Christie's underestimates Trekkies

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Christie's underestimates Trekkies, pulls $7.1 million

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/07/startrek.auction/

Partial sale list:

78 inch Starship Enterprise D -
$576,000 (Christie's pre-sale catalogue estimate: $25,000 and $35,000)

62 inch Bird of Prey -
$296,000 (pre-sale estimate: $15,000 to $25,000)

Dr. McCoy's uniform from "The Thoilan Web" -
$144,000 (pre-sale estimate: $2,000 to $4,000)

61 inch Starship Voyager -
$132,000 (pre-sale estimate: $15,000)

68 inch Starship Enterprise E -
$132,000 (pre-sale estimate: $8,000 to $12,000)

DS9 Space Station -
$110,000 (pre-sale estimate: $10,000 to $12,000)

30 inch Borg Cube -
$96,000 (pre-sale estimate: $1,000 to $1,500)

Kirk's Captain's chair re-creation for a 1996 episode of "Star Trek: DS9" -
$62,400 (pre-sale estimate: $2,500 to $4,000)

Picard's Captain's Chair -
$62,000 (pre-sale estimate: $2,000 to $4,000)

Picard's Ressikan Flute from "The Inner Light" -
$44,000 (pre-sale estimate: $800-$1,200)

Plasma rifle used by Michael Dorn as Worf in Star Trek: Insurrection -
$19,200 (pre-sale estimate: $600 to $800)

Ron Perlman's vinyl jumpsuit from Star Trek: Nemesis -
$6,000 (pre-sale estimate: $400 to $600)

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too bad the movies suck