The Fall of the House of Ackerman

Great article remembering Forrest J. Ackerman by Criterion's Brock Deshane. Apparently Ackerman's "Ackermansion" collection will be sold off by his estate a piece at a time.

Sadly, many of Forry’s prized possessions were sold or stolen over the years, and much of what’s left will be auctioned off on April 30 and May 1. Despite his steadfast efforts to do so, Ackerman never found a permanent home for his treasure (a portion of it can be viewed at Seattle’s Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame). The myriad of marvels to be sold this week include a monocle worn by Fritz Lang during the making of Metropolis (1926), prosthetic teeth from Lon Chaney Sr.’s makeup kit, and a first American edition of Dracula, signed by Bram Stoker, Bela Lugosi, and Christopher Lee.

I met Mr. Ackerman in 2002; we traded copies of each others' books. His: an elaborate, color-printed hardback tome. Mine: a small, text-heavy paperback on bad movies and the Hollywood stars who made them. He didn't seem to mind the disparity, in fact he seemed excited at the prospect of reading it. A

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