{"id":9944,"date":"2006-10-08T13:16:39","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T20:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/08\/to-boldly-fork-over-what-no-man-has-forked-over-before.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T21:19:41","slug":"to_boldly_fork_over_what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/08\/to_boldly_fork_over_what.html","title":{"rendered":"To boldly fork over what no man has forked over before …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Okay, if I had $567,000, there are things I would probably do with it other than buy a 6-foot-long model of the USS Enterprise<\/em>-D, used on Star Trek: The Next Generation. But it probably wouldn’t be nearly as cool as that, either<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 78-inch-long miniature of the “Enterprise-D,” built by Industrial Light and Magic, debuted in 1987 in the episode “Encounter at Farpoint,” and then was used in many subsequent episodes, as well as the film “Star Trek Generations.”<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 items from the archives of CBS Paramount Television Studios went on the block over three days at Christie’s auction house, and by early afternoon on Saturday fans of the series had forked over more than $4.9 million for set furniture, pointy Vulcan ears and other props.<\/p>\n

Other top sellers on Saturday’s auction included a replica of Capt. James T. Kirk’s command chair from the bridge of the spaceship on the original “Star Trek” series.The painted wood chair was only a re-creation for a 1996 episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” that mixed action from that newer series with old footage, but it still sold for $62,400.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, see, that would be practical. I mean, mount it in the family room and watch TV from it? Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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