Comments on: Trek Auction Begins With Some Big Money [updated]

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:21:04 +0000

Thanks Eduardo! I enjoyed your contribution(link).It’s amazing .The skill and devotion to this art of movie model making.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:18:54 +0000

No bloody NX-01. I can handle all other Enterprise.

By: Magic_Al

Magic_Al — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:27:37 +0000

I recall reading that the 1701-A also had to be repainted before STV because it had been on tour and somehow one whole side of it had been repainted plain gray, destroying the detailing. If it had to get painted again for STVI because of cracking, the job done for STV might not have been that great (it’s shot so poorly in STV it’s hard to tell). In any case it never seemed to get its original pearlescent look back, probably because it wasn’t supposed to look new in STVI. Whoever buys it should send it back to olsenart.com and get it restored. No bloody A, B, C, or D. :-)

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:03:57 +0000

there is nothing to worry about regarding the auction. Selling the old stuff has no relation to the future of the franchise. Star Trek XI does not need any of this stuff. It is my understanding that they have the dimensions and for all the models if they ever need to duplicate any of them digitally, and no future Trek film or TV show would ever use models. And the same is really true for the props and the costumes. One would hope a future Trek TV show would start from scratch and not just re-use all the old stuff.

I think it is a good thing that CBS Para are ’sharing the wealth’ and I hope that many of these items end up in museums and other displays around the world.

By: Eduardo Mello

Eduardo Mello — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:48:17 +0000

The guy who made the incredible paint job for TMP, is still around…
http://www.olsenart.com/strek.html

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:43:20 +0000

Maybe the best scenario we could hope for would be for one of the big casinos to buy the ST-TMP Enterprise and Klingon cruiser for display and attraction. Better than the models disappearing into private rich collector control.

By: Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:17:03 +0000

I had seen a documentary on STVI where they talked about how they had to repaint the 1701-A model because the paint had cracked all over the entire skin of the ship. So the ships apparently need maintenance on top of being stored properly. I hope the buyer understands this. But where do you send the ship for a new paint-job? ILM sold off its models department!

By: jon

jon — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:18:17 +0000

If you live in a real loser town with no source of economic income you should persuede the chamber of commerce to buy the “enterprise ” with the very last dollar in their kitty and open up a Star Trek museum featuring the “enerprise” ,and VOILA,instant enconomy!Star Trek fans would come from miles around .

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:54:28 +0000

I bought the auction catalogs and went to see the exhibit at Christie’s last weekend. Considering most people paid $25 (or bought the catalog for $90), makes you think how much Paramount could have made all these years just letting people tour their warehouses.

Although there may be some people who will try to sell knock-off props, Christies provides certificates of authentication for all the items. So eBay bidders beware. (BTW, the Art Asylum phaser just has a velcro strip on the handle as it’s only modification)

I feel the same as most about the Ent-A: It should be along side the original in the Smithsonian. Although I wish I could own it myself, we can hope that whomever gets it won’t just put it away, never to be seen again. But I did have a chance to see it in all it’s glory. And though it’s paint scheme has faded somewhat, the majest and workmanship is really impressive. It’s nearly 30 years old itself and looks better than some of it’s more recent incarnations (but I could be biased :-)

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:53:35 +0000

We can only hope all things are in good hands. For the price that was paid, I think these things are in collectors hands.
Chris thanks for the link! Great stuff. Here is a link for people who want to get a die cast of the 1701 Enterprise original.

http://www.culttvman.biz/cgi-bin/Commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=CORGI-01&reference=/cgi-bin/Commerce.exe%3Fsearch%3Daction%26keywords%3D%26searchstart%3D0%26template%3DPDGCommTemplates%5Ccult%5CSearchResult.html

Anyone getting the Hallmark Holiday Enterprise this year?