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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. Not interested by linuxgurugamer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While having been a trekkie for years, I feel that I can spend my money in better ways elsewhere. However, I predict that the auction will bring more than they expect, because there are lots of trekkies who feel differently than I do.

  2. Links to Stories with Required Registration by BrianWCarver · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Links to stories with required registration should be BANNED on Slashdot.

    Can't we make that a policy?

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    1. Re:Links to Stories with Required Registration by BrianWCarver · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The anonymous coward below misses the point. I know how to get around the registration. I just don't want to bothered to have to do so. Slashdot could save us all that effort by 1) having the editors change reg-links with non-reg links or better: 2) simply rejecting reg-linked stories and indicating to people that is the policy. Future submissions would automatically fix this, and some sites who want Slashdot traffic to their ads might even think twice about having us all remember yet another stupid username/password combination.

      I also don't see how my comment above should be moderated "Troll". I'm genuinely sick of this on Slashdot and would like to see it changed. So, I said so.

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  3. as the guy who wrote those words by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    all i have to say is calm down, it's just editorial shorthand. you're not helping in the great noble fight against poor communication, you're just revealing yourself to be mentally brittle. read the words again: it's simply a way to introduce the concept of the range of cash you need to buy an original tribble. no one is expecting me to capture the nuances of the financial mechanics of auctions in a brief editorial blurb... or at least no one should be

    not that i expect this comment to quell the great grammar nazi jihad, but i have to defend myself

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