of Mandel, Condal and Taylor have a hilarious chat with comedy legend David Zucker. They talk all about Airplane! and the Naked Gun and Scary Movie sagas, what makes spoof work, casting for comedy, and of course, collecting. The guys also learn that Mr. Zucker kept an impressive
The Felix Comic Art Podcast Crossover - Part II
First, go download and listen to Part I at the Felix Comic Art Podcast for a great discussion about comic art collecting and Ryan's budding comic art collection. Then, join David and Ryan and Felix here for Part II where they talk even more comic art collecting before segueing to Felix and his budding prop collection. It's a comic-art-prop crossover! It's a Crisis on Infinite Collections!
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The Book Detective
David and Ryan are joined by Scott Brown of Downtown Brown Books to discuss -- you guessed it -- book collecting. A lifelong collector and enthusiast of rare books, Scott has also been a dealer for the last twenty-five years. He regales the guys with tales from the book trade, tries to tempt them into yet another collecting arena, and then recounts the bizarre and tragic story of one of the greate
Hello, Newman - It's Mail Time!
David and Ryan tear open Newman's bag of undelivered mail to find all the listener questions that have stacked up over the past few months. They cover call sheet collecting, bidding strategies, selling their collections as very old men, fakes in general, fake Mandalorian helmets (is there any other kind?), comic art, Russian spies/collectors, buyer's remorse, sensory pleasures with props, Pokemon
Deep Dive: The Indiana Jones Grail Diary
David and Ryan are back and diving deep into another storied movie prop from the 1980s: Henry Jones' grail diary from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. For their quest, the guys are joined by multi-time Stuff guest and grail-diary-expert Tom Spina of Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot. Ryan and Tom compare their individual grail diaries and discuss all the similarities and differences among these
Deep Dive: The ILM Studio Scale X-Wing Fighter
In this x-cellent edition of the podcast, David and Ryan are joined by x-traordinary model-maker, collector of x-acting taste and all-around ILM x-pert Jason Eaton to discuss everything about the legendary ILM model shop and, particularly, his lifelong obsession obsession with the X-Wing fighter. So grab your favorite astromech droid, hop in the cockpit, switch off your targeting computer and prep
An Auction Recap and a Vow of Collecting Celibacy
David and Ryan recap the March 2026 Propstore auction, their victories and defeats, what they observed about this strange day in collecting, what they sold, what they bought (!) — and then they discuss the year ahead and take a mutual oath of collecting celibacy… for now. /We admit that we are powerless over our collecting. We admit that life is unmanageable when we try to control it…/
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Leave the Gun, Take the Props
It's a very special episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of as David and Ryan are joined by the delightful Janet Snow who played "Assistant to Mr. Puzo" for arguably the greatest film of all time, The Godfather. Join us as Janet regales the guys with her well-recalled stories of that magical, bygone era when men were men, tuxedos were frilly, and Frank Sinatra was still a dick. Ms. Snow,
Live from Los Angeles (and London), it's Propstore's EMLA... LA!
It's auction week, baby! Join David and Ryan LIVE (or after the fact for those of you who aren't insane) to experience the March 2026 Propstore sale and all the things the guys are bidding on, not bidding on, should be bidding on, or are selling so they can bid on other things, or pay off their large Propstore debts. It's categories time! Which Mel Gibson prop is Dave going to talk about this time
State of the Collection 2026
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is back, David and Ryan are back, and so is their banter about collecting and collections. They talk about what's been up since December, what they have their minds on this year (besides warfighting), and what they're excited about coming down the pike. Ryan also gives the HOTD update we promised last week but never delivered on. It's chock full of auction talk, yacht
I'll Be Back: The Propstore March 2026 EMLA-LA Sale!
The boys are back, ready to buy props and chew bubblegum -- and they're all out of bubblegum. David and Ryan dive into this brand-spanking-new season with a catalog episode, this one covering Propstore's March 25-27 Los Angeles auction. We've got HOTD updates and storage facility updates as well as all of the guys' Favorite Things from Day 1 of the auction, with everything from Black Panther helme
A Tribute to Rob Reiner and Bob Burns
In this (actually) final bonus episode of 2025, David and Ryan get back on the mics to pay tribute to the two legends we lost this week: director Rob Reiner and uber-collector Bob Burns. Join the guys as they say farewell to these two irreplaceable giants.
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Maximum Auction Tonnage '25
That's a wrap on podcasting in 2025. After 44 (and when you reach the end of this one, 45) chock-full episodes, David and Ryan take stock of an eventful year of sales, ballooning growth in the hobby (and prices... and premiums...) and review both the Heritage December sale and the Propstore EMLA UK auction and all the resulting tea leaves regarding what lies ahead in 2026 and beyond. The guys are
Once Upon a Time in the Tarantino-verse
It's book club week on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of! David and Ryan are joined by the prolific film book author Jay Glennie to discuss being the author-of-record for Quentin Tarantino himself. They discuss his previous (and upcoming) books, working for Q (Jay's words), and take an in-depth look at the first book in his one-a-year Tarantino series, the making of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Jay's
Live on Tape: The December 2025 Propstore EMLA-UK
David and Ryan get on the blower to cover the categories and days 2 and 3 of the Propstore auction, which kicks off today, December 5th! They cover their tried and true 'live show' categories including the little things they love that might fly beneath the radar as well as what they think the weirdest thing in the auction might be. And: what would their kids love? What would their wives hate? What
The Final Auction of 2025, Brought to you by Propstore
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the internet... Propstore drops their massive, 2343 lot December EMLA UK auction. In this episode, David and Ryan go 15 rounds with Day 1, discussing everything from Barbie (and Ken)'s mugshot IDs, Handbooks for the Recently deceased, a sensational Alan Rickman collection (including his script from Die Hard), full-size, wearable Mondoshowans, Kubrick
Heritage Auctions' Wicked December 2025 Auction!
It's actual auction madness at The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, but your ever-loyal writer-collectors are bringing you all the news, scoops and gossip. This week they're trawling through Heritage's monster December 9-10 entertainment sale and it's a doozy. They have everything from the Wicked Witch's original flying hat (!), to original King Kong photos and paperwork, to more Bob Peak (take a peek),
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction
David and Ryan tackle a big one today: the first-ever Jim Henson Company official sale, brought to you by Julien's Auctions. The guys have been talking about the auction for a few weeks, but it's time to finally crack open the catalog. And this one has everything - from Fraggles to Dark Crystals to Gelflings to Skeksis (Skeksi?) to Jim Henson-owned-and-worn-and-matched patterned shirts, to Muppet
Collector Greg Nicotero (oh, and also living legend)
You can't spell Greg Nicotero without i-c-o-n. After years of idle talk and months of courting David and Ryan's annoying persistence has finally paid off - or Greg simply got too tired of being "busy" - or he took pity on this little collecting podcast. Either way, it's the coup of coups for The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, and the guys carpe diem big time with genre the make-up SFX legend,
The Jim Henson Company's CEO and Archives Director
Julien's Auctions has officially joined the podcast as a sponsor, and they are coming out of the gate with a biggie: The Jim Henson Company has raised the curtain on its first-ever auction to mark the 70th anniversary of the company. David and Ryan are here to share the juicy details with the two ladies who made it all happen: Lisa Henson, Jim's daughter and the CEO of The Jim Henson Company, and
#PrivateDeals
David and Ryan wrap up Heritage Auctions' massively successful Kief Fromm and Stewart Berkowitz sales, discuss the observations and trends they are seeing in the tea leaves for the golden age of comics and of television, and then move on to the topic of the week: #PrivateDeals. The guys have joked a lot about the topic, but this episode is a serious (well, as serious as they get...) discussion abo
Don’t Open, Dead Inside
No, it’s not the title of David’s Hollywood memoir, it’s Heritage’s three-day The Walking Dead auction extravaganza! Join David and Ryan as they flip through 640 pages of stunning lots from the hit AMC show and debate which weapon they would use in the event of a zombie apocalypse… and also whether they could fit a tiger in the back of a Cybertruck. Head shots only! Enter if you dare.
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Holy 60s Television Sale, Batman!
David and Ryan are joined once again by Stuff Dreams Are Made Of guest MVP Rob Klein - this time to discuss the incredible Stuart Berkowitz collection. This massive archive of 1960s television assets goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on October 24, 2025. He's got the Honeymooners, Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space, Star Trek, the Munsters, and, of course, Batman, Robin and a host of scener
A Return to Comic Art Form: Treasures From the Keif Fromm Collection
David and Ryan crack open another Heritage auction catalog, but this one is brimming with beautiful original comic art rather than props. Joined by honored friend of the podcast and golden-age comic art guru Kelvin Mao, the guys discuss the legacy of a complicated collector and marvel over the incredible collection of golden age works that he assembled over his career. From Golden Age to Silver Ag
Deep Dive: Pee-Wee Herman's Bike
David and Ryan are joined by reliable props expert Jay Skwarlo who has abandoned TIE Pilots for red bikes to discuss all things Pee Wee's Big Adventure for the film's 40th anniversary. The guys discuss every iteration of the 13 (!) bikes made for the movie, those Jay has handled, those he's restored, those he's still looking to meet ($10,000 reward offered), why Large Marge is still terrifying, wh
Upgrades
Today on the pod, David and Ryan discuss the thing that every collector seeks: making their collection better. Specifically, taking a piece in your collection and upgrading it. That can mean anything from going from production-made to screen-used, from stunt to hero, from un-matched to screen-matched and beyond! How do the guys approach an upgrade? How crazy does "needing" (we are sick p
¡La Colección de Guillermo del Toro!
What's almost as good as getting the legendary Guillermo del Toro on the podcast to talk about his collection? Getting his collection on the podcast to talk about it! Join David and Ryan as they dive into the catalog for Heritage Auctions' Guillermo del Toro Collection: Bleak House, Part 1 coming to you live on September 26th! The guys cover everything from Cronos to Nightmare Alley with all the H
Bonus Episode: The Propstore EMLA, LA Post-Auction Breakdown
On a very special, unscheduled, unsponsored episode of the podcast, David and Ryan hop on the mics to review the September 2025 Propstore auction. What did they win? What did they lose? What did they think of the results? Did David win a lightsaber? Did Ryan decide what to bid on? Hint: someone made some dough, and someone spent too much.
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Mailbags are Our Bag
Listener questions have piled up, so between auctions David and Ryan are diving in with their virtual letter openers to unseal and read. The questions and answers cover every kind of topic under the sun, including: buying pieces from reputable productions via disreputable vendors, buying pieces from disreputable productions via reputable vendors, the guys' favorite pieces by sentimentality factor,
Live on Tape: The September 2025 Propstore EMLA LA!
David and Ryan get on the blower to cover the categories and days 2 and 3 of the Propstore auction, which kicks off tomorrow, September 4th! Hear all about David's anxiety over Darth Vader's lightsaber and Ryan's over the sheer amount of Keaton Batman stuff he has look at before the auction really even begins. They discuss the little things they love that might fly beneath the radar as well as wha
Deep Dive: The Lightsaber (Part 2)
Lucasfilm (and laser sword) expert Brandon Alinger returns to the podcast a mere week before freaking Darth Vader's freaking hero lightsaber goes under the hammer at Propstore. Together, he, David, and Ryan discuss the lightsabers of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and dive deep into the Vader saber that Propstore discovered earlier this year. New Jedi secrets will be unearthed, new
The September 2025 Propstore EMLA... LA
It's Q4 and another massive auction season is nigh upon us. The fun kicks off with Propstore's September live auction and 1,400+ lots from all your favorite (and some unfavorite) films and TV shows. Join David and Ryan as they page through Day 1 of the sale and cover everything from 2010 to Zardoz and everything in between, including Clockwork orange canes, wonderful Batman toys, Indy whips (and b
Deep Dive: The Lightsaber
It's not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. It's an elegant weapon for a more civilized -- yadda yadda. The iconic weapon of the Jedi Knight is certainly in the zeitgeist these days. In September, Darth Vader's screen-matched hero fighting lightsaber will go under hammer at Propstore Auctions, a first for any screen-used piece in this very special category. To herald its coming, David and Ryan a
Deep Dive: Gremlins Edition
The inimitable Tom Spina returns to the podcast to shine a bright light on a topic he seems to know everything about: Gremlins and Mogwai. Having professionally restored almost 80 of the wee beasties, Tom regales David and Ryan with his knowledge of all the ins and outs of the stunts, heroes, marionettes, puppets, giant versions and SFX versions built for Joe Dante's Gremlins and Gremlins II and t
Director of Fantastic Four, the Fantastic Matt Shakman
The coups continue on your favorite movie props podcast, this time with Fantastic Four (and WandaVision... and The Great) director Matt Shakman. Matt, a collector himself, is a true-believing, Stuff-Dreams-Are-Made-Of-listening fan with a great interest in movie props. Hear all about how that influenced the fresh and unique aesthetic of Fantastic Four and what he was thinking about making (and tak
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Investigates Cinema Relics... Investigates
David and Ryan welcome friend of the podcast, fellow collector, former guest, and creator and host of Cinema Relics Investigates, Dan Lanigan, back onto The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. This episode reveals what's new in props for both the guys AND for Dan (it's a good one, sci-fi fans), discusses the state of the hobby, and delves into Dan's new web-series (you guessed it) Cinema Relics Investigates
Live from Los Angeles (and London), it's Heritage Auctions' Auction 7392!
There's no tape delay on this one. Get a fully unvarnished and uncensored David and Ryan discussing all the treasures in Heritage Auctions' July 16-18 Hollywood Entertainment Memorabilia auction! It's the live one, so that means it's categories time! So join the guys as they discuss all the Things They Wish They Were Sophisticated Enough to Buy, the Things They'd Buy for Their Co-Host, The Best &q
The Great Joe Dante, Director of Gremlins, The Burbs and Inner Space
It's back-to-back podcast coups as David and Ryan are joined by legendary director Joe Dante as well as a host of technical problems for poor Dave. But the content is so good, you'll never know! The guys chat with fellow (to Ryan) New Jersey native Joe about his storied career, their favorite Dante films, and Joe's own life as a movie-mad cinema-goer and collector of films. Then he tells them the
It's Peak Peak Week with Thomas Peak, Son of Bob (Peak)
In another coup for the podcast, David and Ryan get to sit down with Thomas Peak, the son of legendary movie poster illustrator and fine artist Bob Peak. Tom discusses his father's work, the choice to sell his father's remaining art, what it was like growing up in the home of a famous movie artist, and everything else every Bob Peak fan would want to know. Join the guys for a great discussion, eve
The Heritage July Entertainment Auction Conti-er-concludes! (Part 3)
David and Ryan return to spelunk the further depths of Heritage’s massive July Entertainment Auction. Join the guys as they page-turn all of Session 3 and 4 and uncover the titillating mysteries within—including Game of Thrones, Jeannie bottles, an ALF head, Star Trek, Star Wars, the Michael Westmore Collection, Silent Running art, a massive John Alvin collection, Bond, ET, Conan swords, Big Troub
The Heritage July Entertainment Auction Continues! (Part 2)
David and Ryan return to spelunk the further depths of Heritage’s massive July Entertainment Auction. Join the guys as they page-turn all of Session 2 and uncover the titillating mysteries within—including Rosebud from Citizen Kane, original Edith Head costume drawings, early scripts from King Kong and The Maltese Falcon, costumes and personal items from Marilyn Monroe and more!
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The Giant, Heritage Auctions July Entertainment... Auction, Part 1
Buckle up The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of fans, Heritage Auctions is back with a gigantic multi-day, multi-session, multi-consignor auction. Across five sessions and four days (July 15, 16, 17, 18th), David and Ryan cover everything from the Cecille B. DeMille (yes, that one) collection, to the Bob Peak collection (yes, that one), including the original Apocalypse Now 1-sheet art (yes! that one!) to
The Improbable Season 11 Premiere
Life has been snatched from the jaws of death! Or is it the other way? Either way, David and Ryan are back on the hot mics, dropping knowledge about props, costumes, movies, whisky, monkey radiator caps and, unfortunately, Nazis. In the smashing Season 11 premiere, the guys share where they've been, what they've been up to, and where this podcast is going (hint: it's going because it's been sponso
The 2025 State of the Podcast Address
As another season comes to a close, David and Ryan address the murky future of the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, get real about the economics of producing a podcast, and discuss the possible roads ahead. But it's not all serious--they still crack wise, make bad puns, and rant about minutiae as always. And they answer the real question on everyone's minds: what the hell did Ryan go and buy this time?
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Deep Dive: The Han Solo Blaster
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is back with its second deep dive of the season, this one covering one of David's and Ryan's favorite movie weapons of all time: the Han Solo blaster. To fill in all the greeblies and nerdy details, the guys are joined by DL-44 expert, master builder, and gunsmith Scott Juarez from the RPF and the Star Wars fan community. They cover everything from the (in)famous A New
The Questions Dreams are Made Of and Yacht Talk
David and Ryan dump out the 'ole podcast mailbag and dive into myriad topics, including: collecting classic paperwork, acquiring Game of Thrones pieces, the intellectual sewer that is Reddit comments, yacht collectors and the yachts they love, disputed Stormtrooper lore, Troy clappers, a plea for more comic art talk, more propas (we made it a thing), and more podcast-listener-first-timer acquisiti
House of the Dragon Make-up SFX Wizardry
Just as House of the Dragon Season 3 shooting gets underway, David and Ryan are joined by Waldo Mason, lead make-up special effects artist on the show across seasons 2 and 3. The guys talk to Waldo about how he got his start in the movie business, explore his incredible list of movie credits alone, they discuss burns, wounds, sores, monsters and aliens, Dave sort of forgives him for having worked
Return to Oz: The Ruby Slippers Revisited
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of's first guest, author Rhys Thomas, returns to the podcast to sift through the aftermath of the seismic, $28,000,000 Ruby Slippers sale by Heritage Auctions this past December. They revisit his great book, The Ruby Slippers of Oz, and they review what fascinating new information has come to light since they had him on the podcast wayyyy back in 2020. Two big events have
The March 26-28 Propstore EMLA...LA... Live!
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is back with another live episode (covering Propstore's March 26-28 auction)! David and Ryan cover their (in)famous categories, shouting out everything from their favorite "small" pieces in days 2 and 3 to the worst Prometheus prop in the auction. They fake buy each other gifts, pick out stuff to delight or antagonize their wives, and talk about the things th
Propstore's March 26-28 EMLA... LA!
Another season, another Propstore auction. David and Ryan dive into the catalog for Propstore's first of three EMLA auctions of 2025, this one taking place from March 26 through the 28th in Los Angeles. This episode covers "a few of our favorite things" as the guys highlight the most interesting lots from day 1 of the 3-day auction. Join them for everything from fusion reactors to X-File
From Deloreans to Batmobiles
This week on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, it’s all about movie cars—despite David’s at-best half-interest in the topic. But Ryan and special guest star/producer/super editor Bart go ham with celebrity guest Rob Klein on what it means to be a “movie car” enthusiast, the movie cars of history that really rev their engines, and an in-depth discussion of the restoration of the A-car from Back to the
The Darth Vader Helmet, Part 2
Gino Sabatino returns to cover all the remaining history and mystery surrounding the most infamous helmet in movie history…
But before that, David and Ryan review the stunning results of Propstore’s Blade Runner 2049 and offer what analysis they can as “experts.” We say “experts” because sadly The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of once must once again slog into the morass of fake props and even faker “expe
The Darth Vader Helmet, Part 1
Brace yourselves, True Believers, this is a nerdy one. The "deep-dive" format returns to the podcast after a too-long absence, and boy is it a biggie. To discuss every detail surrounding (and inside and outside) Darth Vader's helmet, David and Ryan are re-joined by the great Gino Sabatino, expert of all things Star Wars. And Gino has a lot to say. So much, in fact, that it was too much f
Interlinked: The Blade Runner 2049 Auction
It’s auction season again, and this time you can bid on everything that was great about the hit 2017 sci-fi legasequel, Blade Runner 2049! Join David and Ryan as they pore through the official Alcon Entertainment auction, offering over 100 gorgeous lots from Denis Villaneuve’s beautiful and haunting masterpiece. 4 Officer K costumes! 3 Deckard blasters! 2 Officer K blasters! Replicant scanners! JO
Propas: the Little Things in Life
This week on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, David and Ryan explore the little things -- the tapas of props, if you will, or, better -- "propas." It's often easy to get lost in X-Wings and Batwings and Ruby Slippers as those are the sales that steal all the headlines, but this hobby is completely accessible to the movie mad collector at any price point. The guys illuminate all the smaller
The Spectacular Season 10 Premiere Episode!
Is it more impressive that The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of has already recorded ten seasons or that we're entering our 6th year of making this podcast for very little money? Either way, David and Ryan are thrilled to be joined by "new" collector Larry Chalkley as he talks about the conversion therapy he experienced listening to this fine podcast. After being a replica collector for twenty-f
The Los Angeles Fire Disaster Special
It was an awful week in movieland. Thousands of people lost their homes in two different wildfires that consumed a hundred years of memory and history and likely resulted in the loss of countless pieces of film and television memorabilia. David first shares his own harrowing experience being within sight of the Hollywood fire, facing evacuations from his family's home and his collection's home, an
The Ruby Slippers: Definitely Real Rubies
David and Ryan are, along with the rest of the world, gobsmacked by the result of Heritage Auctions' ruby slippers sale. They break that down along with the rest of the wild and wacky 2024 for this year-ending, season-ending episode of the podcast. Join the guys they talk about the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future on this round-up episode of the podcast and are joined by a super specia
Collectors vs. Dealers
On a guest-free (and auction-catalog-free!) episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, David and Ryan delve into a sticky topic: what separates the collector from the dealer. In a hobby where many dealers also collect, the delineation can be fuzzy — and therein lies the problem. Drawing from their long experience navigating these murky waters, the guys provide their opinion on why this distinction
Live from Oz: It’s Heritage’s Ruby Slippers Auction Preview
But it wasn't a dream. It was a place! And you were there, and you were there, and you were there, and you were there! Buckle your seatbelts, Auntie ‘Em and Uncle Owen, as David and Ryan take you through the entire Heritage Auctions Hollywood Entertainment Auction featuring the Ruby Slippers of Oz. Along with special guest, Heritage’s Brian Chanes, and a live studio audience, the guys drool over
Bill Hunt of the Digital Bits - First Blood, Part 2
David and Ryan begin part two of their killer discussion with Bill Hunt by reviewing the results of the recent Propstore auction and Heritage's Power Rangers auction. They then invite Bill back on to finish the discussion about all things 4K, including the recent controversial James Cameron transfers and their weird AI process, and they then ask Bill about the holy grail of all home video collecto
The Digital Bits’ Bill Hunt (Part 1)
On a very special episode of your favorite props podcast (meaning: no auction coverage; you’re welcome), David and Ryan are joined by the editor-in-chief of the singular physical media resource, The Digital Bits. Bill and The Bits have covered home theater and physical media since the dawn of the DVD era almost 30 years ago. He chats with the guys about the 4K format, where it’s been and where it’
Happy Catalog Day!
In the super-sized mid-season finale, Ryan and Dave get a sneak-preview of the new Prop Store December auction catalog from owner and founder Stephen Lane. Join the guys on a page-by-page journey through the catalog as they chat BATMAN cowls, hear a cool story about finding David Bowie's crystal ball, try to figure out where in their houses they might hang the original PARAMOUNT logo, talk STAR WA
It's Alive! The Propstore Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - November 14-17
David and Ryan have a lively one for you that begins with Ryan ranting about the state of collectors and collecting (what else is new). Dave then distracts him with the auction at hand, and the guys highlight the great stuff you may have missed from days 2 and 3 of the auction before covering their patented "categories" discussion, highlighting the props that they wish they were sophisti
Go, Go, Bid on Power Rangers!
This week on the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, David and Ryan don't know what the hell they're talking about. But thankfully, like a Mighty Morphin' hero, Rich Rose appears from a cloud of smoke and sparks and kicks and punches everything about the Heritage Hasbro Power Rangers Auction, coming to you live on November 18 and 19. Hear all about Rich's intoxicating passion for this childhood favorite a
A Collector's New Hope: The Saga Museum
So many people talk about it. These guys are actually doing it. David and Ryan welcome on former Stuff guest and Star Wars uber-collector Gus Lopez as well as Star Wars collecting legend Steve Sansweet to discuss their diabolical plans to construct a Star Wars museum for fans -- by fans. Museum-building is a notoriously impossible task (cost being one of the most insurmountable hurdles), but join
Holy Batmobiles and Batwings, Batman
David and Ryan are joined for an enlightening and extra-nerdy conversation about Batman’s various conveyances by the very man who designed them. No, not Bruce Wayne. Julian Cadlow, the illustrator, conceptual designer and storyboard artist who began his career on Tim Burton’s classic, Batman ’89. Join the guys as they pepper Julian with questions about his illustrious illustrating career, covering
Propstore's London EMLA, November 14-17 2024
These are a few of our favorite things! It's auction season yet again and the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of has all your delicious and nutritious coverage of the big event in London. We have full-size power loader arms, James Cameron's Aliens script, Batman costumes, Dirk Diggler paintings, the Costumi D'Arte collection, including Cleopatra and a bunch of spaghetti Westerns, Maximus gear, Marauders Ma
Live from Westeros: It’s Heritage’s October 10-12 Game of Thrones Auction!
In the event you missed our live broadcast from Sunday, September 29 (what’s wrong with you), you can catch all the fun and live performances of your two favorite podcasts hosts here. Join David and Ryan as they comb through Heritage Auctions’ massive, 900-lot Game of Thrones Auction. They discuss their favorite swords, props, eggs, costumes, armor, helmets, gowns, take audience questions, and pic
Debt is Coming
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is back for a whole new season, and it begins with a once-in-a-lifetime auction: HBO and Heritage Auctions' official Game of Thrones auction. In this first of two episodes covering all the auction action, David and Ryan page through the massive catalog and pick their top 10? 15? 20? favorite things from the over 900(!) lots on offer. Join the guys as they pore over V
All These Props Will be Lost in Time, Like Tears in Rain
David and Ryan are joined by friend of the podcast and current reigning-champion guest host Rob Klein to discuss a long bandied-about topic on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of: the great lost props. Props going missing is, of course, a fact of life in our corner of the collecting world, but this episode highlights the biggest of the bigs -- the Yeti, the Second Gunman on the Grassy Knoll, the Loch Nes
And Now: The Future Was Now
It's a change of pace on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of as David and Ryan class up the joint by sitting down with actual journalist and actual author Chris Nashawaty to discuss his brand new book The Future Was Now, which covers that brilliant 1982 genre summer and the eight science-fiction (and fantasy) masterpieces that came out of it. Especially Conan the Barbarian -- but also The Wrath of Khan,
Thinning the Collection
It's a guest-free episode of the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of as David and Ryan discuss what can be one of the most difficult topics for collectors: how to go about slimming down your collection. Collectors spend so much time agonizing about finding and winning this stuff that it can be hard to let go. To help, the guys discuss their individual philosophies on how to know when it's time to move stuff
From Props to Producing
On a very special episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, we have one of the producers from House of the Dragon AND the props lady from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul -- and they're the same person! David and Ryan welcome Trina Siopy to the podcast to tell her story of how she climbed the film ladder. From falling out of trucks as a stunt woman to cooking (fake) meth for Breaking Bad to being
The 2024 Propstore Summer Auction Recap!
Another auction has come and gone, so it's time for David and Ryan to do some Monday-morning quarterbacking. Join the guys as they dig into the details of the latest Propstore auction, discussing what they won, what they lost, the big sales of the day (oh my, that Indy hat!), the surprises, the misses, one very (un)fortunate "absentee" bidder... and that new buyer's premium. Did David win the Bike
Live on Tape: The August 15th - 18th Propstore Auction Live Coverage
It’s almost auction time, and The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is covering all of Propstore’s August EMLA action! David and Ryan are joined by Propstore co-head-honcho Brandon Alinger and Emperor of Marketing Chuck Costas to talk about the auction AND reveal the Season 7 winner of the Dave10/Ryan10 contest. They talk everything from 2001 patches to Tombstone hats including the world’s greatest Stormtr
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