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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.

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

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

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  5. 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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  6. 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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