Prop house sells off Hollywood history

A sizeable mock submarine. Sadly, no information about its origins. The set of The Hunt for Red October, perhaps? Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A gold genie lamp from the set of the VH1 reality dating game show Flavor of Love, starring Flavor Flav, of the rap group Public Enemy. Shedding a new light on their 2007 album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A 1.8-metre (6ft) statue of a catfish chef, fresh from the set of the gameshow Wheel of Fortune. The lonely fate of an unwanted prize, one imagines Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

What other TV show could an oversized, clawfooted bathtub have come from? Malcolm in the Middle, of course Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

An overview of the warehouse of 20th Century Props in North Hollywood, California Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

What a lovely pair ... of Egyptian tomb guard statues from the long-running ABC soap General Hospital. We can only begin to imagine the plotline Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Harvey Schwartz, owner of 20th Century Props, talks on his mobile phone. He’s the one standing up Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Where would a prop auction be without a large faux bronze Statue of Liberty from the film Spiderman 3. Every house should have one Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters