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08-03-2006, 09:10 PM
'Star Trek' Auction Items Go On Display
Memorabilia Expected To Go For $2M
POSTED: 2:30 pm CDT August 2, 2006
LONDON -- It's a Trekkie's dream come true.
The first official auction of studio memorabilia from the "Star Trek" television shows and movies will be this October. In a run-up to the event, more than 1,000 items went on display Wednesday at Christie's auction house in London.
Nearly $2 million worth of goodies are up for grabs.
View the auction items here (http://www.christies.co.uk/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp).
It includes a uniform worn by William Shatner that could fetch $6,000. If you have $12,000, that's the amount the winning bidder is expected to spend on a replica of Captain Kirk's chair from the original series which was used on "Deep Space Nine."
They're now being shown in London, but next week they'll be packed up and shipped to the U.S., where the first stop is this month's Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.
The items will also be shown at a Star Trek anniversary show in Seattle, a Connecticut casino, and auction houses in Los Angeles and New York.
"Star Trek," which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, ran from 1966-69. It spawned five spin-off series and 10 films.
Memorabilia Expected To Go For $2M
POSTED: 2:30 pm CDT August 2, 2006
LONDON -- It's a Trekkie's dream come true.
The first official auction of studio memorabilia from the "Star Trek" television shows and movies will be this October. In a run-up to the event, more than 1,000 items went on display Wednesday at Christie's auction house in London.
Nearly $2 million worth of goodies are up for grabs.
View the auction items here (http://www.christies.co.uk/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp).
It includes a uniform worn by William Shatner that could fetch $6,000. If you have $12,000, that's the amount the winning bidder is expected to spend on a replica of Captain Kirk's chair from the original series which was used on "Deep Space Nine."
They're now being shown in London, but next week they'll be packed up and shipped to the U.S., where the first stop is this month's Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.
The items will also be shown at a Star Trek anniversary show in Seattle, a Connecticut casino, and auction houses in Los Angeles and New York.
"Star Trek," which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, ran from 1966-69. It spawned five spin-off series and 10 films.