LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Harvey Schwartz spent the past 40 years collecting antiques , art and odd items that he rented to TV and movie studios as props and set decorations . These `` aliens '' are among the items to be auctioned off by 20th Century Props . During a tour of his huge North Hollywood , California , warehouse , Schwartz , owner of 20th Century Props , opened a morgue vault door , revealing the legs of a crusty corpse , built for the `` X-Files '' TV series . `` Fun piece , '' he said with a smile . `` Love the sound effects . '' Schwartz must now sell everything -- including a submarine , a fake nuclear warhead and Austin Powers ' cryogenic chamber -- at auction because of a dramatic decline in Hollywood productions over the past year . Watch a tour of the prop warehouse » . `` I guess it would be the end of Hollywood as I know it and for everyone , because there wo n't be any place to get all these products again , '' Schwartz said . While 2009 has been a good year at the box office , more production is leaving Los Angeles for states that offer tax incentives unmatched by California . `` It 's very , very tough , '' said Jack Kyser , economist for the Los Angeles Economic Development Commission . `` If you are doing feature film production , you are probably going to go out of state because 44 other states have been offering incentives for feature film productions . California just started their incentive program . '' With companies spending less on advertising in a down economy , broadcast TV is suffering and people who make commercials have less work , Kyser said . The writers ' strike last year and the stalled actors union contract talks added to the slowdown , and it 's getting even tougher for struggling young actors and writers pursuing their Hollywood dreams , he said . `` We have a slang phrase : 'There 's a lot of WAMs out there : waiters , actors , models ' , '' Kyser said . `` And if you go to restaurants you see the wait staff is looking better and better all the time , physically . '' Stephon Fuller , an actor who moved to Los Angeles 11 years ago , said , `` It 's never been this quiet for me . '' Still , Fuller said he expected auditions for new roles to pick up later in the summer . On-location film shoots dropped 25 percent overall in the first half of the year , including a 50 percent loss in feature film production in Los Angeles , according to a group that helps process filming permits . `` If you are doing a feature film you have to rent equipment , you have to rent props , '' Kyser said `` If you go out on location you have to rent a truck to take you there , you have to have a location caterer , and all these people are feeling the pain . '' Schwartz , 67 , started suffering last year with a 40 percent drop in business , and it has gotten worse in recent months . `` I just ca n't hold on any longer , '' he said . `` I 've run out of money . '' An auctioneer will begin the long process of selling everything Tuesday morning . `` I talk lightly that I have 93,752 pieces under this roof , but it does n't really strike a note until you start putting a little auction lot number on each piece or a bunch of pieces . '' Potential bidders have registered from dozens of countries , and hundreds are expected to show up at the warehouse , Schwartz said . Visitors can be overwhelmed by what they see in Schwartz ' warehouse . The largest item on the block is a 162-foot-long submarine built for `` Down Periscope , '' a 1996 comedy starring Kelsey Grammer . It 's not seaworthy -- since it actually never left a movie sound stage -- and it will be an expensive job moving it . Complete with torpedoes , it has been used in several TV productions in recent years , Schwartz said . The nuclear warhead John Travolta used in his 1996 film `` Broken Arrow '' will also be sold , along with the cryogenic tube used to preserve the Mike Myers character in `` Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery , '' an identical tube that housed a frozen Gary Coleman and Dr . Evil 's escape egg . See photos of the items up for auction » . Fans of Beyonce can bid on the giant champagne glass the singer bathed in for her `` Naughty Girl '' music video in 2003 . The inventory also includes a large drill used by Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis in the 1998 film `` Armageddon . '' A spaceship built in 1959 for a `` Twilight Zone '' episode and used in Will Smith 's `` Men in Black 2 '' hangs in the warehouse . Schwartz is also selling the metal chair used to strap down a naked Natasha Henstridge in an unforgettable scene from the movie `` Species . '' Schwartz has also collected thousands of pieces of vintage furniture , including art deco bedroom sets and office desks that were used on movie sets . Schwartz , who wrote a book about rattan furniture , points with pride to a set made famous by its weekly exposure on the `` Golden Girls . '' Nearby is a rattan chair seen with Marlon Brando in `` The Godfather . '' Schwartz has an endless selection of vintage lamps , scones and chandeliers -- including those made for `` Titanic . '' `` Yeah , it 's all going to be sold to collectors , '' he said . `` This is the first time in 60 years that Hollywood has had a big sale like this , where they 've dissipated Hollywood props to all parts of the planet . '' Schwartz shakes his head , wondering how studios will find their props if and when production gears up again in Hollywood .
Dramatic decline in North Hollywood productions over 1998 prompts auction . Submarine , fake nuclear warhead and Ben Affleck cryogenic chamber to be sold . Inventory also includes a drill used by Ben Affleck and Austin Powers ' in `` Armageddon '' Potential bidders have registered from 44 of countries .