Over the weekend Julien’s Auction held their “Bid Long And Prosper” Star Trek auction which we previewed last month. The final hammer prices for many of the items were well beyond original estimates, including record-breaking numbers. In total, the auction of over 200 lots of Star Trek memorabilia brought in $3.6 million.
Star Trek memorabilia brings in $Millions
On Saturday, Julien’s Auctions concluded their Star Trek memorabilia event with a live and online auction, held at the Infinity Festival in Hollywood, California. The event set new world records for highest selling Star Trek props sold at auction.
The most eye-catching prices came in for props and costumes from Star Trek: The Original Series, especially those used by William Shatner’s Captain Kirk. His “long-lost” hero phaser sold for $910,000, over nine times the estimated price, and setting a new record for a Star Trek prop sold at auction. Coming in at a close second was a Captain James T. Kirk communicator which sold for a record $780,000, nearly eight times its original estimate. For comparison, three years ago at two separate auctions, a different TOS phaser prop sold for $250,00, and TOS rifle sold for $615,000.
TOS costumes were also big items at the auction. William Shatner “Captain James T. Kirk” iconic burnt yellow velour tunic and Starfleet Command Bridge trousers worn in the first season of TOS sold for an outstanding $455,000, seven times its original estimate. A red velour female engineering duty uniform as worn by a member of Starfleet (and may have been intended for Nichelle Nichols as “Nyota Uhura”) from the TOS sold for $114,300, thirty-eight times its estimate.
Also from TOS, a USS Enterprise Helm and Navigation Console sold for $260,000, over five times estimate.
But it wasn’t just TOS memorabilia getting attention from collectors. An original Deep Space Nine space station miniature from the television series production fetched $254,000, five times estimated price. Kate Mulgrew’s Captain Kathryn Janeway Star Trek: Voyager Bridge Command Chair sold for $41,275, almost seven times estimate.
“The immense popularity and fandom of Star Trek that continues to grow and capture the imagination and wonder of the franchise’s millions of fans and collectors fueled the highly successful results of Julien’s record breaking ‘Bid Long & Prosper’ auction,” said Martin Nolan, Executive Director/Co-Founder of Julien’s Auctions in a statement. “It was an outstanding auction and we want to thank our fantastic partner Infinity Festival and the legendary William Shatner for making Star Trek history once again.”
Other highlights from the auction included:
- Original USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A model from Star Trek: First Contact ($44,450 nearly fifteen times its estimate of $3,000)
- Original bridge chair used on the set of the USS Enterprise during the production of the original television series ($44,450)
- Leonard Nimoy “Spock” robe and headband from film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ($45,500 four and a half times its estimate of $10,000)
- An original two-piece ensemble of white uniform-style jacket and trousers worn by Jonathan Frakes as “Commander William T. Riker” in Star Trek: Insurrection and during the wedding scene of Star Trek: Nemesis ($22,225 seven times its estimate of $3,000)
- An original harem outfit and costume illustration for France Nuyen as “Elaan of Troyius” in the episode by the same name in the original television series ($19,500 well over its estimate of $6,000
- Jolene Blalock “T’Pol” gray and brown Vulcan uniform worn in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise ($19,050 over six times its estimate of $3,000) and her orange-colored velvet “T’Pol” jumpsuit version ($19,050 nine and a half times its estimate of $2,000)
- An original tribble prop as used in the production of the episode “Trials and Tribble-ations” in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ($1,300).
You can see a full list of everything from the “Bid Long And Prosper” auction at juliensauctions.com.
And in case you missed it, here is William Shatner before the event talking about some of the props up for auction.
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source: trekmovie.com