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Yui Takamura
Custom sculpted 8’tall Yui Takamura from Much-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Made of 1 1/2lb styrofoam and 10lb urethane. Sealed with gesso, shellac and paint.
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Hi Lisa,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Jim Van Houten appears to be a professional sculptor working in entertainment / special effects / art departments, not primarily a fine-art sculptor exhibiting in galleries or museums.
is credited in movie production roles related to sculpture and art department work on multiple films and TV shows. According to film credits, James Van Houten has worked as a sculptor and art department artist on movie productions like "Real Steel" (2011) and "Big Fish" (2003). He also appears to have been lead sculptor on the TV show "Lost," contributing practical sculpture work such as props and set elements (e.g., the shark in one episode).
Yui Takamura is a fictional character from the Japanese sci-fi franchise Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, which includes a visual novel and an anime adaptation.
While I've found no other models by van Houten to have sold at auction, other large-scale figural models such as this that have come to auction in Entertainment Memorabilia sales held by houses such as Julien's, Christie's, Bonhams and Heritage have sold in the range of $500-5,000 (none have been attributed to a specific maker so having a name attached to this would be a key component to its value).
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
Jim Van Houten (American, 20th/21st Century)
"Yui Takamura" figural model, circa 2011
made from styrofoam and urethane, sealed with gesso, shellac and paint.
8 feet tall
CONDITION: This appears to be in good condition
PROVENANCE: Made for the pilot of a series but not used. Acquired from an Atlanta warehouse.
$4,000-6,000*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, or questions/concerns, and thank you again for using Mearto.
~ Delia
That's pretty cool. I don't recognize the sculptor - do you know his name?
I added a couple pictures to my file. I did screenshots of our conversation and shortly afterwards the conversation was deleted so I think he didn’t want me to share the information. I’m just trying to establish if this item has value. Would love to get a good appraisal to consider trying to sell her to the comic-con world possibly.
I think the Comic-Con and Anime worlds would go crazy for her. Based on what other figural model props have sold for, I think most entertainment memorabilia houses would estimate her for between $4,000 and $6,000 but if you're looking to sell this privately, I would ask $9,000; if you have to come down a bit at least you're not risking under-selling her.
Thank you very much for your help.
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We found it outside of Atlanta in a warehouse. We found the sculptor online who is in the images we sent. He made it for a pilot TV series and to the best of our knowledge, it was not used as the item was too large. That’s all we really know about it.