Heritage Auction of the Stewart Berkowitz Collection 10/24/25

[A. Pennyworth]

Heritage Auction of the Stewart Berkowitz Collection 10/24/2025

[BiffPow]

[Chuck Williams]

[A. Pennyworth]

Shame, I am relatively close in distance and didn't get the opportunity to meet the man or his collection. Very sad.

[BiffPow]

I’m sure he enjoyed that collection. What an honor to have been able to surround himself in life with such an incredible collection that he loved.

[Chuck Williams]

It is a real shame.
The last time I spoke to him, he had just recieved planning commission permission to build a new higher roof on the property he had purchased for the museum.
It was going to house the atomic pile for the full sized Batcave.
In it, it would have had all the costumes and vehicles.
He was looking forward to sharing it all with everyone...

[BiffPow]

That would’ve been quite a museum.

I still hold out the hope that someone with a lot of money will start a retro network and buy the rights to make new episodes of some great old TV shows.

I know I would tune in regularly.

That collection/museum with a full-size atomic pile would’ve made a great set for new episodes, especially with all of the expertise and assistance of the people on this board to help.

[SteveA]

It is a real shame.
The last time I spoke to him, he had just received planning commission permission to build a new higher roof on the property he had purchased for the museum.

I looked at the auction, and i agree it's a shame. It's always a shame when a great collector passes on and the collection he or she lovingly amassed is divided and dispersed. It's a shame there is not a National Pop Culture museum we could donate our collections to when we go. J. Forest Ackerman, Debbie Reynolds, Stewart and so many others have amassed stunning and incredible collections only to see them blown to the winds in auctions at their passing. When collector's sell or are forced to sell anything, they put a smile on their face and say something like "it's time to let it go to someone else to love as i have" and you know their heart is breaking to let it go. Unless you are a billionaire able to build your own museum and create a foundation to over see it, the sad truth is what you lovingly amassed all your life will be sold off when you pass on.

[SteveA]

I still hold out the hope that someone with a lot of money will start a retro network and buy the rights to make new episodes of some great old TV shows.

I know I would tune in regularly.

That collection/museum with a full-size atomic pile would’ve made a great set for new episodes, especially with all of the expertise and assistance of the people on this board to help.

That's a sweet thought but the actors that made those shows so special to us are gone. There is only one Adam West, Clayton Moore, Guy Williams or George Reeves. Others have though it a great idea to and how many re-boots of "The Munsters" have there been, or movies, The Beverly Hillbillies, get Smart, The Addams Family and so on. They have all been poor substitutes at best. Trying to copy the iconic has proved impossible, you can not duplicate that actor or actress, the chemistry between them or the writing that made that show so great. So while a beautiful thought, we can only in our imaginations dream of what might had been if they were still here to entertain us.

[BiffPow]

Yes, you are probably right.I still think a lot of the problems with the failed reboots had to do with poor writing. But, yes, chemistry was off as well.

Even when they used the original actors for reunion movies, they were disappointing, sometimes even dreadful. Again, writing and directing had a lot to do with that in my opinion.

I agree, it’s very hard to capture the look and feel of those old TV shows. I still think it’s possible, though. The movie reboot of the Star Trek original series was somewhat successful in doing that, as was the movie reboot of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” (Henry Cavill made a very fine Napoleon Solo, although I admit that the part of Illya Kuryakin was either miscast, badly written or both). Even that Beach Boys/Brian Wilson movie did an excellent job of capturing the feel of the 1960s. So did the first Kingsman movie (even though not set in the 1960s), and the Austin Powers films. I can’t help but think that it could be done.

The key is to keep it within the timeframe. No updating to current times/technology.

Having said that, it’s just a dream, anyway. I won’t see it happen in my lifetime.

Still, if there was a decent effort to create a new season of the 1966 Batman TV show with original/recreated props and sets, solid writing, casting, directing and production values, I would watch it.