Summary • Horror maestro Guillermo del Toro is teaming up with Heritage Auctions for a three-part sale of relics from his infamous 10,000-piece cabinet of curiosities • The first installment of the Bleak House auction will start on September 26 with hundreds of concept artworks, memorabilia and artifacts up for grabs
From his early Cronos to his most recent Frankenstein - which earned a near 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival - Guillermo del Toro has secured the title as the "godfather of modern Gothic." Offscreen, his love for the occult, monstrous and macabre manifests as a two-story residence in suburban Los Angeles, with over 10,000 artworks, books and artifacts collected over a lifetime. Sure, tons of creative big shots have skeletons in the closet, but del To