Welcome! As part of its ongoing mission to document the Art and Production History of Star Trek, this site will present technical articles on Star Trek prop and costume authentication - focusing on The Original Series - with detailed photos and episode screenshots to complement the information presented; as well as feature pictorials to showcase Star Trek memorabilia in private & public collections, present rare Behind The Scenes TOS imagery & discuss other topics.
Gerald Gurian is a 40+ year collector of screen used Star Trek memorabilia and a passionate fan of TOS
     
- Star Trek TOS At Auction Part I - Gurian Collection Highlights - Greg Jein TOS Hero Type II Phaser
-Authenticating a TOS Communicator -6 Myths About Star Trek Prop Design -Star Trek 3rd Season Command Tunic
- Design Features of TOS Tricorders -Star Trek Props At National Air & Space - TOS Leatherette Tricorder
- TOS Federation Sciences Dress -Desilu Studio TOS Prop Fabrication - Unreleased Allen/Gurian Prop Photos
- The Beautiful Women of TOS Part I -TOS U.S.S. Enterprise 11' Filming Model - Captain Kirk's Chair from TOS
- Spock Ears -TOS Control Panels & Displays - Mr. Spock's Science Station
- TOS Soundstage at Desilu -TOS Shatner Romulan Pants - The Beautiful Women of TOS Pt. II
- TOS Galileo Shuttlecraft -Greg Jein TOS Cage Laser Pistol - TOS 3rd Season Midgrade Type II Phaser
- Dr. McCoy's Sickbay on TOS -TOS Balok Puppet Head - Captain Kirk "Mirror, Mirror" Tunic
- Greg Jein TOS Hero Tricorder -1992 Smithsonian TOS Cast Video - TOS 1st Season Command Tunic
- TOS "Where No Man" Silver Contact Lenses -TOS Special Effects: The Transporter - The Art of Matt Jefferies
- TOS "Space Seed" Gold Mesh Jumpsuit -Gorn Costume from "Arena" - Rare TOS Behind-the-Scenes Videos
- TOS Stunt Type II Phaser -1993 Bill Theiss Estate Auction - TOS Shatner Command Dress Tunic
- TOS Elasian Royal Guard Tunic -TOS Finnegan Silver "Shore Leave" Tunic - TOS Science Officer Tunic "The Cage"
- TOS Shatner Early 1st Season Command Tunic -William Shatner TOS Tunics At Auction - TOS Shatner Late 1st Season Command Tunic

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Propworx Star Trek Auction - August 8, 2010 - Final Prices

Presented below is a complete listing of the final hammer prices realized for the 450 lots of Star Trek memorabilia that were sold on Sunday, August 8th at the Propworx Official Star Trek Auction; which took place on-site at the Las Vegas Hilton as part of the final day activities of the Creation 2010 Star Trek Las Vegas Convention. Some highlights of this very exciting event, which filled the large Pavillion 6 auditorium with spectators and bidders, were the sale of a Star Trek: The Original Series Monitor Graphic for an impressive $14,000 as well as the sale of a Klingon D-7 Battle Cruiser Special Effects model created during the production of Star Trek: TMP for a final bid of $10,000. Lot 70, Data's Picasso-style Painting of Spot, the beloved pet cat of the Enterprise-D's Chief Operations Officer, had a pre-auction bid estimate of $200 - $400 and realized an astounding final hammer price of $7,000 - not including the 20% buyers premium. Screen used starship dedication plaques were also in demand, with examples from the TOS-style Enterprise (used in DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations"), the Enterprise NX-01, and the U.S.S. Voyager each reaching in the $3000 - $3500 final bid range. Another unexpected highlight of the auction was the sale of two Quark's Bar Signs which hung outside the restaurant at Star Trek: The Experience and realized hammer prices of $4,750 and $5,500 respectively.

And now, the complete auction results ...