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

Friday, August 16, 2013

Fox 5 Vegas TV Interview with "These Are The Voyages" Author Marc Cushman

Presented below is a Fox 5 Vegas television interview conducted with "These Are The Voyages TOS, Season 1" author Marc Cushman which was originally broadcast in Nevada while the Creation Official 2013 Star Trek Las Vegas Convention was in town; as part of the extensive local news coverage dedicated to the events at the Rio Suites Hotel.  The book made its worldwide public debut during the convention, and has been universally applauded by Star Trek fans as the new bible for TOS, and the most important written work ever produced on The Original Series.  This website had the honor of presenting an exclusive excerpt from the book dealing with the making of "The Corbomite Maneuver" - the first episode produced for Season 1, filmed after the two pilots for the series: "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before".  That excerpt along with a more comprehensive review of "These Are The Voyages" may be seen at the following link:
http://www.startrekpropauthority.com/2013/08/worldwide-exclusive-excerpt-from-these.html

Original Series star Walter Koenig appeared onstage at the Convention on Saturday, August 10th; and expressed his own very strong words of praise for the book.  Koenig described the work as "a most extraordinary, comprehensive, detailed book" and stated  "I promise you ...if you are a Star Trek fan and you want to know the minutiae ... any question you have that has to deal with Star Trek is addressed ... with great integrity and a sense that you can believe what you're reading".  He said of the entire set that will be released in the coming months, "there are going to be three terrific books", and commented that it "behooves" life long Star Trek fans to pick them up.  He further mentioned that he has already written the foreword to the Season 2 book.




















And now, the Fox 5 Vegas television interview with Marc Cushman on the launch of Book 1 of the three volume, 1500 page epic history of TOS, "These Are The Voyages":