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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.'"

3 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not interested by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    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.

    Watching a documentary like Trekkies , one gets the impression that much extreme Trek fandom is pathological. I don't know what happened in these people's lives that they have to escape to a fantasy world based on a television series, but they need help. I feel especially sorry for the loved ones of people who spent all their time and money amassing Trek stuff and acting things out while neglecting those around them.

  2. Re:Links to Stories with Required Registration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

    What registration? Click on the link in the story, it goes straight to the article, and I don't have a NYTimes account.

    Want some cheese with your whine?

  3. Better idea... by patio11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... just wait until the dupe links to the open version.

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    Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.