What is Guillermo del Toro auctioning from his legendary horror collection?
The director is selling over 100 items from both his own classic films and other iconic works in a bid to protect his lifelong collection
Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, leaving precious and beloved items behind, but Guillermo del Toro was determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia.
It is the same loyalty that finds him making another tough decision to protect the items he loves like family: letting some of them go.
Del Toro partnered with Heritage Auctions for a three-part auction to sell a fraction of a collection that is bursting at the seams. Online bidding for the first part on September 26 started on August 28 and includes over a hundred items, with more headed to the auction block next year.
“This one hurts. The next one, I’m going to be bleeding,” del Toro, 60, said of the auction series. “If you love somebody, you have estate planning, and this is me estate planning for a family that has been with me since I was a kid.”
Del Toro is one of the industry’s most respected filmmakers, whose fascination with monsters and visual style will shape generations to come. But at his core, the Mexican-born horror buff is a collector.