"After all, it is a question of money with these fellows, and I have the British treasury behind me. If it's on the market I'll buy it -- if it means another penny on the income-tax. It is conceivable that the fellow might hold it back to see what bids come from this side before he tries his luck on the other..." --Sherlock Holmes, from the The Second Stain
Memorabilia Brettiana is a graphic listing of as many Brettish-related (or presumably related) assests and/or remarkably Sherlockian eccentric novelties that I have been able to locate. This section shall be updated further when more new items come to my notice. The following memorabilia comes from various sources -- both enquired and searched for THE most inexpensive offering available. Increments are either in US dollar ($) or UK sterling (£), unless addressed otherwise. To perform foreign exchange rate conversion, use the Universal Currenct Converter.
There is an item whose whereabouts has been in constant question, "The Reichenbach Waterfall Portrait" -- which is mounted above the fireplace of the Baker Street study -- has been in demand for a number of years. It was personally acquired by set designer, Micheal Grimes, who accordingly found the mid or late-1800s print in a book. He blew it up, framed it, and hung it to replace the usual framed mirror, thus preventing accidently shots of camera and crew on film. Jeremy found it as a great joke, an irony which Holmes could ponder over during a case. NOW Miss Sheila Matthews has recently placed new information to the editor's attention. Presently the portrait is in display at "Jeremy Brett Exhibition" at Sherlock Holmes Memorabilia Company. They will soon provide copies of this portrait in its original size for purchasing to anyone whom desires a copy -- which is a great deal!
For other listings of Brettish nostalgia, please consult Publicationa Brettiana, Paraphernalia Brettiana de Exotica, and Influencing Those Inspired Illustrators. If there is any Brettian who knows where to obtain other Brettish-related products, the editor would be much obliged in receiving the information.
Last on 02 October 2000
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The Granada Sherlock Holmes TV Series
All 41 episodes -- from "The Adventures" to "The Return" to "The Casebook" to "The Memoirs" to the 5 feature-length films -- are purchasible for your personally entertainment and pleasure. US/NTSC videos are available at The MPI Media Group or British Fantasy for $19.98 each; or Barnes & Noble search engine are videos at $16.98 each; or run through Amazon.com search engine for Granada episodes priced at $16.99 each; or at CDNOW.com for $17.99. For a Canadian supplier, try Chapters.ca for CAN$16.49 each. (NOTE: The most inexpensive purchases are sold at the US local "Suncoast Videos" -- aka "Saturday Mantinee" -- for $12.95 each) UK/PAL videos have been finally located at Amazon.co.uk for a new price of £9.99 or BlackStar Video for £10.99 each (NOTE: Supplies sell out of stock VERY rapidly at this location, however restocking orders can be requested), or at The Sherlock Holmes Museum, yet expensively for £18.00 each (NOTE: episodes must be specified at this provider), with either one or two episodes on a single cassette
The Adeventures of Sherlock Holmes [DVD Format] *NEW -- PUBLICLY RELEASED ON 03 OCTOBER 2000*
For some time, Brettians have been campaigning to MPI Media Group for DVDs of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series. Finally, our cries have been answered. To be publicly released on 03 October 2000 is the first volume of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes DVD, four excellent Granada episodes in one from the first season: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Dancing Men, The Naval Treaty, and The Solitary Cyclist. Starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke as Dr. Watson, produced by Michael Cox. In color, HiFi Sound, Dolby, with production notes, a Series Promo, and full-screen format. Unfortunately this is a "Region 1 encoding," meaning for US and Canada DVD players only. This is 5-star quality treatment!! Other releasing DVD volumes are still in production. Available at Amazon.com for $13.99 or MPI Media Group for $19.98. For a Canadian supplier, consult Chapters.ca for CAN$26.79 (NOTE: To watch an trailer advertisement of this DVD, consult The One-Eyed Moose)
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles [Laserdisc Format] *DISCONTINUED SINCE 1993 -- WHILE SUPPLIES LAST*
A discontinued and rare arrangement of an entertainment format from The MPI Media Group -- laserdiscs from the Granada Sherlock Holmes series, starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke!!! Only one episode of the series is available in this format, Holmes' supreme and eeirest case of "The Hound of Baskervilles"! The circumstances of the recent death of Sir Charles Baskerville is connected to the frightening legend of the Baskerville Ghost Hound. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson investigates in hopes that the same fate does not befall young Sir Henry Baskerville from America. Directed by Brian Mills and co-starring Kristoffer Tabori, Neil Duncan, and James Faulkner, this 1988 film turned laserdisc in 1992 with Digital Sound and CLV! $14.98 (item #CLV1792)
The Best of Sherlock Holmes Video
A 30-minute special done in 1989, "The Best of Sherlock Holmes" has also been released, compiling of marvelous clips of the best Holmesian advetures from the popular Granada Television series, "Sherlock Holmes"!! US/NTSC copies are available at The MPI Media Group, British Fantasy, or Amazon.com for $9.98. For Canadaian supplier, try Chapters.ca for CAN$16.49
A&E Biography - Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective *NEW*
A&E Mysteries.com now has a biography on the world favourite unofficial consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. In a private party at the Sherlock Holmes Hotel, the Sherlock Holmes Society of London joins a special dinner, Doctor Watson (roled by David Burke), in a discussion of his dear friend, Mister Sherlock Holmes. Ironically, this biography was first aired on 12 September 1995, the very day Jeremy Brett passed away. Journey back to Victorian England, tracing Holmes' origins and his immortal appeal, his passions and weaknesses. Also learn how Jack the Ripper coincided with Conan Doyle became a bestseller! "Crime may not pay," said Doyle, "but it certainly sells..." US/NTSC format only! $14.95 (NOTE: This offer is unavailable to countries outside the US and Canada)
Granada TV Series Music Soundtrack [CD Format] *DISCONTINUED SINCE 1989 -- WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, NEW 2000 RE-ISSUE*
Brettians!! Sherlockians!! Music Lovers!! One of the most demanded and rare of Sherlockian soundtracks is Patrick Gowers' musical scores from the Granada TV Sherlock Holmes series. These soundtracks have been professionally recorded in full fidelity and stereo on compact disc with 19 tracks including the acclaimed Granada opening theme, "221B Baker Street". Originally released in 1988 and was OUT OF PRINT for years until now, this is an "singularly" rare find of a rapidly vanishing historically important musical recording with the original Varese Sarabande label! The manufactor have no plan in any re-issues, supplies are limited! The compact disc format of this soundtrack is available at three locations (expensively, nonetheless worth the price): Colosseum Records Online for DM 34.00 (item #1136) or at German Music Express for US$24.69 or at The Sherlock Holmes Museum for £18.00. For the new 2000 reissue of this soundtrack, consult Amazon.com for $14.99; Barnes & Noble for $18.98; or Chapters.ca for CAN$21.39. For Japanese supplier, try Area B Partnership Company for ¥2718 (yen) (NOTE: Due to country location, covers will differ. Also available as an audio cassette)
Granada TV Series Music Soundtrack [Cassette Format] *DISCONTINUED SINCE 1989 -- WHILE SUPPLIES LAST*
Brettians!! Sherlockians!! Music Lovers!! One of the most demanded and rare of Sherlockian soundtracks is Patrick Gowers' musical scores from the Granada TV Sherlock Holmes series. These soundtracks have been professionally recorded in full fidelity and stereo on audio cassette with 19 tracks including the acclaimed Granada opening theme, "221B Baker Street". Originally released in 1988 and was OUT OF PRINT for years until now, this is an "singularly" rare find of a rapidly vanishing historically important musical recording with the original Varese Sarabande label! The manufactor have no plan in any re-issues, supplies are limited! The audio cassette format of this soundtrack is available at two locations: expensively at The Sherlock Holmes Museum for £9.00 or fairly at Classic Specialties for $12.50 (item AUD/GRANADA). (NOTE: Due to country location, covers will differ. Also available as a compact disc)
Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street
This elementary musical compendium gathers together 16 selections from 11 Sherlock Holmes movies or television series, from Cyril Mockridge's themes for the 1939 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes through Frank Skinner's omnipresently tracked music for all twelve of the Universal Holmes films of the 1940s, through James Bernard's doggedly relentless horror music for Hammer's The House of the Baskervilles and John Scott's eerie violin sonorities from A Study in Terror, to more recent filmic renditions as The Seven Percent Solution (John Addison), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Miklos Rozsa), Without a Clue (Henry Mancini) and Young Sherlock Holmes (Bruce Broughton). Also included are themes from the British television programs, The Masks of Death (Malcolm Williamson) and Sherlock Holmes (Patrick Gowers). This is a very fine assortment of cues, nicely performed by an unnamed orchestra under the baton of Lanny Meyers. The CD contains much music hitherto unavailable, especially those wonderfully melodramatic scores by Mockridge and Skinner, and Bernard's elegantly cataclysmic Hammer music. Available at in six locations: Colosseum Records Online for DM 34.00 (item #5692), Classic Specialties for $19.95 (item CD/THEMES), Amazon.com for $13.99, VareseSarabande.com for $13.98, CD Quest Music for $13.69, or Barnes & Noble for $13.48. For Canadian supplier, consult Chapter.ca for CAN$21.00
The Best of NPR: The Life in the Arts *PRICE RAISED AGAIN*
The National Public Radio has compiled a pleasant collection of interviews of those in the performing arts. The interviews, each lasting roughly 10 minutes or longer, include Ethal Merman, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Ry Cooper, Dame Janet Baker, Lynn Redgrave, Don Feiler, Don Walser, Leon Fleisher, and (of course) Jeremy Brett. Mr Brett, in his NPR interview first recorded in 1992, discusses his role of the detective, Sherlock Holmes, and goes rather personal, as well in reflecting the events of his late wife, Joan Wilson. Audio-cassette only. Available at 2 locations: Amazon.com for $11.68 or Amazon.co.uk for £9.74
Jeremy Brett 2000 Calendar *WHILE SUPPLIES LAST*
The first collector's item from La Société Jeremy Brett de France: The JB 2000 calender! Measures 8.26-by-11.41-inch (21-by-29-centimeter), 8 pages on Bristol board, recto verso printed, one month per page. It includes 7 black-and-white pages and 5 colour pages. Colour-illustrated paper cover with spiral binding. Plus about 30 photographs of Brett in his largest r(les, including himself!! Order via snail-mail to: JBSF; 2000 Calender; Rés. Les Clos de L'Arc, Entreé 5; Avenue Gaston Berger; 13090 Aix-en Provence,; FRANCE or via email to <JBSF.com@wanadoo.fr>. £10.00, $20.00, plus shipping and handling. (S&H: Europe is £2.00, US is US$5.50, other is $7.00)
Sherlock Holmes Calendars *WHILE SUPPLIES LAST*
The Cadds Printing Limited still has Granada calendars from 1995 and 1996 in stock! This is a very rare offer! Though the item is out-of-date, it remains a distinct icon for collectors. The Granada Sherlock Holmes calendar, featuring original shots from the highly acclaimed television series never used before. Both calendars use the same pictures exactly only the calendar dates are pose any different in between. These calendars feature Jeremy Brett in all 12 shots and nearly all the shots are suitable for framing. Also in includes pieces of each of the stories from the series -- not strictly canonical, plus a list various significant dates. While supplies last!!! Available in two locations: The Cadds Printing Limited for £4.00 each, or Rupert Books for £8.00 each (item #7.47 for 1995, item #7.48 for 1996)
Jeremy Brett Posters
One can find hoards of posters of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, and other celebrities, yet where can one find a poster of Sherlock Holmes? Let alone those of Jeremy Brett?? It's extremely difficult, especially outside the England! Nevertheless now, Sherlockians and Brettians are able to acquire poster art agreeable to their special proclivities! Jeremy Brett, as Sherlock Holmes, poses in front of 221B on one poster and with the famous racehorse "Silver Blaze" on the other. This set of two full-color, 12-by-15-inch, posters can now grace the Sherlockian (or Brettian) areas of your home or office. Professionally printed on sturdy, semi-gloss, poster stock in England and imported for your pleasure. Suitable for framing, hanging "as is," or thumb-tacking to the wall exclusively at Classic Specialties! $17.50 (item PST/BRETT)
Granada Sherlock Holmes Postcard Set of 32
*NEW -- RE-INTRODUCTION*
The Cadds Printing Limited presents the re-introduction of the grand 32 set of the Granada Series postcards, direct from England. They offer this set of 4.25-by-6.25-inch full-color photos of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, including David Burke and Edward Hardwicke as his Watsons. This is an unique portfolio! Photos are printed with postcard graphics on the back, but are eminently suitable for collecting and displaying in album or frame. £10.50 per set
The Brett Set Postcards
Classic Specialties call it "The Brett Set" -- imported from England! They offer this set of three 4.25-by-6.25-inch full-color photos of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes: (1) Brett posing in front of 221B Baker Street; (2) Brett with David Burke as Watson; and (3) Brett with Edward Hardwicke as Watson. Photos are printed with postcard graphics on the back, but are eminently suitable for collecting and displaying in album or frame. Inexpensive souvenirs or gifts for any Sherlockian/Holmesian and/or Brettian. $5.95 (item CRD/BRETT)
Single Photographic Stills
Printed on 8-by-10-inch, high-quality gloss stock selection of approximately 12 different photographs (so far found). Enter "Product Gallery", then "Stills", search under the subjects: "Brett, Jeremy (1)", "Brett, Jermey (2)", and "Sherlock Holms" (NO, the latter two were not misspelled according to The Great Movie and Animation Store). $6.00 for each colour, $4.00 for each black/white. 13 colour photographs are found at Celebrity Locators: Jeremy Brett and 7 more at Celebrity Locators: Sherlock Holmes at $10.00 each
A Study in Celluloid Poster *NEW -- VERY EXCULSIVE COLLECTORS' ITEM*
A 16-by-23-inch poster advertising the launch of Granada producer Michael Cox's A Study in Celluloid: A Producer's Account of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes on 01 December 1999 at London's Murder One. Reproduces the cover of the very book's dust-jacket, which depicts Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes moodily peering through a raindropped windowpane, it remains one of Brett's favourite photographs of himself. The condition is very fine, rolled. Available at Rupert Books for £5.00 (item #7.21)
A Study in Celluloid Invitation *NEW -- VERY EXCULSIVE COLLECTORS' ITEM*
An invitation to the launch of Granada producer Michael Cox's A Study in Celluloid: A Producer's Account of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes on 01 December 1999 at London's Murder One. Reproduces the cover of the very book's dust-jacket, which depicts Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes moodily peering through a raindropped windowpane, it remains one of Brett's favourite photographs of himself. The condition is very fine. Available at Rupert Books for £5.00 (item #7.51)
On the Wings of Paradise Poster signed by Linda Pritchard *NEW*
A 16-by-23-inch poster advertising Ms Linda Pritchard's appearance at the launch of her book, The Jeremy Brett -- Linda Pritchard Story: On the Wings of Paradise, on 25 September 1998 at London's Crime in Store. This collector's item reproduces the cover of the very book's dust-jacket, which depicts Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Pritchard running -- a promotional photograph done for "The Keep Hope Alive" marathon in 1988 supporting funds for cancer research. very nice item for any Sherlockian or Brettian to obtain. Poster sales will benefit the Jeremy Brett Memorial Fund for the Imperial Cancer Research. Signed by Ms Pritchard. Available at Rupert Books for £12.00 (item #7.53)
On the Wings of Paradise Invitation signed by Linda Pritchard *NEW -- VERY EXCULSIVE COLLECTORS' ITEM*
An invitation to the Rupert Books launch of Linda Pritchard's and Mary Ann Warner's The Jeremy Brett -- Linda Pritchard Story: On the Wings of Paradise on 25 September 1998 at London's Crime in Store. Reproduces the cover of the very book's dust-jacket, which depicts Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Pritchard running -- a promotional photograph done for "The Keep Hope Alive" marathon in 1988 supporting funds for cancer research. Signed by Ms Pritchard. The condition is very fine. £10.00 (item #7.52)
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Classic Specialties. © Carolyn & Joel Senter 1996-2000
The MPI Media Group: Sherlock Holmes New Release. © 1997-2000
The Picture Palace Newsreel. © 1994-2000
The Sherlock Holmes Museum. © 1990-2000
The Sherlock Holmes Memorabilia Company. © 2000
Marcus Tylor Photography. © Marcus Tylor 1988-2000
The Tom Rieschick Collection. © Tom Rieschick 1988-2000
The Great Movie and Animation Store. © 1992-2000
Mycroft's Brother. © 2000
The Sherlock Holmes Public House & Restaurant. © Whitbread & Company 1957-2000
Rupert Books: Internet Catalogue. © R. Dixon Smith 1984-2000
Amazon.com: Books, Music & More!. © Amazon.com, Inc. 1996-2000
Amazon.co.uk: Books, Music & More! © Amazon.com, Inc. 1998-2000
Chapters.ca © Chapters.ca, Inc. 2000
bn.com: Barnes & Noble © barnesandnoble.com Inc. 1997-2000
The Cadds Printing Limited. © Hugh S. Scullion 1998-2000
Celebrity Locators. © Scott Johnson 1999-2000
Goodness Gracious - Freelance Photography and Home of the Walter Rose Collection. © Goodness Gracious 1999-2000
Hemens & Halls. © Hemens & Halls 1998-2000
German Music Express. © German Music Express 1994-2000
Colosseum Records Online. © Colosseum Schallplatten 1999-2000
Anna Laura Collectibles. © Anna Laura Collectibles 1999-2000
Allen's Fine Collectibles and Gifts. © Allens Inc. 1999-2000
Area B Partnership Company © Area B Partnership Company 1997-2000
Black Star: The UK's Biggest Video Store. © Black Star Associates Limited 1998-2000