Hollywood Collector's Sale of the Century BLOW OUT SUNDAY!

SUNDAY IS CLEAR-OUT DAY!

Deep discounts and bundle pricing on furniture, dishes, glassware, kitchenware, garage items, books, media, clothing and household treasures. The more you buy, the better the deal—we must clear the house!

Original artwork, costume sketches, Hollywood photographs and select specialty collectibles are excluded from the blowout discount and remain individually priced.

Step into the wonderfully theatrical world of Tom Culver—a film and television costumer, cabaret singer, author and lifelong lover of Hollywood history. As a member of Motion Picture Costumers, IATSE Local 705, he spent decades behind the scenes on productions including The Love Boat, Love Boat: The Next Wave and Murder, She Wrote, along with Mobsters, Town & Country, Purpose and Mike Nichols’s What Planet Are You From?

We are delighted to facilitate an insider's shopping experience of behind the scenes Hollywood history including but not limited to original costume drawings, including signed works by Edith Head and Bob Mackie and one of a kind sketches with production notes and personal inscriptions. Photographs of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Angela Lansbury, Elvis Presley, Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor and many more noir sirens appear throughout the collection, alongside costume-test photographs, entertainment magazines and movie and theatre posters.

Tom had an eye for drama, on and off the screen. His home was filled with Art Deco lamps, Erté collector plates, an Egyptian-inspired figural table, an Artedi dining set, bamboo furniture and books galore. He also kept an extensive wardrobe of vintage menswear and designer clothing, along with thousands of DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs and cassettes—the personal archive of a man who truly loved movies, music and performance.

A Hollywood Life Beyond the Costume Department:

Tom’s affection for Hollywood found its way into his writing. He edited The Murder, She Wrote Cookbook, gathering recipes from the show’s cast and crew, and wrote They Did It With Their Clothes On, his look at glamour and seduction on the silver screen. At the time of his passing, he was working on a book about costume designer Yvonne Wood.

Tom performed in Los Angeles cabaret rooms including The Gardenia, where his show Thanks for the Memory was recorded live. His album Duke’s Place celebrated the music of Duke Ellington, with producer and fellow singer Mark Winkler joining him for a duet on “Caravan.”

Whether he was working behind the camera, writing about the silver screen or standing at a microphone, Tom understood that clothes, music and movies could tell a story. He devoted his life to those stories—and he kept the evidence.

Collection Highlights

1. Hundreds of original costume and fashion drawings, including signed works by Edith Head and Bob Mackie
2. Production notes, fabric swatches, period costume studies and personal inscriptions
3. Photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Angela Lansbury, Elvis Presley, Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor and many more
4. Costume-test photographs and vintage entertainment magazines
5. Signed lobby cards featuring Lucille Ball, Barbara Streisand, and many, many others.
6. Thousands of movie and theatre posters, including The Wizard of Oz, Ninotchka, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Irene
7. A That Touch of Mink display
8. Art Deco sketches, lamps and collectible Erté plates
9. An Artedi dining set with six rattan-style chairs
10. An Egyptian-inspired figural table
11. Egyptian art and figurines
12. Mid-century bamboo and rattan furniture
13. Vintage barware and cocktail glasses
14. Decorative fashion plates
15. Vintage menswear and designer men’s clothing
16. A plethora of DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs and cassette tapes
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A Tom Culver CD will be included with every purchase!

This is a sale for costume designers and costumers, film historians, fashion students, Hollywood collectors, cabaret devotees, Deco lovers and anyone who still gets a thrill from discovering something with a real story behind it.

We extend a special welcome to Tom’s fellow Local 705 members and his colleagues in the Costume Designers Guild.

Come for an original drawing, a photograph, a cocktail glass or an outrageous piece of furniture. Stay awhile and get to know the man who brought it all together.

Hollywood Legends Estate Sale

Valley Village, Los Angeles

September 18–20, 2026

Street parking is available. Please be considerate of the neighborhood and do not block driveways.

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Hollywood collectors, your ship has come in!

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