- What do we got?
I have an HR Giger limited-edition
book that also has a lithograph signed
and numbered from "Aliens 3."
Oh, that's cool.
It's actually signed by HR Giger, huh?
Yeah.
He's basically known for being the inspiration behind Ridley
Scott's "Alien" movies.
I remember seeing about maybe five minutes of "Alien"
when I was a kid and being absolutely terrified.
[laughter]
It's pretty intense.
You can tell exactly what it's from.
This is the one that had like the other, like, baby alien
inside his mouth, right?
Exactly.
His first works were ink drawings and oil paintings,
and then he discovered airbrush.
It was-- it's what he's really known for it.
Yeah, and he was a little crazy.
I heard something like he suffered from night terrors,
and painting was kind of like his therapy.
And apparently he did a lot of stuff
where he combined humans with machines.
It's a lot of biomechanical stuff.
That's it, yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, it looks like there's some kind of man on top
of a bubble shooting a gun.
But I mean, this stuff is pretty cool.
HR Giger was the man when it came to creating all things
creepy in the second half of the 20th century,
and it was his artwork they helped
catapult the movie "Alien" into such a monster hit.
You can't deny the guy had talent,
and I know there's collectors out there
that would love to get their hands on something like this.
Definitely pretty cool.
And how much are you going to get?
I'd like to see $600.
$600, OK.
The signature is what makes it really unique.
I'd like to have a buddy of mine come down and check it out.
Sure, yeah.
And I'll be right back, OK?
Cool.
Thanks.
I wasn't surprised he wanted to get
a signature expert to come in.
I have no doubts that it will be a true signature, though.
Wow.
This is pretty cool.
This guy was kind of a really unique guy.
1976 rolls around.
He does his painting, and Ridley Scott sees it.
And he says, whoa, wait a minute.
This is kind of what I have in mind for my movie "Alien."
And that's where he was inspired to do
the aliens, and the next thing you know,
this guy is designing aliens.
And as you can see here, man, I mean,
this is some pretty crazy stuff.
Yeah.
I mean, it's not like this guy was on a normal level.
I mean, he basically used to say you're either creative or crazy
if you liked his work.
So Ridley Scott was one or the other.
HR Giger became this really famous guy based off "Alien."
And the next thing you know the rock stars latched onto him,
and they wanted to use him for artwork for their albums.
So the guy's place in the movie and the music industry
is pretty big.
And there really isn't much to this guy's autograph.
If you take a look here, this is just
someone that just wanted to get it over with as quickly
as possible, OK?
Another example of his, again, with this really rushed H.
And I mean a little inconsistent with his last name,
but his first name really choppy, up and down.
You could see the formation on both of these.
There's absolutely no question in my mind.
Real signature here, Corey.
Very good.
OK?
So any idea of what you think it might be worth?
Well, you know, I think the interesting thing about this
is that it's a nice book, OK, but all the value's right here,
you know.
And you know what?
I've seen these lithos before.
They're not, again, ultra rare, and we have an edition of 350,
so you know there's 349 of them out there still.
But with that said, the guy's no longer living.
He's really, really highly collectible for Aliens fans.
I would put this value right at about $1,200.
OK.
Right on, man. I appreciate you coming down.
- Yeah, good to see. - Thank you.
- Yeah, good luck to you. - Hey, thanks a bunch.
Yep.
If Corey's able to make a deal on this piece, the market,
yeah, it's limited, but thanks to "Alien,"
his work's going to be popular.
And if it's work about the main alien in the movie,
there's no doubt about it.
People are going to want that.
So I know you came and asking for $600.
You heard it was worth $1,200.
Yeah.
What do you want for it now?
I'm very happy to hear that it's worth that much.
So I'd like to think about $900.
I'm going to go around $400.
That's a third of the $1,200.
How about $750?
Let's cut to the chase, man. $500, that's the most I can do.
It's going to be a few hundred bucks to frame it.
At the end of the day, I'm only making
a few hundred bucks in it.
It's going to take me a while to sell it.
Let's rewind and go back to what I said originally
and go with the $600.
$500.
Yeah, sure.
All right, cool.
I'll meet you right over there and write you up, all right?
I'm real happy with the $500.
It's more than I thought I'd get.
My wife and I have split up, and I
think I'll give my ex-wife a call
tonight and let her know that it all worked out in the end.