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Christie's Auction House gets Star Trek Props
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.'"
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.
They get props from me too.
It had to be said ...
I already have some legit Star Trek props. I bought them from a guy named Harry Mudd.
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but I thought it'd be nice to look back to the announcement of the auction that was posted here before
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"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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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
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
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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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
Great episode btw - how could any trekkie forget it? Yeah sure the *enterprise* didn't go to the Bronx, but still...
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:
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http://www.xscapesprops.com/Star_Trek_Props_Page1
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