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Producer Kevin Burns’ collection of The Munsters memorabilia is coming up for auction at Heritage Auctions  from November 5-7th.

Burns, who died last year of cardiac arrest at 65, amassed a collection that ranged from the astonishing to the downright fantastic, and included everything from Grandpa Munster’s electric chair to Lily Munster’s gown to Eddie Munster’s suits to every available copy of every bit of Munsters merch ever manufactured, from comic books to board games to bubblegum cards. If something appeared on the set or had the Munsters images or name on it, Burns had to have it – multiple copies, if and whenever possible.

The sprawling assemblage, which took over Burns’ Los Angeles home and spread to several storage facilities, has been the subject of countless media stories and the envy of every Munsters collector. Until now it has remained out of reach except to close friends – among them Eddie Munster himself, Butch Patrick – who were lucky enough to be granted access to the world’s largest Munsters collection outside of 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

His passion for The Munsters extended to Universal Pictures’ beloved monsters and the landmark magazine that celebrated them: Forrest J Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland, which began publication in 1958. In time Burns and Ackerman became close, and the producer wound up with some original Famous Monsters cover paintings – all by Basil Gogos, whose renderings of cinema’s scariest creations would become iconic and coveted by filmmakers and rock stars. This auction features three Gogos originals: Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein, Boris Karloff’s The Ghoul and, of course, a Herman Munster commissioned by Burns.

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