This be she.
Posted on 10/08/2006 2:02:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A model of the Starship Enterprise has sold for $576,000 (£308,000) at an auction of memorabilia from 40 years of the science fiction television series.
Before the sale, Christie's auction house in New York estimated the model would sell for about $30,000 (£16,000).
The 78-inch-long (198cm) miniature of the Enterprise-D, used in the title sequences of Star Trek: The Next Generation, made its TV debut in 1987.
More than 1,000 Star Trek items were sold over three days at the auction.
Built by Industrial Light and Magic, the model was first used in the 1987 Star Trek episode Encounter at Farpoint, and also appeared in the film Star Trek Generations.
Warp speed sales:
Estimates were regularly surpassed during the three-day auction in Manhattan, with fans spending more than $7.1m (£3.8m) for set furniture, pointy Vulcan ears and other props.
Other top sellers on Saturday's auction included a replica of Captain James T Kirk's command chair from the bridge of the spaceship on the original Star Trek series.
Despite being a reproduction, the painted wood chair used in a 1996 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fetched $62,400 (£33,350).
A costume belonging to the original series' Dr McCoy was sold for $144,000 (£77,000).
Dude? What's your e-mail? I'm the PERFECT Geek Girlfriend. I can interpret recipes from ANY galaxy or space-time compendium. I have NO problem whacking an errant Tribble or two that gets in our way and I'll press your Captain Kirk uniform so well we can bounce a quarter off of your fine, inter-galactic behind! My Grandpa recently passed on and left me a warehouse full of Dylithium Crystals. No lie!
I'll even Turtle Wax your Dr. Spock ears if need be. It would be my pleasure, Baby. ;)
This be she.
I remember when I was about 15 or 16 (1980) in DC that on the way to school there was a building in Georgetown that you could see from the overpass with a full size shuttle from Star Trek. It did not appear to server any purpose and I never saw any activity with it. Never did figure that one out.
Apparently the phasers weren't set to kill....
Today's beebers are much more powerful. Guaranteed to make an elephant do the Mexican Hat Dance.
So, did they tell who bought it, Diana?
Riverside Iowa, the future birthplace of Capt. Kirk is not far from where I live.
They made their own Replica. It sits in their city park.
Geeks gots bucks.
Certainly is more unique than those $100,000 boat race paintings that turn up on Antiques Roadshow and are adored by the old money crowd.
Paging Ensign Expendible, Pagine Ensign Expendible.
Please report to the transporter room.
(no if only we could get Jimmy Carter to wear a red shirt on his next trip...)
LOL! The only exception to the "red shirt" rule is Scotty. But he's a senior officer anyway.
Scotty died in at least one episode, and I seem to recall him dying twice.
Beware of dorks with cash.
Besides, what the heck else would they spend their money on, it's surely not on their dates/girlfriends!
Yes, Nomad killed him, but it was on the ship, not an away mission. Nomad brought him back to life too.
Would you have a photo of it?
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