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Christie's Auction House gets Star Trek Props

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bidding-at-warp-eight dept.

circletimessquare writes "A New York Times reporter was granted access to the trove of 40 years of Star Trek props that Christie's, the auction house, is cataloguing for auction in October. 'The stuff of "Star Trek' — uniforms, communicators and other props, including pointy rubber ears — has boldly gone to a place where the intrepid crew never took the Enterprise: the Bronx.' For an opening bid of $1,000 to $1,500, you can own an original tribble. 'It's an Auction, Jim, but Not as We Know It.'"

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  1. Keep it real Christie's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They get props from me too.

    1. Re:Keep it real Christie's by G-funk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course. Only a fairly serious nerd would (apparently wrongly) trust in his ability to use his PC for child porn without going to FPMITA prison. And nerds, as a whole, tend to like star trek. Ergo, those with an amount of child porn worth arresting, like star trek.

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  2. Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not an auctioneer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It had to be said ...

  3. No, thanks... by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    I already have some legit Star Trek props. I bought them from a guy named Harry Mudd.

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    1. Re:No, thanks... by Brent+Spiner · · Score: 2, Funny

      Pointy ears? Pshh. I've got, uh, silver face paint and an Inte... er "emotion chip." Any bidders?
      No seriously, I need the cash, email me.

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  4. Re:"For an opening bid... you can own..." by bcat24 · · Score: 2, Funny

    But you made a first post and got karma!

  5. I want the dilithium crystals... by DreadfulGrape · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I'll need them to run Windows Vista.

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  6. Funniest paragraph from the NYT article by Dekortage · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ms. Elkies was not a major 'Star Trek' fan before she started to organize the sale. She got her baptism in 'Star Trek' mania when she went to a convention in Germany in May. "The funny part was, I couldn't always tell if it was German or Klingon that they were speaking," she said."

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  7. Re:"For an opening bid... you can own..." by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fascinating!

  8. tribbles by disturbedite · · Score: 3, Funny

    if i bid on a tribble, is it for one or more than anticipated?

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    1. Re:tribbles by WedgeTalon · · Score: 3, Funny

      well, you see, that's the trouble with tribbles...

  9. Tribble purchases by ZorbaTHut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alternatively, for 99 cents at Wal-Mart, you can get an entire bag full of imitation baby tribbles.

    (Look for "cotton balls").

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  10. don't make a booboo on slashdot by crossmr · · Score: 2, Funny

    "has boldly gone to a place where the intrepid crew never took the Enterprise: the Bronx"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Front_(Enterpri se_episode) they must have missed this episode.

  11. Braintrust Representative by Digital_Mercenary · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bid 30,000 quotloos the humans will exceed expectations!

  12. Sorry by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... I'll need them to run Windows Vista.

    Um, you don't need dilithium crystals to run Windows Vista. It runs on a quantum singularities emitted by Bill Gates' bank account. You're thinking of OS/2 Warp.

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