NEW YORK (AP) -- Christie's, the final
frontier. These are the memorabilia of the "Star Trek" television shows and
movies. Their mission--to fetch the highest prices they can at auction.
Marking the
40th anniversary of the TV series, Christie's will be auctioning off more than
1,000 lots of material taken from the archives of CBS Paramount Television, the
auction house announced Thursday.
The items,
including costumes, props, model ships and weapons, come from all the
"Star Trek" television series and films, Christie's said, adding that
the auction is the first to be done officially by CBS Paramount.
Among the
memorabilia will be a Starfleet uniform worn by William Shatner's Capt. James
T. Kirk in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" with a pre-sale estimate of
$7,000 to $9,000, and a Starfleet jumpsuit worn by Patrick Stewart's Capt.
Jean-Luc Picard estimated at $8,000 to $12,000.
The auction
will be Oct. 5-7 in New York. The collection will be touring around the U.S. and Europe before then.