Star Trek: Enterprise Hero Communicator and Holster

From Dec. 15, 2006 through Apr. 13, 2009, the California based screen used entertainment memorabilia dealer ItsAWrap! (http://www.itsawraphollywood.com) conducted a series of weekly auctions via ebay on behalf of CBS/Paramount that offered a tremendous variety of props, costumes, set fixtures, scripts and production related artifacts from the Star Trek franchise to a worldwide audience and collector base. Over the course of 121 weeks, approximately 9100 unique items that spanned the first 10 Star Trek feature films and the last four television series (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise) were sold. Additionally, perhaps 10 costumes from The Original Series (consisting of 4 or 5 light blue Technicians Jumpsuits, 2 pairs of Federation uniform trousers, a dark green Nilz Baris suit seen in "The Trouble with Tribbles", and 2 Tellarite jumpsuits from "Journey to Babel") were auctioned as part of the vast Paramount warehouse inventory that was dispersed. The ItsAWrap sales commenced only weeks after the historic Christie's "40 Years Of Star Trek" auction was held in October, 2006; which offered collectors a total of 1000 lots of screen used memorabilia, highlighted by a number of major starship filming models from the franchise.

Presented below are some detailed photos of a screen used hero Star Trek: Enterprise Communicator hand prop that was sold during the auctions of ItsAWrap. This rare working piece realized a final bid of $4350 in an auction which ended on January 3, 2008. The auction description for the lot is reproduced as follows:

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE "HERO COMMUNICATOR AND HOLSTER"

This incredible hero communicator was made for use on the Star Trek: Enterprise series. It is made of milled aluminum painted black with a spring loaded flip up antennae that opens with the press of a button on the side. When opened a small screen depicts blue backlit information including signal strength and battery charge. Additional faux buttons are added for detail. This was a brilliantly fortunate chance find and the only hero communicator we have ever located. It was found hidden in the pocket of an Enterprise NX-01 carry bag! Also included is a corresponding black leather holster with Velcro closing at the top and a metal belt attachment on the back. The holster was not located with the communicator. Measures approx. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.





Below are some photos of a second Communicator auctioned by ItsAWrap, which is actually an Art Asylum LLC detailed replica Starfleet communicator that had been acquired by the production team for on screen use, and featured in various episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise ...