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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. "For an opening bid... you can own..." by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Informative

    Somebody needs to read autioneering 101. You don't get to own something by making an opening bid no more than you get karma for making a first post!

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  2. Nope, not a repost... by flabbergast · · Score: 4, Informative

    but I thought it'd be nice to look back to the announcement of the auction that was posted here before

  3. Re:as the guy who wrote those words by 1u3hr · · Score: 3, Informative
    to buy an original tribble

    Actually, having read TFA, it's not, but from one of the sequel series. Despite the impression they try to give, there are hardly any props from TOS. These were all thrown out, stolen, or sold decades ago. They highlight a model of the Enterprise -- but made from a kit for one of the movies. Except for its provenance, the same as thousands hanging from geeks' bedroom ceilings.

  4. ST:TOS went to the Bronx.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    [...] gone to a place where the intrepid crew never took the Enterprise: the Bronx.


    Season 1 episode 28: Kirk and Spock go back in time to NYC to undo historical damage done by McCoy while he was crazy.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_on_the_Edge_ of_Forever

    Great episode btw - how could any trekkie forget it? Yeah sure the *enterprise* didn't go to the Bronx, but still...
  5. Craftsmanship by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've seen some of the early props near the Vegas Trek ride. They were not very well done because they knew that TV resolution was not sufficient to show the details. Custom-built replicas are usually much nicer. Example link:

    http://www.xscapesprops.com/Star_Trek_Props_Page1. htm

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