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 Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:32 pm Star Trek auction boldly goes to $7 million take |
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| Quote: | The first auction of official "Star Trek" memorabilia hit warp speed on Saturday when a determined bidder paid $576,000 for a model of the legendary science fiction franchise's starship Enterprise, helping drive the total for the three-day sale above $7 million.
All of the 1,000 lots of props, costumes, models and miniatures and other ephemera from the five "Star Trek" television series and 10 feature films on offer at Christie's auction house found buyers.
Virtually all sold for more than their pre-sale estimates. The total taking of $7,107,040, including commission, was far more than double what had been expected.
The Enterprise top lot set a record for a piece of "Star Trek" memorabilia, and also attained one of the highest prices ever paid for any piece of Hollywood memorabilia.
The 78-inch-long (198-cm) model of the Starship Enterprise-D, used extensively in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" television series, was bought by an unidentified private American collector bidding via telephone.
The model, which also featured in "Star Trek: Generations," the first movie based on the "Next Generation" show, had been estimated at $15,000 to $25,000. |
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Look, I love Star Trek just as much as the next guy, but that is TOO much money....
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Lord Borg
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:40 pm |
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Indeed, it went for so much becuase it was props actually used on film and such. I think it's a mistake to sell this stuff off. Granted, they may never use the ships again, due to CG, but back when TMP was going to be made, they realized "Gee, maybe we shouldn't have sold everything"
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| Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:59 pm |
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I would buy that at any price.
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Lord Borg
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| Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:32 am |
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| IMDB.com wrote: | 'Star Trek' Auction Tops $7 Million
Star Trek fans from around the world have spent more than $7 million snapping up memorabilia from the TV and movie franchise at a three-day New York City auction celebrating its 40th anniversary. The sci-fi sale concluded on Saturday with more than 1,000 lots, including costumes, models and props, going under the hammer at Christie's - with most items fetching far more than their estimated price. The highest value item was a model of the Starship Enterprise-D, which attracted a staggering winning bid of $576,000. It had been estimated to fetch just $25,000. A model of the Starship Enterprise-E sold for $132,000, and a Borg cube model from Star Trek: First Contact fetched $96,000. They were only expected to raise $8,000 and $1,000 respectively. Captain Jean-Luc Picard's chair sold for more than $62,000, while the auction's final lot, a model of the Starship Enterprise-A, fetched $284,000. John Wentworth, executive vice president of communication at CBS Paramount Television, says, "We were thrilled to be able to bring (fans) tangible, coveted pieces from our beloved Star Trek, and they now own Trek history and have made |
Hmmmn, one of the first thing CBS does though, is sell this stuff off. Kinda worries me on one hand.
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