Beginning on June 28, Prop Store will begin their latest three-day summer auction of over 1,400 lots of props, costumes, and entertainment memorabilia, including a large number of notable Star Trek items.
Though this is not a dedicated Star Trek auction like the recent Star Trek: Picard auction last fall, Prop Store has a nice selection of Star Trek items going under the hammer, including some truly iconic pieces. There are 101 Star Trek items being auctioned, including at least one lot from most of the Star Trek TV shows and many of the movies.
Star Trek prop and costume auction prices are not cheap, so come ready to spend if you want to win something. But the hammer will fall at many different price points, so be sure to check out the whole catalogue to see all of the Star Trek items on sale.
Here are a few of the most iconic lots up for auction this week!
Lot #356: Spock’s Sickbay Costume (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
Complete Spock costumes are very rare, and so this piece from Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a special one. From the scene in sickbay after Spock returns from his space suit encounter with V’Ger, this is a cool costume from the first Star Trek movie. Given that hoodies are canon in the 23rd century, maybe the Human Adventure really is just beginning.
Lot #359: Admiral James T. Kirk’s Romulan Ale Bottle Birthday Gift (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
Beware Romulans bearing gifts, or in this case auction houses offering iconic props from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This bottle’s distinctive design first appeared in The Wrath of Khan but versions of it would recur throughout the Star Trek franchise. And it’s tied to a wonderful scene between Kirk and McCoy at Kirk’s apartment in San Francisco. If the price tag looks a little eye-watering to you, and I expect this one will sell at the high end or event exceed the estimate, you can get a high quality replica (complete with your choice of whiskey or vodka) from Star Trek Spirits.
Lot #365: Captain Scott’s Maroon Starfleet Uniform (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home / Star Trek: Generations)
An almost complete monster maroon is very rare, and the fact that this one can be screen matched to James Doohan’s portrayal of Scotty in Star Trek: Generations is very special. It is likely the actor also wore it in earlier movies, given his bigger size it is unlikely there were too many other characters who the pieces could be reused for this. This one is just missing the undershirt, but that’s pretty good for a maroon uniform – they were separated and reused so many times for the different Star Trek productions over the years, most are incomplete in some ways. And to have all the pins and insignia too will make this is highly sought after piece… I don’t remember the last monster maroon that was sold at auction.
Lot #370: “Hot Set” Sign (The Original Series)
Wow, I think this might be my favorite piece in the whole auction? An incredibly rare piece of production history, this sign from the original Star Trek soundstage transports me in spirit back to 1967 and the Desilu stages. Make sure to take your cigarettes outside. Given the sets have been gone over 50 years, and only a few pieces survived, this is a magnificent piece of Star Trek production history.
Lot #1208: ‘Engineering I’ LCARS Bridge Panel (Star Trek: Generations)
If you are in an Enterprise D kind of mood after the shockingly wonderful reappearance of the Enterprise D bridge in the third season of Star Trek: Picard, this LCARS from the Engineering station in Star Trek: Generations may be what you’re looking for. With proper backlighting, these pieces display so well, and the color scheme and LCARS design just screams Star Trek like nothing else can.
Lot #1217: Enterprise XCV-330, U.S.S. Kelvin, and U.S.S. Vengeance Models (Star Trek Into Darkness)
There are a lot of models produced by the collectibles company Qmx in this summer’s auction, many of which are studio quality but never saw screen time. That is not the case for this trio of models from Star Trek: Into Darkness, which appeared on the desk of Admiral Marcus in the movie. There are other lots with the remainder of the history of spaceflight display from his desk, but this marks one end of the display with the USS Kelvin and the USS Vengeance from the movie. Qmx made wonderful models, and so these will display really nicely.
Lot #1247: Set of Gold-Pressed Latinum (Deep Space Nine)
A complete set of all the different kinds of latinum that appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this lot includes the very rare latinum brick that only appeared in the season 6 episode “Who Mourns for Mourn?” You might think given Quark was in that big storage container full of them that there are lots, but only the top layer had the proper details of the full latinum bricks – the rest were blocks of wood with gold tape applied to the top. There are not many of the latinum bricks circulating, and the smallest slip is also quite rare too. You can complete your latinum collection in one fell swoop.
To see the complete list of Star Trek lots, for more information, and to register to become a bidder, you can visit Prop Store’s auction page.