Star Trek: Enterprise Hero Tricorder Prop

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 Tricorder hand prop that was sold during the auctions of ItsAWrap. This rare working piece realized a final bid of $8120 in an auction which ended on May 4, 2007. The auction description for the lot is reproduced as follows:

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE "TRICORDER/HAND SCANNER" FUNCTIONAL

A hand prop scanner/tricorder featured in various episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. The item is a metallic silver painted prop made from molded plastic with black rubber accents and a light up 'display screen' depicting the direction of a subject. The item is powered by two 25A 9 volt batteries accessed behind the 'screen' and activated by a slide switch on the front. Likewise, the front is decorated with metallic paint and gold colored adhesive details and accents. The item 'deploys' its scanner increasing its size by approx. 50% when a button located on the upper right is triggered, the button is hidden by a black rubber guard which is attached via Velcro. The item is also housed in a custom black leather holster with a Velcro seal flap and a 'Bianchi International' universal military holster clasp. In the holster the item measures approx. 5.25 x 3.5 x 2 inches.






The following two photos are of a similar Tricorder currently on tour as part of the Star Trek: The Exhibition attraction. The photos were taken in February, 2009 when the exhibition was on display at the Detroit Science Center in Michigan ...