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Trekkie Sues Christie's for Fraudulent Props
Token_Internet_Girl passed us a link to an MSNBC article on a very disappointed Star Trek fan. Mr. Moustakis of NJ bought a poker visor he thought was worn by Data in Next Generation at a Christie's auction for some $6,000. When he brought it to a convention to have it signed, actor Brent Spiner explained that he'd already sold the well-known visor in a personal sale; like Senator Vreenak, Moustakis had been given a fake. "Christie's spokesman Rik Pike stood behind the authenticity of the auction and said the disgruntled buyer's case had no merit. The lawsuit, filed in state court in Manhattan, demands millions of dollars in punitive damages and a refund for the visor and two other items Moustakis bought at the 2006 auction."
If it's fake, he should get his money back, but damages? What was damaged? His fantasy of pretending he's Data while playing poker with somebody in a Whorf costume? Or was it his hope to resell the visor for a ton more movney on eBay once it was signed by Spiner?
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
And I was so hoping to buy a real phaser at auction.
I am certainly a major trekkie myself
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IT IS A FLIPPING GREEN TRANSLUCENT VISOR!
Well proven, my friend!
I have to admit, I know the episode, but couldn't actually have described the visor off the top of my head.
I too bought some Star Trek memoribilia a few years ago - one of Uhuru's pubic hairs that had become entangled in La Forge's high tech visor. It came in a box and cost me $60,000 and still smelt vaguely fishy. Unfortunately after presenting the pubic hair to Uhulu at a Star Trek convention a couple years later, she insisted that it wasn't hers. A DNA test was conducted, and it turns out that the pubic hair actually belonged to Kirk. I was disgusted, and threw it away.
Yo homies in da house - lissen up good - Im sendin a shout out to my dogg Christies n MAD PROPS ta Christies for sellin dem FAKE PROPS to sum un-suspektin dude an bein all like, aint nothin bro, its all good, its still cool, dont sue me bro, less work sumthin out, ya know, sum freebies an' shiiiiiiiit.
I can throw as many stones as I wish; my house is made of transparent aluminum.
Is anyone else, like me, totally ashamed that they got the (deceased) Senator Vreenak reference, without having to look it up?
OTOH, it was proof that at least there, he has some hair left :-)
bickerdyke
"Christie's spokesman, a Ferengi trader of rare and unusual items..."
I might have known!
Michael Reed, freelance tech writer.
Look I know its a long shot but has anyone considered its Data who might be the one lying? He might have sold tons of these to make some cash. I know hes a machine and they cant tell lies but he gets more and more human all the time.
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beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his mind he dreams himself your master
That's it. Hand over the ears and membership card and go to your room.
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I didn't submit the story, but I'm female, on Slashdot, and a Trekkie
Quick someone trace her IP address!!
No you're not, you goddam amphibian!
Fuckin' wanna-be frogs thinkin' they're just as good as us REAL fish, makes me sick.....
Look I know its a long shot but has anyone considered its Data who might be the one lying?
Actually it's the same visor but hundreds of years later it was given to Data on his birthday and later he brought it back in time and sold it for bus fare.