AdmiralBaxter
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The wife just told me not to bid on it any more (I might sneak a last one in if it don't get too high)
Alleged Screen Used Hero TOS Phaser up for auction (now the aftermath)
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AdmiralBaxter
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Yeah they DID because studio auctions had the Jein collection as going up for auction on their site early last month... now they just got dead links lol
finalfrontier
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The Jein phaser is really the only original hero imho
AdmiralBaxter
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Yeah because it really is the only one we can definately prove is real
Birdie
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'I really don't want to break this also' AHA!
Those WROK hand props sure are fugly.
They added sound effects to the video to make it sound like he was putting things down roughly.
I believe Jein had a relationship with Joe Madelana at HA and that’s one of the reasons they got the auction.
My photo source sent this, taken after one of the auction house employees dropped the rear fins on the ground.
I think we’re looking at a repair job, guys.
Harsh reality check:
STAR TREK is moving out of cultural relevancy. The core fanbase has largely aged out and/or moved away from the franchise, and no one cares about or watches the KurtzmanVerse in any appreciable numbers.
This auction will probably be one of the last big pushes for classic TREK artifacts. That’s also probably why certain parties are going full-scam mode, so they can strike while there’s still decent profit to be made, as interest drops, and the franchise begins to fade into the mists of history.
And, on a more fundamental level, these auction houses are a volume business. They don’t know or care about the history, and perpetuate urban legends and falsehoods (my source overheard them spouting tall tales, like how Majel Barrett had to make the uniform insignia patches herself, due to the show’s low budget).
They don’t revere or study these artifacts the way we do. If someone drops one while handling it, no biggie. Just glue it back together and make it presentable.
I think we’re looking at a repair job, guys.
Harsh reality check:
STAR TREK is moving out of cultural relevancy. The core fanbase has largely aged out and/or moved away from the franchise, and no one cares about or watches the KurtzmanVerse in any appreciable numbers.
This auction will probably be one of the last big pushes for classic TREK artifacts. That’s also probably why certain parties are going full-scam mode, so they can strike while there’s still decent profit to be made, as interest drops, and the franchise begins to fade into the mists of history.
And, on a more fundamental level, these auction houses are a volume business. They don’t know or care about the history, and perpetuate urban legends and falsehoods (my source overheard them spouting tall tales, like how Majel Barrett had to make the uniform insignia patches herself, due to the show’s low budget).
They don’t revere or study these artifacts the way we do. If someone drops one while handling it, no biggie. Just glue it back together and make it presentable.
joberg
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I just cannot, for the life of me, see this guy manipulate any of these props the way he does
I'm gonna loose my ****!!No wonder that phaser was repaired
I just cannot, for the life of me, see this guy manipulate any of these props the way he does
No wonder that phaser was repaired
My body can’t decide whether to die of a heart attack or pure cringe.
This explains a lot.
AdmiralBaxter
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Dude in the video makes me sick in all ways
wayouteast
Sr Member
I couldn't finish that video. I was in danger of injuring myself at my constant wincing at the cack-handed and utterly disresepectful way those iconic objects were being handled. Watching him paw at them with ungloved fingers and bash them around carelessly as if they were Playmates toys!!! WTF! At one point he even said 'I hope I don't break this ... AGAIN' unless my ears decieved me. Just awful in every way.
I just cannot, for the life of me, see this guy manipulate any of these props the way he does
No wonder that phaser was repaired
Agreed.
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At this point, both are one in the same.
Frankly, this guy needs to have a restraining order filed against him, keeping him 500 feet away from any and all sci-fi props at all times.
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