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Monday, May 22, 2006

A geek and his money are soon parted

In early October, Christie's will hold an auction and sell memorabilia from all five “Star Trek” television series and 10 movie spinoffs. Click here for story. CBS Paramount Television Studios is cleaning out its vaults for the sale, comprising more than 1,000 lots totaling some 4,000 items, to be held from Oct. 5 to 7 in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the original “Star Trek” series, Christie’s announced Thursday.
Fans and collectors will have a chance to acquire “Star Trek” artifacts ranging from models of the “Starship” USS Enterprise to Capt. James Kirk’s uniform or Capt. Jean-Luc Picard’s jumpsuit in an auction where Christie’s expects to raise more than $3 million.
If you want to see the catalog for the Auction Click here. They estimate you can get a Klingon Captain's Chair for $6,000 - 8,000. Of course it will cost you $81 just to get the catalog. $500 for a special boxed set.

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