Comments on: Star Trek Auction Update: Week 15

By: yo

yo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:15:29 +0000

btw

Profiles in History auctioned off a rare early pilot script on Thursday:

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=013&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=230104766266&rd=1,1

startrek.com mentioned it in the first section of this article:

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/50076.html

> “The script, written by Gene Roddenberry, is titled
> ‘Voyage One: The Menagerie,’ which would later be
> changed to “The Cage.” It’s dated November 20, 1964
> (with handwritten notes dated 11-22-64), and it’s
> signed by Fontana, Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett.
> It contains revision inserts and a cover featuring an
> early incarnation of the Star Trek logo.”

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:24:49 +0000

I wonder if anyone is still selling those “Niners” baseball style pendants? Star Trek DS9 is my favorite ST series after TOS, and that would be a cool (and cheap) souvenir to add to my collection.

Too bad I couldn’t afford to bid on the original DS9 space station model during the Christie’s auction. Now that would be the ulitmate collectible for a “niner’s” fan, right up there with a pair of Quark’s ears!

Mike :o

By: last o' the timelords

last o' the timelords — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:51:45 +0000

I think the best buy of the week was mine. I won a set of Cardassian civvies. It was a steal at 160 bucks.
Shame really as I had my hearts set on tuxedos worn by Vic Fontaine and Garak. They went from approx $150 to $600 during the last minutes. Considering what real tuxedos go for those were a bargain, too.

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:50:56 +0000

I guess CGI has put most Hollywood model makers out of business, but I’m happy that Wallace and Gromit proved there are still many fans of good old fashioned “stop motion/stop action” animation still around.

Mike :o

By: Redshirt

Redshirt — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:41:49 +0000

This would have been nice if the models and costumes went on a national tour in museums nationwide before they decided to sell them to private collectors.

All I”ve heard also since this has been so successful for Paramount and Christies IIRC they are going to be doing the same to other Sci Fi Genres.
For Paramount this makes perfect sense The models will never be used again for any further treks since most if not all special effects are done digitally. I remember when ILM which was responsible for most of modern model effect shots announced they have closed their model shops.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:11:23 +0000

re: post 1-

I agree it would have been nice if the original ship models, particularly 1701-A, would have been better to go somewhere where it would be open to public view. Hopefully, the buyer was Paul Allen. After seeing the Sci-Fi museum, it’s a perfect place for the models as they appear to be concerned with preserving them.

By: Cervantes

Cervantes — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:12:23 +0000

Have a “smiley” just to up the posts here. The auction topics obviously don’t attract much love either way… :D

By: Alec Peters

Alec Peters — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:32:51 +0000

Well, I have to agree. The “A” and “D” models should have been donated to the Smithsonian, but Paul Allen, who owns the Sci Fi museum in Seattle, may have wound up with them and then you can see them there. We will have to wait and see.

Alec

By: steve623

steve623 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:20:13 +0000

ïViva capitalism!

By: MichaelJohn

MichaelJohn — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:05:19 +0000

Gosh how much more junk is left in the “Star Trek attic”? I would have thought that after more than three months they would have wrapped up these auctions by now!

I still strongly feel that Paramount/CBS should have donated the ship models, and many of the more significant props to the Smithsonian. This way all Star Trek fans could have had a chance to view and admire them up close. (They did it before with the original TOS Enterprise, so why not this time?)

Instead they were sold to a handful of “fat cat” Star Trek collectors who had tens of thousands ,if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in disposable income. Hardly the average ST fan….

If the best and most important props and ships had been donated to the Smithsonian museum, then ALL Americans would have owned a piece of Star Trek history and an important part of American pop culture.

Mike :o