Giant Paramount Auction of Star Trek Items

Alien54 writes "The first official studio auction of memorabilia from all five 'Star Trek' television series and 10 movie spinoffs, to be held from October 5 to 7 in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the original 'Star Trek' series, was announced by Christie's on Thursday. CBS Paramount Television Studios is cleaning out its vaults for the sale, comprising more than 1,000 lots totaling some 4,000 items. Items to hit the block include props, weapons, prosthetics and set dressings unearthed from five Paramount warehouses, as well as many special and spectacular items highlighted in the various shows." Update: 05/21/2006 14:57 GMT by SM Several users have provided us with the direct link to the auction site for easy viewing.

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You can look at the catalog online

[Beryllium Sphere(tm)]

http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/ov erview.asp

Tragically it is in Flash.

I wonder if they have the dilithium crystals from "Mudd's Women"? If you ever need a dilithium crystal there's really no substitute.

Re:Ressikan Flute

[fuzza]

Looks like they've updated it now... $800-$1000.

Museum in Vegas

[SonicSpike]

This already sort of exists: http://www.startrekexp.com/

Re:Best Part of Star Trek Cannot Be Bought

[Anonymous Coward]

This link was posted by another commenter, I have seen similar news stories at other sources. The findings were not the result of deliberate scientific inquiry, but rather an observation from a team of police investigators. The number of investigated pedophiles who had an interest in Star Trek was neither 99% nor "all but one", but a significant, surprisingly large number in comparison to the general population.

Note that no one is saying that Star Trek fans tend to be pedophiles, nor that Star Trek in any way turns people into pedophiles. There seems, however, to be statistical evidence that Star Trek appeals much more to the group of pedophiles investigated by that police team than the average population, which might be an interesting factoid about pedophiles.

Paramount Says It is Not Abandoning Trek

[wolverine1999]

See this FAQ:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article /16219.html