tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16148134250510645072024-03-05T03:13:09.525-08:00canseidenaosersexybrechokancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.comBlogger499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-67664296023656070002011-10-15T13:37:00.001-07:002011-10-15T13:37:45.937-07:00canseidenaosersexybrechocanseidenaosersexybrechokancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-59650244036370225172011-09-30T09:23:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.316-08:00Archiving my Star Trek collection<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well, as many of you know, I have a pretty substantial Star Trek collection. I have both props and costumes, and I love my collection dearly, as you all love your own. Now that we are about to be done with auctions at Propworx till the Spring (the Iron Man 2 auction next month will be the last for at least 5 months, we are looking to next do Captain America at C2E2 in Chicago in March), I have tasked my photographer with photographing my entire Star Trek collection. Then I will be having Damaris due a book on my collection that I plan to have printed. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">My greater goal is to do a Star Trek book on props, costumes and the collectors who have substantial collections. So I may be calling you guys in the near future.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">But look for more articles on my collection here shortly. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/3/3282/lr_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/3/3282/lr_3.jpg" width="406" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My collection displayed in my old house. Sadly I have much less room in Newport Beach! </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Group2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Group2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The first Vegas display in 2008</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-88630379846402228432011-09-23T08:49:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00Kor costume from Deep Space Nine<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">John Colicos played Kor, the first Klingon, in the TOS episode Errand of Mercy. He later went on to reprise that role in 3 great Deep Space Nine episodes, "Blood Oath", "The Sword of Kahless" and "Once more unto the Breach".</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/KorEOM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/KorEOM.jpg" width="336" />So </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got to know John Colicos when I had him for an event I put on in Pennsylvania in 1999 that was a Battlestar Galactica reunion (John of course played the baddie Baltar in the original BSG). Little did I know it would be his last convention appearance ever, as he soon after passed away. John was a tremendous person, open and friendly and was a huge hit with my crew at the event. At dinner the first night with Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict in attendance, it was John who amused us with his stories of acting with Richard Burton! </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/kor-koloth-kang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/kor-koloth-kang.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I think it was soon after when I was watching Deep Space Nine for a second time that I really started to enjoy John's character. And then, once the It's a Wrap auctions started we all started looking for those costumes that we really wanted. By the time I realized that I wanted this costume, both the hero and stunt versions had been sold in their "Enterprise" re-purposed forms. But the hero shirt, belt and gauntlets came up for sale and I won them. Of course the overseas collector who has the hero jacket doesn't have any of the hero elements so I win there! ;-) </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor1.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I then tracked down the two costumes, and contacted both parties who won them. One wouldn't sell, but Dave Jackson, of Backlot props, won the stunt costume and so I stayed on him. When he sold everything to Abacus, my opportunity came, and when they put the costume in the Heritage auction last year I won it.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now both the hero and stunt jackets had been re-purposed for "Enterprise" and had additional fur etc. attached. I removed those elements and was able to put the costume together. The only element I need is the boots, but those have never appeared.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor4.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kor2.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">My Propworx photographer, Nick Savoy, took these photos and he is taking photos of a lot of my costumes so I can do more posts like this. I will try and post more often!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-31518960013838781642011-09-02T00:07:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00Who Mourns for Galileo?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A 5 minute video on the restoration and legacy of the Galileo Mock-Up.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmBYiudRoeM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-49478211720697726072011-08-30T13:02:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00This is what happens....<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When your team turns on the brand new alarm system and don't tell you the alarm code! You get a visit from the Police. Who just happened to both be geeks!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Officers1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Officers1.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I spent about 30 minute giving them a tour of the Propworx offices, showing them the BSG auction items, and my Star Trek collection. Officer Jensen (on the left) asked about my Kor costume and even knew about the Treaty of Organia!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I loaded them both up with Propworx catalogs and they looked like they had a blast.<br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-47415669974549728162011-08-07T18:52:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00The Harriman Maroon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/HarrimanMaroon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/HarrimanMaroon.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well, finally the Harriman Maroon has surfaced, but not quite in the condition I hoped. This had long been my Maroon of choice (If I couldn't land a Kirk). But when it came to market, it was just Harriman's jacket. The pants were not his, and the shirt wasn't even the right color. I passed. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now, I don't think the costume was overpriced at $ 6,500. Heck, if it was all his, I think it is a $ 8,500 costume (at least I would have gone that high on a complete Harriman), besting the previous non-principle high of $ 7,600 for the Admiral Catrwright Maroon that IAW sold.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">But the problem with a "Frankenstein" costume (as my good friend Adam Schneider would call it) is that you can never say it IS Harriman's Maroon. And that really bothers me. If I have it on display, I would have to say "Well, the jacket is Harriman's, but the pants and shirt aren't." every time I showed it off! Oh that sucks.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now, that is me. I hope the new owner gets it and loves it and enjoys it. He should, it is still a great piece. It just didn't do it for me, and it was really disappointing to see such a mismatched costume (not the fault of PSOL - I am sure this is the way it came).</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I actually would rather have a complete background Maroon that just the Harriman jacket Maroon. Is that weird? Well, maybe. Collecting Star Trek props and costumes is weird in general! I mean we all have our quirks, and that is actually what makes this hobby kinda cool. I mean, Anthony likes different things than Adam, than Dana than Donna and so we all support each other and love it when one another lands a great piece.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well, just an insight inside the bizarre inner workings of my collecting mind.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-23613304485598931122011-08-06T09:46:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00The Prop Store of London Star Trek sales.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan21.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Prop Store of London has been releasing items all week from the big collection of Star Trek props and costumes it bought recently. I should have been keeping track of prices as the items were listed, as PSOL hides the prices once the sale is made. I hate that practice, as having a record of prices is so useful as so many of us know from using the Star Trek Auction Archive. So I have compiled a list. If you know the prices of any of the items not listed below, please let me know!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also, PSOL has been posting items at 10am GMT and 10am PST. That means those of us on the West Coast have to wake up at 2am in order to get a shot at the items, which basically sucks! But the things we do for props and costumes. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will review a couple of the key pieces in coming blogs. A bunch of people have commented on the fact that PSOL will post items that have already been sold. Collectors would like to know they always have a shot at buying something. But PSOL is well known for first offering key items to its best customers before posting them for the public. And there is nothing wrong with this, but collectors feel cheated sometimes. Collectors need to understand that a lot of times it is just better to set a price and sell it to a well off collector and not have to worry about if an item will sell online or at auction. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are more items coming Monday I am told, but I also hear that we have seen the best of the collection already. So it will be interesting to see what comes our way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Azetbur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PSOLKirk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PSOLKirk.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Azetbur.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Azetbur.jpg" width="176" /></a>ST II: TWOK Tunic $ 35,000<br /><br />Captain Kirk Class A $ 24,995<br /><br />Captain Harriman Maroon $ 6,495<br /><br />Romulan Warbird Khazara Translight $ 745<br /><br />Voyager Vidian Model $ 12,459<br /><br />DS9 Pistol $ 699<br /><br />TOS Cadet Costume $ <br /><br />AzetBur Klingon Costume $ 7,995<br /><br />DS9 Blue Jumpsuit $ 1,245<br /><br />TOS Radiation Suit $ 8,995<br /><br />TNG Data Tunic top $ 3,750<br /><br />Generations Mark VI Torpedo $ 1,995<br /><br />First Contact EVA Rifle $ 5,659 Hero<br /><br />Yesterday's Enterprise Phaser $ 2,745<br /><br />Star Trek VI Klingon Mask $ 1,495<br /><br />TMP Male Engineer Uniform $ 1,245<br /><br />ST III Vulcan Robe $ 995<br /><br />Star Trek First Contact Phaser Rifle $ 2,499<br /><br />Star Trek IV Spock headband $ <br /><br />Star Trek VI Klingon Mask $ 995<br /><br />Enterprise Soval's ears $ 745<br /><br />TNG Dustbuster Phaser $ 3,995<br /><br />Star Trek VI Rura Penthe Mask $ 1,295 </div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-57971609830776810892011-07-30T00:01:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00Khan Tunic at San Diego Comic Con and Prop Store items.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/IMG_2935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/IMG_2935.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The second Khan costume in 4 months has hit the market and it is the iconic (A term very over-used by a certain person) version from which Ricardo Montalban showed off his very real pecs! Certainly this is the most desirable villain costume from the Star Trek movies and since Star trek II is one of the best science fiction movies of all time, the costume is the a legitimate Holy Grail for any Star Trek collector.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is NOT the costume that was previously sold by Profiles in History at the Bob Justman Auction in 2002. That costume sold for $ 25,000 or so (don't have the exact # unfortunately), but also had boots, his necklace and the bandolier type piece that you see across his chest. This costume, being sold 9 years later, has a price tag of $ 35,000. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now, the Khan "reveal" wrap and visor display that was sold at Profiles in April originally sold at the Bob Justman auction in 2002. It sold then for $ 25,000 . It sold for $ 32,500 at profiles in April, which was the opening bid and the bottom range of the estimate. If someone has specifics on either of these, please let me know.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So is this Star Trek costume priced right? I think so. This is certainly more desirable than the visor/wrap. And while this is not as complete as the one sold at the Bob Justman auction, it is still probably the most desirable non-TOS costume out there, with the exception of maybe Kirk's ST II:TWOK Maroon. And we know that went for $ 37,500 at Heritage last Fall. (But probably an aberration since I was the under-bidder and absolutely deluded to bid that much. I blame my friend Jack for egging me on!). If the more complete Khan from the Bob Justman auction were to hit the market, it would probably be a $ 40-50,000 costume. So $ 35,000 for a less complete one would make sense.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan2-1.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It will be interesting to see if the Khan piece sells. The two other big pieces from the collection that Prop Store was consigned, The Finnegan costume and the Uhura uniform mini-dress, have both sold already in private sales. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Hunting!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-19505606547024310402011-07-24T10:37:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.317-08:00The Shuttlecraft Galileo - Part II<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Shuttlecraft Galileo - Part II</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By Steve Thomas</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The final design of the Shuttlecraft shows a sleek craft that does not allow occupants the headroom to stand up fully (unless you’re under 5-1/2 feet tall). This was intentional as the shuttle was intended to be a compact vehicle, kind of like a mini-van. However, for “The Galileo Seven” episode, it was elected to build (also by AMT) a stand-up interior for best dramatic effect. The rear compartment is larger and even included a magical second hatch not seen on the exterior!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compare these screencaps with Leonard Nimoy (6’-1”) inside the interior shuttle set, and Mark Leonard (6’) outside the door of the mock-up.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/15.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/15.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are the drawings of the finished shuttle by Franz Joseph (Schnaubelt), of the infamous “Star Fleet Technical Manual” and “Constitution Class Blueprints.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Galileo model kit actually came out in 1974, 5 years after Star Trek was cancelled! The entire line of “Star Trek” models would prove to be very profitable for AMT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/AMT.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/AMT.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the series, the Galileo was “destroyed” in “The Galileo Seven” episode, but returned in “The Doomsday Machine” (#35-presumably), “Metamorphosis” (#38), “Journey to Babel (#39) and “Immunity Syndrome” (#47- where it was destroyed again). It appeared as the “Galileo II” in the third season episode “Way to Eden” (#75). It was easier and inexpensive to paint “II” on the mock up than re-letter a new name and designation; but because of the continuity overlook of its second destruction, it should have been “Galileo II” in “Metamorphosis” and “Galileo III” in “Way to Eden”.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>POST CANCELLATION </b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After 3 seasons, Star Trek was canceled in 1969. Paramount donated the shuttle mock up to “The Braille Institute” in Los Angeles, where it was used as a plaything for the young students. However, because of safety concerns, they sold it to Roger Hiseman of Palos Verdes, who wanted it for his older son. For whatever the reason, Mr. Hiseman kept the shuttle in his front yard, where it was considered an eyesore by his neighbors.<br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They petitioned that it be removed, and luckily for the owner, a man named Stephen Haskins bought the shuttle from him. Mr. Haskins paid about $8500 to restore the Galileo and in 1986, it was unveiled and displayed at the California “Creation” Convention celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Star Trek”.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/21.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When not on display, the Galileo was stored in the open (!), uncovered and exposed to the elements. She was restored twice more, but ultimately left to ruin, physical damage and at some point, it was even filled with sand! Here she rots amongst old RVs and busses in California.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HER SECOND RESTORATION</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1989 for $3000, the Galileo was purchased by Lynne Miller of Akron, Ohio. Her plan was to restore the shuttle once again; ultimately to display it at the National Air & Space Museum alongside the shooting model of the Enterprise. To help raise money for the project, she displayed the shuttle at the “LaGrangeCon” convention in Cleveland, sponsored by the Akron chapter of the “Starfleet International” Star Trek club “USS LaGrange” and Vulkon conventions.<br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/24.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Commemorative t-shirts were sold to raise funds, and con attendees could see the Galileo and the beginnings of her restoration under a tent outside of the con hotel.</span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/24.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/24.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Members of her restoration team included Tim Gillespie and William “Buck” Krause. They along with Lynne are members of the USS Lagrange. Here’s a video put together by the “Galileo Restoration” team, documenting her condition before her transport to Ohio, and showing the start of her restoration.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://galileo.danawheels.net/91-93%20galileo%20photos/galileo91.wmv">http://galileo.danawheels.net/91-93%20galileo%20photos/galileo91.wmv</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are pictures of the Galileo kept and worked on in a hangar at the Akron-Canton Airport in 1992. The 2nd pic shows prop-maker Ed Miarecki (l) visiting with restoration team members Buck Krause (c) and Tim Homa (r).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/26.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/27.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/28.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>HER 3rd DEMISE</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1993, the owner and her restoration team had a falling out and parted ways. Not much was known as to the condition of the Galileo after the parting. She was moved from the Akron airport as the hangar property was sold and the hangar demolished. After that, the Galileo’s location was a mystery.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2009 on the “Hobbytalk” forum, Phil Broad, who is a Galileo aficionado with an excellent site dedicated to the shuttle, “Cloudster.com”, related these details about the Galileo:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The woman who owned it had it moved to a sand blasting company in Akron, Ohio. She wanted to have some work done on it but eventually it became clear to the owner of the company that she was not coming back, they never heard from her again and could not reach her via the phone number she left with them.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The mock up sat in their storage yard for over 5 years with no one coming forward to claim it. Finally, I was contacted by a local fan who stumbled across it by accident when he went to that company and who suggested that it needed to be "rescued". Well, he was right but there were so many issues and costs involved that I could not see any practical way to do it.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last year the company went out of business and their property was cleared out, the Shuttlecraft disappeared at this time. It is not known if the original owner came and got it or if some other fans rescued it or if it was bulldozed. More than likely it was demolished.”</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/29.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With this discovery, I contacted Tim Gillespie of the restoration team and who lived near the yard, to try to find out more. Tim went out to the yard, and verified that it was no longer there. I’m hoping it may have been taken by someone who recognized what it was, or possibly that it was reclaimed by the owner. Attempts to date to find the owner have failed. At this point I believe once the owner is found, she will be able to reveal if she still has it, sold it, or if it was abandoned and left for trash. I and many others hope it wasn’t trashed.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently, on Doug Drexler’s blog “Drexfiles”, Tim Gillespie posted the following in response to a poster who suggested her restoration was “mishandled” by the “USS LaGrange” club. He also supplies details about how the restoration team and owner Lynne Miller parted ways.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This may be a bit late but I want to clarify something concerning the USS Lagrange and the restoration of the Galileo Shuttlecraft.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Galileo was the sole property of Lynne Miller. Although some chapter members assisted Lynne from time to time and two of our members were handling the actual restoration, all the decisions regarding the shuttle were in the hands of Lynne. As club president at the time (and knowing Lynne as I did), I insisted that anything regarding the shuttle was done purely at Lynne’s discretion and not as an “official” Lagrange project. Lynne was a very difficult person to deal with and when the inevitable problems arose (and they did) I didn’t want any fingers pointed at the chapter. To suggest that the Lagrange “mishandled” the Galileo is completely wrong. We neither owned it nor did we make any decisions regarding it. Whatever happened to the Galileo was completely the responsibility of Lynne Miller.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personally, I haven’t seen Lynne Miller since 1998 when I left Trek fandom for good. If I had to guess, the Galileo no longer exists or it is in such disrepair that it is no longer salvageable. It was not something you could move around easily and required constant upkeep. Bill and Tom, when they gave up the project due to problems with Lynne, had completed most of the restoration of the main hull. Bill Krause is probably one of the most talented and meticulous people you could ever hope to meet and I assure you what they did with the restoration was first class. However, if this thing has been hauled around from location to location and left outside for any length of time without proper storage, it’s just not going to hold up. You have to remember that it was a prop – meant to be used on a soundstage and then discarded. It wasn’t built to withstand California sandstorms and Ohio winters. The guys did the best they could with it under difficult conditions but God only knows what has happened to it in the last 13 years. I know how much such an iconic piece of Trek history means to many out there, but actually owning this white elephant, if it exists, would be a huge, major undertaking – a veritable money pit, if you will.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sorry about rambling on so much, but I get a bit touchy when someone disses the’ol Lagrange (not to be confused with the ‘current’ Lagrange).</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>A NEW DEVELOPMENT</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before completing this article, I thought to see if there might be more recent aerial photos of the Galileo in that yard…then I found this aerial view on Bing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="374" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/30.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This appears to be a more recent view of the yard. It shows the shuttle covered in a tarp in another location behind a truck! The yard where she was has been cleared. If this view is more recent then the “Google Earth” or “MS Virtual Earth” views, then it’s very possible the Galileo survives! Either the owner has her or someone else. There may still be “possibilities”!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WHITHER GALILEO?</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An attempt is now underway to locate the owner to learn the fate of the Galileo. If she was not destroyed then there is the chance that a prominent “Star Trek” prop collector/dealer and businessman will buy her and (hopefully) see to her final and complete restoration! And if the worst is confirmed, I personally hope that this businessman will consider approaching AMT (now “AMT/ERTL”) to build a new Galileo…the “Galileo II”</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SOURCES</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Star Trek screencaps – http://www.Trekcore.com</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Matt Jefferies drawings - "Forgotten Trek" Frank Ottens http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Matt Jefferies pic - Mattjefferies.com</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gene Winfield pic and quote - http://www.c-we.com/piranha/GeneWinfield.htm</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thomas Kellog pic - Drexfiles.com</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thomas Kellogg shuttle drawing - "Forgotten Trek"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jefferies shuttle 3-d model - http://redspar.smugmug.com/3d-Models/Matt-Jefferies-Shuttle-3d/7003916_MNWiB#507218130_QYpdD</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AMT shuttle construction pics - Phil Broad</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/STShuttlecraft/GalileoTop.htm</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AMT Galileo, Klingon & Enterprise model box covers - Internet</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shuttle blueprint drawings - "Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph (Internet)</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galileo in Roger Hiseman's yard - from Roger Romage</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galileo at Creation Con - Gerald Gurian http://startrekpropauthority.blogspot.com/2008/10/galileo-shuttlecraft.html</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galileo in junk lot - Phil Broad</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galileo at "LaGrangecon" - Greg Tyler - http://www.trekplace.com/article11.html</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-41431051722770221112011-07-18T16:44:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00The Shuttlecraft Galileo - Part I<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Shuttlecraft Galileo</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By Steve Thomas</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September 8, 1966…or “Stardate: 6609.8” if you will. A date that marks the television premiere of what would become an American icon in science fiction: “Star Trek”. So much of what came from that show is such a part of our society and of our planet, that’s it’s hard to imagine what things would be like if “Star Trek” had never been.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The iconic starship “USS Enterprise” was the ship that took our imaginations on a great ride. And aboard each version of the Enterprise there have been shuttlecrafts; and of them, the equally iconic “Galileo NCC-1701/7”.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HER REALIZATION</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In episode #13 “The Conscience of the King”, Kirk takes Lenore Karidian to the observation corridor that overlooks the hangar deck and refers to the shuttles there.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Though mentioned, the production couldn’t afford to build a shuttlecraft, which is why the transporter was so prominent. Transporter effects were inexpensive versus shuttle effects. In “The Enemy Within” (#5), Sulu and his landing party could’ve been easily saved by shuttle when the transporter (and apparently all transporters) was damaged. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/03.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Episode #14 “The Galileo Seven”, finally revealed this previously unseen aspect of the Enterprise. Production designer Walter “Matt” Jefferies, who designed the Enterprise, was asked to design a shuttlecraft. What he came up with was craft that was sleek, smooth and curved.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/02.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its curvilinear lines were evocative of her mothership, but such lines also made it too costly to construct. Jefferies also sketched ideas for other vehicles like this “Space Dock Utility Craft” (look familiar?):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WHO DESIGNED HER?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/YoungWinfield2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/YoungWinfield2.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gene Winfield</td></tr></tbody></table>At this point, things get interesting. The model company “AMT” offered to build the full-scale mock-up of the shuttle in trade for the model kit rights (AMT had the license for the Enterprise and Klingon ship models). They turned to custom car designer Gene Winfield, who was head of their “Speed & Custom Shop”.<br /><br />“We built the [Star Trek] shuttlecraft, full-size shuttlecraft that was two separate units,” Winfield said. “One would be a complete exterior, full size. Then we built the complete interior. This interior had what we called ‘wild’ walls. What you do is you make the walls in four-foot sections on wheels so you can put up one wall and they could film the actors sitting on the seats and whatnot.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Jeffries.gif" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Jeffries.gif" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Jeffries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Note that he says “built” the shuttle, not “designed” and built. There apparently was some connection with AMT and/or Gene Winfield with industrial designer Thomas Kellogg. He is known for designing the Studebaker “Avanti” – its front end styling similar to the Galileo’s front end). Here is his shuttle design:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Jeffries.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kellogg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Kellogg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />It should be noted that in an interview, Matt Jefferies says that Winfield designed the shuttle, but Thomas Kellogg’s obituary also states the he designed the shuttle. I believe it was a collaborative effort, with Jefferies “utility vehicle” selected as a base design by Kellogg, who was working under Winfield; and Jefferies putting the finishing touches on that design. Winfield’s department constructed the finished design.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/07.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Were Jefferies original design built, the Galileo would’ve looked mostly like this 3-D model by Vance Bergstrom:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HER CONSTRUCTION</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AMT’s offer to build the shuttle allowed the production to go ahead with “The Galileo Seven” episode. Here are pics of the Galileo under construction at AMT Phoenix.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/09.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Part II Tomorrow!</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-71287466499197569832011-06-28T17:56:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00Propworx Star Trek Auction II Results - Part 2 The Props<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here is the second part of the Propworx Star Trek Auction II review. This time we analyze the prop sales. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, overall, Star Trek props have settled into a nice rhythm. We tend to know the ranges of most items, and none of them are too pricey, except when you deal with ship models and most of those aren't coming back up for sale.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While not technically a prop, Lot 45, the Excelsior Study model, was a beautiful piece and from the Okudas personal collection. At $ 1,400 it was a pretty good buy in my book.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WEAPONS</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There were a bunch of weapons in this auction and they all went at reasonable prices.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TNG Cobrahead Phaser at $ 1,800 was about right. I am not sure if there is any perceived difference between a light weight roto-cast resin Phaser and a heavier one, but I think all of these type of Phaser in the $ 1,500 - 2,000 range is pretty standard now.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT51.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Nemesis Dolphin Phaser at $ 2,000 proves this too. We don't see many of this type of Phaser and I won this for my personal collection (the only item I really wanted!). If you are a Starfleet weapon completest like I am, I think you will find this one of the harder ones to obtain.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT52.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The First Contact Phaser Rifle was production made but never screen used. Still, it hit a strong $ 4,000, which is because this was the type of rifle that Picard used in his scene in his ready room with Lillie. This one is fully lighted and so a great display piece.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The rubber Klingon DIsruptor at $ 1,600 was about right. This is the iconic Klingon disruptor weapon. If you collect weapons, one of these needs to be in your collection. SO I think, even with Buyer's Premium, this is a good deal at under $ 2,000.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Enterprise version continues not to do well, as this one only hit $ 1,000 with a holster. This is surprising and I see some good potential in these long term. I have one and think if you collect Klingon Weapons, you need one of these. So buy now while prices are low.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Bajoran Pistol was a rubber stunt I picked up at last year's Profiles in History auction for $ 500 and got $ 750 here. So I was happy as I had recently won a resin one from Profiles. I am not big on having to have a hero prop for my weapon collection, but I do want resin over rubber, and so was happy to upgrade here and make a couple bucks.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT58.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Cardassian Phaser was a beauty and at $ 1,200 pretty fairly priced. These display very well and so I think the winner got a nice piece.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other weapon prices:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ferengi Phaser $ 700</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tellarte Pistol $ 300</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Son'a Shotgun $ 400</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Buster Kincaid Ray Gun $ 1,400</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shinzon Blood Draw Knife $ 1,400</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Klingon Pain Stick $ 800</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER PROPS</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There were 3 Tricorders for sale in this auction, and the screen used ones went very reasonably, while the replica went high! Go figure!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT68.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT68.jpg" width="574" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot # 68, the hero medical Tricorder went for only $ 2,750. This goes along with the recent trending down of Tricorder prices. The recent sale at Profiles of a Mark VII Tricorder for only $ 2,250 marks an interesting downturn for Tricorders that this sale continues. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot # 69 was the solid resin Tricorder with holster that went for $ 1,700, which was reasonable for a nice, very displayable piece.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And Lot # 70, the EFX replica, went for a very strong $ 800. That was a shocker.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The screen used comm badges went for $ 650, 500 and 550, which pretty much sets the market for these items. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Nemesis Red PAD and Silver PADD went for $ 1,200 and $ 1,000 respctively.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the best prop in the rest of the auction was the Defiant helm console, which came up for auction again after selling in the first Propworx Star Trek auction.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now there are a few more props of note and I will cover them in my next post on the auction!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT68.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-64980180408621695592011-06-20T13:46:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00Star Trek items for sale by Art Director<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cherie Baker was one of two art directors working with Herman Zimmerman on Star Trek: Nemesis. She contacted me as she had a couple of items for sale. Please contact her directly if you are interested. She can be reached at artqueenla@gmail.com.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DedicationPlaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DedicationPlaque.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is the crew gift plaque given out by the director to everyone listed on the plaque. This was not screen-used, but a crew gift. It measures 10" x 14" $ 500</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DS9Tech.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DS9Tech.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DeepSpaceTechBookSignature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DeepSpaceTechBookSignature.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is a Deep Space Nine Technical Manual signed by both Herman Zimmerman and Doug Drexler $ 50 </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-10757862075975688912011-06-18T08:10:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00B'Elanna Torres Borg Costume from Christie's<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres1.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres1.png" width="142" /></a>Well, another significant costume from the Christie's Star Trek auction is up for sale on eBay. And it appears the seller just took it to the local eBay store (those places that will sell your item on eBay for a %) which is a VERY bad idea. However, seller was smart enough to have saved the original invoice as well as providing good pics and a copy of the item in the Christie's catalog. None the less, here is some free advertising for that seller!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Trek-BElanna-Borg-Costume-Roxann-Dawson-Voyager-/130533664699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6469a7bb">The eBay Auction Ad</a>:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Own an awesome piece of Star Trek history - the original B'Elanna's Borg Costume. Two-piece costume with jumpsuit and jacket made from cast latex painted as biochemical hardware and a pair of Borg boots with label inscribed "Roxann Dawson". Designed by Robert Blackman and worn by Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres in Borg from in "Unimatrix" in Star Trek: Voyager. It is in good condition, but not perfect. It has some wear, minor missing pieces of rubber and paint loss. We had to carefully pry the costume apart as it has been in storage since it was shipped from Christie's in 2006 and some of the rubber was "stuck" together. However, we were able to separate it without causing any real damage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres2.png" width="400" /></a><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Torres3.png" width="534" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note that the costume closed at $ 1,875 </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-16559625571580175732011-06-11T10:53:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00Propworx Star Trek Auction II Results - Part 1 The Costumes<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well, the Star Trek auction was a big success from a lot of perspectives. Certainly the staff at Propworx is happy with the auction. We have over 300 bidders from 18 countries bidding in this auction. The auction totaled over $ 156,000 in sales. <br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT199.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the outset the auction was strong with the "Menagerie" Matte painting going for $ 12,000. OK, so it isn't a costume, and I titled this blog "The Costumes". Give me a break! :-) But we made this the first item in the auction because it deserved to be first. Plus, we had a few bidders who we knew would also bid on the Red Dress, and we wanted to get this one out of the way, so the losing bidders could know they could bid on the red mini-dress. The Matte painting is the first TOS matte painting to be offered by an auction house since this was sold over 15 years ago. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT2a.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT2a.jpg" width="213" /></a>Now, when writing this section, I realized that most of the highest selling costumes were from my collection. I really cleared out the closet and trimmed down my collection a great deal. And I liked it too because a lot of my friends from the Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Forum won these costumes and they will now bring joy to them in their collections.<br /> <br />The Celeste Yarnell red mini-dress uniform went for $ 8,000. I could have seen this going for a bit more, but none the less both buyer and seller were happy. The dress was offered with TOS women's boots, which one rarely sees. <br /><br />In fact both items went to Arnaud from France, a top collector in Europe and Propworx very first customer! It was Arnuad that bought the Battlestar Galactica Viper in 2008. when we had just gotten up to Vancouver. So we were happy that he got these very rare and precious Star Trek artifacts!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT8.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><br /><br />The beginning of the auction also had two amazing TNG costumes in the Worf Jumpsuit and the Tasha Yar dress uniform. Both went for identical $ 3,750 bids. The Worf went for $ 3,000 at Christie's, and although this wasn't that exact costume, it was identical, though without rank pins. <br /><br />The Yar was one of the first costumes I got back in 2006. After the Christie's Star Trek auction, the winner of the Lot that had this and Tasha's jumpsuit, wound up winning a Klingon Costume for almost $ 10,000. he needed to sell the Yar's and I was happy to oblige. I paid $ 1,500 each back then, so I did well in this auction off of it. It is a beautiful costume, but I have her jumpsuit, which I find more appealing. When I had my home in Atlanta, her jumpsuit was displayed next to the Carol Marcus, which made a truly awesome "Women of Star Trek" display.<br /><br />There are actually boots that go with this that were misplaced in the move. When I find them I will contact the winner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT12.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>Lot # 13 was Dr. Bashir's Future uniform from "The Visitor". First off, "The Visitor" is one of the best Star Trek episodes EVER of any version. It is the "Field of Dreams" of Star Trek, because if you are a guy, you will cry. This is all about Jake and his Dad, and Tony Todd gives an emmy worthy performance. So go watch it!<br /><br />Now, why did I sell this? Well, I bought The Doctor version of this costume from "Endgame" and that gave me all 4 major "Endgame" characters, Admiral Janeway, The Doctor, Miral Paris and Harry Kim. So I have all 3 section colors, plus the Admiral is different in its trim. And I wanted that selection so I could do a cool display. So I really didn't need the Bashir. It is a beautiful costume though and went for a reasonable $ 2,100 with a future combadge!<br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT21.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There were 3 "Captain Proton" costumes in the auction. Of course, they all belonged to me. Last summer, when I didn't get the Captain Proton laser gun from the Profiles in History auction, I kind of lost my interest in the Captain. Plus, now that I live in California and have about 1/3 the space I used to, I have to trim my collection down as I simply do not have the space to display everything. And for me a costume not displayed is a major problem! So I decided to sell these items, and I am happy they found good homes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Lonzak costume went for a very reasonable $ 600. It is an amazing costume with lots of cool parts. The Delaney Sisters "Demonica" and "Malicia" costumes went to the same buyer overseas. I am happy that is the case, as I hope the buyer gets two female friends to wear them to a con and then show off photos! The costumes are really beautiful with velvet bodysuits and intricate details. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Star%20Trek%20Propworx/LOT34.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>The final costume from my collection that I am highlighting here, is the Keith Carradine "<a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/A.G._Robinson">A.G. Robinson</a>" costume from the Enterprise episode "First Flight". Now this is a standard "Enterprise" blue jumpsuit, in command gold, and this one even had a pair of boots. Though why they are hiking boots I do not know! But this was a great episode and I really liked it. Carradine is of course an accomplished actor and pulled his brash character off well.<br /><br />I thought this was an important costume when I got it and I think someone got a great deal as this costume only went for $ 1,400. In Starfleet history, AG Robinson was the first human to break the Warp 2 barrier.<br /><br /><br />Well, that is all for this entry. I will have Costumes Part 2 up tomorrow!<br /><br />Alec</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-70897004337166150352011-06-01T12:51:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00The Propworx Star Trek Auction Catalog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/05/header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/05/header.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, it has been a CRAZY month of May as we moved the Propworx offices to a smaller and much nicer facility. There is a reception area now and the walls are lined with my best Sci Fi prints and art. We will be having an open house at the end of the month and you will all be invited!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the mean time, this Saturday is the Second annual Propworx Star Trek Auction! Yeah, let's face it, this needs to be an annual event! We already have a ton of stuff for auction # 3!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But in the mean time, you need to download the beautiful PDF catalog. You can do so <a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/2011/05/20/star-trek-online-auction-catalog-now-available/">here</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While we didn't print a catalog this time (we simply don't sell very many and we don't do enough business to eat the production and printing costs), we did do our usual stellar effort in putting a catalog together. A PDF only catalog allows us a lot of freedom too. We don't worry about page counts and other limitations. We can use more photos and make them bigger. We are just learning how to best do a PDF only catalog, but we hope we will continue the tradition of the best auction catalogs in the business.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE1V5DhMP7-edY2JfuAY2n5FXxle8exMgaCWyUtZLCRwF-kCAE2aW6lGa8C8HxHKe0RG8prcARI5wkzAllSbpYaMnnWaX-DRc0I2Su6bGPdLqvPvXIsyZriWxa8CFb5Rtr34QEno_N_sW/s1600/P376_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE1V5DhMP7-edY2JfuAY2n5FXxle8exMgaCWyUtZLCRwF-kCAE2aW6lGa8C8HxHKe0RG8prcARI5wkzAllSbpYaMnnWaX-DRc0I2Su6bGPdLqvPvXIsyZriWxa8CFb5Rtr34QEno_N_sW/s640/P376_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-59110352750289160102011-05-23T16:29:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.318-08:00TOS Female Uniform Dress on eBay - Phase II<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS2eBay.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS2eBay.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The TOS female mini-dress that popped up on eBay last week has caused quite a stir. You can see it <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170642845211&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT">here</a>. The discussion has been whether it is a 3rd season or a Phase II and I can tell you pretty conclusively that it is a Phase 2.<br /><br />I met with Bruce and Laurie Carlson yesterday and they were very nice people. They took plenty of time out of their day to show another collector and myself the costume and admitted they don't know much. Bruce worked on Star Trek 1-6 as a grip and had plenty of stories. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I inspected the costume, and then compared notes with Gerald Gurian, who I consider a very good authority on TOS costumes. Gerald and I recently authenticated a TOS Gold Velour costume, and so I know his expertise and his openness to discussion.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>THE COSTUME</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The costume is in amazing shape, and comes complete with 3rd season insignia and braid. I will tell you upfront, that the plastic zipper, and the square weave fabric, makes it pretty clear that this is a Phase 2 costume. Note that while the photos show it golden, it is TOTALLY green. Just bad lighting!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Here are the photos:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS21a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS21a.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS22a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS22a.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS23.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS25.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS26.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOW HOW WE KNOW THIS IS A PHASE II COSTUME</b></span></u><br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>ZIPPERS</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b> </b> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">TOS season 1-3 costumes had metal zippers with the name "Unique" in on the pull</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/TOS214.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Season 1 Gold Command Tunic Zipper</span></span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b> </b>Phase 2 costumes had plastic zippers with a metal pull.<b></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P2Zippers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P2Zippers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two Phase 2 Costumes showing plastic zippers</span></span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <b>DIAMOND WEAVE</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Standard TOS Season 3 wool double knit fabric<b>. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DiamondWeave1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DIamondWeave1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DIamondWeave1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DiamondWeave2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/DiamondWeave2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b>SQUARE WEAVE</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is the fabric that is used on Phase 2 costumes.<b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/squareweave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="602" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/squareweave.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Sample from a known TOS Chapel mini-dress</span></span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Squareweave2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="619" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Squareweave2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the TOS Mini-dress currently on eBay</span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So a few people who I have talked to concur that this is a Phase 2 costume and not a TOS 3rd season one. Still, it is a beautiful piece and I think it will go over the $ 5,000 starting bid.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PersisPhase2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-26774688730647577642011-05-20T18:35:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Profiles Auction # 44 results<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well, there were few surprises in the Profiles # 44 auction and a bunch of good deals. I am sure the fact that the Propworx auction went live the week before Profiles' auction helped keep the prices reasonable, as there are 2 1/2 times more items in the Propworx auction than Profiles had. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Shuttlepod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Shuttlepod.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The two big fails, were, as predicted, the Spock costume from TMP (no bids) and the Shuttlepod (no bids). You didn't have to be a genius to know that the TMP Spock Robe was worth maybe $ 15,000 TOPS and that this one would never hit the $ 30,000 reserve. And since Martin Netter already had one Shuttlepod, and was the only guy likely to be interested in something so big, that this one would not sell either.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Phoenix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Phoenix.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The biggest shock was the nose cone to the Phoenix, which went for a shocking $ 15,000! That blew me away, but you never know what people like. (There is an unpainted one from Doug Drexler in the Propworx auction).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Archer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Archer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Archer.jpg" width="157" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />The Bajoran, Cardassian and Romulan PADDs all went for $ 1,000 which I thought was <a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Archer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>rich, but not too much so. All were nice pieces. These at $ 1,200 (when you factor in BP) is the high end of the spectrum, but not crazy.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The distressed Archer jumpsuit from Enterprise was reasonable at $ 3,000 ($ 3,600 with BP). The Prop Store has been trying to sell that one for a while, but it was overpriced I felt. An Archer is generally a $ 5,000 costume in good shape, and this one was somewhat distressed. A couple people have asked me about this over the past year or so, so I am happy to see it go at a fair price (and to a respected forum member!).</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I also thought the distressed Janeway from "Scorpion" was a solid deal at $ 3,000 ($ 3,600 with BP), as it had a comm badge and a stunt Tricorder. I just don't think you will get a better deal than that. So good buy whoever got it!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Amazingly, the hero Tricorder went for a paltry $ 2,250 ($ 2,700 with BP). That is a steal! I was so tempted to bid on it, but alas I nee dto moderate my buying habits and I just made a big score that took my budget for the year! But what we have seen lately, after last year's Tricorder bonanza in Profiles June 2010 auction, was prices going down for Tricorders. I think now is the time to buy one.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Tricorder.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/P44Tricorder.jpg" width="332" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Borg.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Borg.png" width="288" /></a>Now the costumes with Mannequins were interesting. A couple sold well and most didn't sell at all! Here is a rundown:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Borg.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />TNG $ 1,700</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">ODO $ 3,000</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">DS9 $ 1,900</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Neelix PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Vidian PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Nausican PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Kazon PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">KESS PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Lawxana Troi PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Romulan Female PASSED</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Borg $ 12,000</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Quark $ 5,000</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Overall, a good auction, but the starting prices were too rich on some good items. <br /><br />Alec</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-14823936644726485492011-05-13T15:41:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Propworx Auction live on Live Auctioners!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Propworx Star Trek auction, consisting of 257 lots of props, costume & set pieces, will be held starting at 10am PST on Saturday, June 4th. But you can start bidding and see the entire catalog now by signing in to Live Auctioneers here:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/25105">http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/25105</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are some awesome items in this auction, inlcuding:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Celeste Yarnel's Red Duty Dress from "The Apple"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/houses/propworx/25105/0001_1_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/houses/propworx/25105/0001_1_lg.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the only Star Trek TOS matte painting I know to have been sold!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/houses/propworx/25105/0001A_1_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/houses/propworx/25105/0001A_1_lg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Starbase 11 from "The Menagerie"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So check out the auction and make sure you sign up and get approved before hand!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-33969536909540747292011-05-03T11:34:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Propworx Star Trek Auction site live!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/04/167-156x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/04/167-156x300.jpg" width="207" /></a>The <a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/">Propworx Star Trek auction</a> will have over 200 Star Trek props, costume, original art and more in it, and the <a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/">Propworx Star Trek web site</a> is up and running with blog posts about different items.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, as many of you know, Propworx is my company. I started it when Battlestar Galactica was coming to an end in 2008 because I didn't want us collectors to have to deal with It's a Wrap again after the Star Trek auctions and the non-stop customer service problems. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think over the past 2 and a half years we have proven to be the most collector-friendly auction house out there. We have a passion for what we do, and nothing is more important to us than Star Trek. So I am sure you will find this a really awesome sale and even find some amazing TOS pieces that you haven't seen before.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So check out the <a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/">Propworx Star Trek site</a> every day as new content goes up!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/04/ent-hero-maco-scanner-jumbo-300x177.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="http://startrek.propworx.com/files/2011/04/ent-hero-maco-scanner-jumbo-300x177.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-2285068653906597762011-04-22T22:52:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Profiles in History Auction 44 - Part 2 Props<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a fair number of props in the Profiles auction. All the basics are here, phasers, tricorders and the usual Geordi VISOR. (There seems to be one of these every single Profiles auction). So here are some thoughts.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot # 1484, 1485 & 1486</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are three early TNG props, all made from balsa wood. Very cool and very rare. Their rarity is balanced out by the fact that they are less desirable to most collectors than resin ones. There is a Dustbuster phaser and two static tricorders. In this market, I think they are $ 800-1,000 props.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44BalsaPhaser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44BalsaPhaser.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44PADDS.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44PADDS.png" width="238" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />There are 4 PADDs in this auction, and represent a few major races. PADDs are pretty common, but also good looking, easily displayable props. I have a bunch and love them all.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Klingon PADD (Lot 1492) one is the least interesting Klingon PADDs I have seen. Really rather boring. I think the $ 400-600 estimate is pretty right-on. I would say $ 400 max if I was buying. The last one, which went in Auction # 40 last summer (Lot 1469), went for $ 450 and was much nicer than this one.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Romulan PADD (Lot 1493) is very cool. I have one of these and like it as I love all things Romulan. Relaly looks great in person. This one should go around $ 600.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Cardassian PADD (Lot 1494) is also a nice piece and again, probably a $ 600 item. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot 1497 is a TNG era PADD. Simple, there are a bunch of these in existence. Don't go over $ 500 on this.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Klingon Knife, Lot 1491, is a staple of prop collecting, especially if you like Klingons. Like the Bat'Leth, it is instantly recognizable and thus very popular. I think the estimate is way low. This is a $ 1,500 item easy.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Ferengi Triocorder is interesting as you don't see these often, but I am not sure there will be a lot of interest. The Ferengi just aren't that popular (except with Francis!) and so I will be surprised to see this break $ 1,000.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Hypo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Hypo.png" width="166" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br />The Hypospray, Lot 1496, is another important prop and I think this too goes around $ 1,000 -1,500. A lot of collectors like the staples and this one looks like a nice one, with a brass tip and a plexiglass vial.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot # 1498 is a Mk VII Tricorder and pretty cool. This one is supposedly functional, but not working at this time. I am not sure why Profiles wouldn't have this fixed. So I would want more info on this. Working Tricorders have been going in the $ 4-5,000 range. This one might go in the $ 3,000 range, and is worth it at that level, but without verification that it works, not more. The Mk VII that went in Auction # 40 went for $ 4,250 and was much nicer and worked.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now why does Profiles have a ridiculous $ 800-1,200 estimate? That is just absurd. I wish auction houses would stop playing games with estimates. I mean I understand perfectly why you estimate low, you want people to think it is affordable, but at least be realistic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Tricorder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Tricorder.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are a few more staples of Star Trek collecting. A Romulan Disruptor pistol, a Cobrahead phaser and of course Geordi's VISOR. It amazes me how many of these come up for auction. The last one sold, in Auction # 40, went for $ 4,500. The estimate for this one is appropriately $ 4,000-6,000. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/VISOR.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/VISOR.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lot # 1517 is a lot fo 5 Tribbles from "Trials and Tribbleations". The last time Profiles has a group of these was in Auction # 40 (Lot 1493) and it went for $ 1,800 for 10 Tribbles, or $ 180 each. Pretty fair. This lot has 5 Tribbles so should go in the $ 900- 1,000 range.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, that is it for now. More next week. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-32950313973675167702011-04-18T06:31:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Profiles in History Auction 44 - Part 1 Costumes<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, Profiles will have 103 Star Trek lots in their upcoming auction. But 22 of these lots are mediocre original art from Lincoln Enterprises that really aren't relevant for a prop & costume collector. Thus we have 81 items, and there is a good selection of props, costumes, original art and even a full size <i>Enterprise</i> Shuttelpod.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Spock.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Spock.png" width="252" /></a>The two iconic pieces in this auction are the Khan costume head piece and the Spock robe from the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Khan piece has a $ 30-50,000 price, which I think is high.<br /><br />The Star Trek market has been flooded since 2006 and this piece sold originally in the Bob Justman auction in 2002. At that time it sold for just under $ 30,000. But at that time Star Trek costumes were much harder to get, and TNG and later costumes were selling for 2-3x what they now get. However, this is a very important piece, so I am going to be very interested to see what it gets. If it opens at $ 30,000 it might not sell. From talking to my collector friends, the general consensus seems to be that this is a $ 20-25,000 piece.<br /><br />Profiles of course, has a lot of buyers who have the money to drop $ 30,000 though, so it will be interesting to see. It is a beautiful display by Star Trek collector Tom Spina.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Spock TMP costume is totally overpriced. A $ 30-40,000 bid is just not realistic. Profiles started this last auction with the overpriced "Roberta Lincoln" and "Lenore Karridian" costumes in their <a href="http://startrekauction.blogspot.com/2010/12/profiles-auction-43-today-and-tomorrow.html">last auction</a>, both of which had absurd $ 20,000 opening bids and neither of which sold. This costume is cool, but a $ 15,000 costume max. And more like $ 10,000. So how do they get $ 30,000? It is far from iconic and I will say if you spend $ 30,000 on this you are nuts.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ORIGINAL STAR TREK COSTUMES FROM THE EX HIBITION STARTREK:THETRADITION CONTINUES</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><br />The Paley Center for Media is a permanent collection of over 45,000 television programs, 20,000 radio programs and 10,000 commercials, encompassing comedy, drama, news, game shows, children’s programs to political conventions. The shows include concerts, sporting events, science fiction, TV movies and miniseries. The following lots (Lots 1518-1531) and previous (Lots 1490-1504, 1513,1514) were part of the exhibition, “Star Trek:The Tradition Continues,” with life-size custom-made mannequins, most adorned with make-up appliances painted and dressed by Paramount, modeling the original uniforms from the Star Trek series and are being sold to benefit television and film preservation.</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So the above costumes were loaned by Paramount to The Paley Center and for some reason, The Paley Center is now selling them. I got called by CBS about these. I had hoped they would go into a CBS Star Trek archive (which they don't have). None the less, CBS's loss is your gain! These are nice pieces and already on mannequins. And the mannequins are pretty cool. A lot of Voyager pieces though. Not my favorite.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Borg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Borg.png" width="288" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Ferengi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Ferengi.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are also Janeway and Archer captain's costumes, both of which are distressed and have been floating around a lot lately. These should sell in the $ 3-4,000 range since good ones sell about $ 5,000. Don't go overboard on these and look for a bargain. Otherwise pass. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Captain Archer jacket is nice. You don't see a lot of these, so I like this. It should be a $ 2,500-3,500 item.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Archer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/PIH44Archer.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will review the props and then the artwork seperately this week, so stay tuned!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-48708051855553991202011-04-14T06:30:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.319-08:00Details on the Khan costume piece in Profiles Auction<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I found out who consigned the Khan piece and it is a legitimate collector who is a Propworx customer and a very nice guy. The costume was originally part of the Bob Justman collection. Why Profiles didn't state this, since this was their auction, is beyond me. <br /><br />Here is what the collector said to clear up any confusion over the piece:<br /><br />"I bought the piece in the first big Profiles Star Trek auction all those years ago.<br /><br />I bought it along with Khans tunic, Khans glove, Khans necklace, Khan's wrist comunicator, and various wires and other jewelry. <br /><br />All of the costume pieces had labels saying Montalban/khan etc. The helmet has no label, never did.<br /><br />All the pieces came out together and were verified by various star trek experts.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In addition, if you watch the movie, it is clear there was only one helmet-- in the botany bay, all the other helmets are already off, and gone from the scene. <br /><br />In the exterior sand storm shot, there is only one helmet that looks like this-- most don't have metal and have different shapes. <br /><br />After the bloated budget of the first ST movie, Khan was made on a shoe string budget, and all the making ofs describe how few version of the costumes and props there were. Very few hero anything. <br /><br />Additionally, looking at close up photos and screen grabs, the mesh work is very elaborate and the same-- hard to duplicate. <br /><br />And there is a scratch on the metal under the screen right "eye" that screen matches up. <br /><br />The shoulder wrap I acquired separately years later from David Jackson (Backlot Props) -- who despite its Paramount and Khan tags (which can be seen on the Profiles blog site) came in a pile of WB clothing. Who knows why. I just thought it would look great with the helmet which it does.<br /><br />Tom Spina built the display."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan4.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Thanks to the collector for providing this information. One other note. It is ALWAYS the responsibility of the seller to prove the authenticity of an item, not the potential buyer to prove it is not. Profiles needs to provide information like this up front. The burden of proof is on the seller.<br /><br />Alec</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-53495142692839700362011-04-13T09:30:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.320-08:00Why you never trust an auction house.<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't trust, just verify! That is a change on the old "Trust, but verify" slogan of the nuclear arms treaties, but very accurate. I have said it over and over. Just because a well-known auction house is selling something, doesn't mean it is real. Profiles in History has attempted to sell fake items many times. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Planet of the Apes statue that was on the cover of Profiles 28th auction was a total fake and this was uncovered with minimal effort it seems. Something Profiles didn't do.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/profiles-in-history-28-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/profiles-in-history-28-cover.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Meanwhile in Auction # 37 the cover item, a supposedly rare Dracula poster, which Joe Madelena swore was real, turned out to be a fake, and one of many that some collectors had forged and were trying to pass off. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/dracula-cover2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/dracula-cover2.png" width="154" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now we have the Rocky Boxing gloves. These are fake too and Sylvester Stallone's attorneys have now sent a cease and desist order to Profiles in History threatening legal action if the items are not removed. Read it on <a href="http://www.thepropblog.com/">The Prop Blog</a> here.<br /><br />And on TMZ <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/13/rocky-gloves-profiles-in-history-prop-auction-sylvester-stallone-taken-off-the-block-further-research/">here</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thepropblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PiH-Rocky-Ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="http://www.thepropblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PiH-Rocky-Ad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Star Trek we had the fake Jem Hadar Battlecruiser that I wrote about <a href="http://startrekauction.blogspot.com/2010/05/profiles-jemhadar-ship-not-from.html">here</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/JemHadarProfiles1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/JemHadarProfiles1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So what does this mean to Star Trek collectors? BUYERS BEWARE. Yeah that old saying still goes. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is the provenance of an item? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who has authenticated it? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most of this information is never given and you can't simply trust an auction house that is selling thousands of items a year. You need to do your research!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-15924162190891359572011-04-11T08:28:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.320-08:00"Errand of Mercy" Chair found!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Jason White is one of the top prop & costume collectors in the country, who I met at the Christie's Star Trek auction along with his brother. He is also a big Star Trek fan and a Star Trek Prop Forum member. He recently acquired a piece of Star Trek history and wrote about it on the forum. I asked him to publish it here.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/ErrandofMercy1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/ErrandofMercy1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">From Jason:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A genuine antique hand carved throne chair used in numerous historic films and TV shows, the main one I was interested in was of course Star Trek. We also found it in an 1940 Karloff/Lugosi/Lorre movie so that was exciting. Who knows where else it will show up.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Chair1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Chair1.png" width="374" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />With numerous studio markings underneath from all the different prop houses it came from, started off in the RKO prop house, when the decline of RKO began in 1948 it was bought out by eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes, who eventually sold it to a tire company. It was soon purchased by Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz in 1957, who made it part of their "Desilu Studios." Eventually, the RKO/Desilu property was swallowed up by its massive neighbor, Paramount Studios. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/ErrandofMercy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/ErrandofMercy2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/ErrandofMercy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /><br />STAR TREK - THE ORIGINAL SERIES (1966-1969)<br />Errand Of Mercy ( Season One )<br />Used by John Abbott who played "Ayelborne" the leader of the Organians<br />When Kirk and Spock visited their world in 2266<br /><br />YOU'LL FIND OUT (1940)<br />Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre<br />The only pairing of these legendary actors<br />Puppets from King Kong and the un-finished Creation also appear in this film<br /><br />CITIZEN KANE (1941)<br />Starring Orson Wells, Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead<br /><br />THE SPANISH MAIN (1945)<br />Starring Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid<br /><br />AT SWORD'S POINT (1952)<br />Starring Maureen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde<br /><br />THE UNTOUCHABLES (1959-1963)<br /><br />I-SPY (1965-1968)<br />Return To Glory (Season One)<br />Starring Robert Culp, Bill Cosby and Dolores Del Rio<br /><br />MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1966-1973)<br /><br />The search continues...<br /><br />This was originally sold by Paramount when they liquidated some furniture at one of the top auction houses, the auction didn't get much press as the auction house weren't allowed to use the studio's name which is why a lot of collectors missed the auction.<br /> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Didn't make sense to me but bargains could be had if you did your homework. There were a lot of TOS Trek pieces sold at that auction as they used props from the old RKO prophouse. The goal is to track these treasures down. Most pieces have been scattered all over the world, mostly to antique shops as most of these items were rare one of a kind antiques.<br /> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">There was another matching chair sold at the time which has been screen matched to an old episode of the 50's Superman show. This chair here has been screen matched to the Trek episode.<br /> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">You can see 2 chairs on screen at the same time in Citizen Kane and At Sword's Point.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Thanks to Jason for the great information!</div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614813425051064507.post-20730560106306278812011-04-09T12:29:00.000-07:002011-11-24T01:11:34.320-08:00Khan Mask to be sold at Profiles Auction<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Profiles in History will be offering what is claimed to be the mask Ricardo Montablan wore in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The display is nice, but as always, what is the provenance on this piece? </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm106/Linnear1701/Blog%20Photos/Khan.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Profiles will be having a number of Star Trek items in their May Hollywood Auction 44, but so far, this is the only significant piece in the auction.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More reviews of the other items they have shortly.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alec</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div>kancilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00400509597682308248noreply@blogger.com0