# What is the rarest Star Trek collectible and what is it worth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935 "2013-06-26T02:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/21 "2013-06-26T20:04:42Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > My mom threw it our when I was in college. Heh, sometimes I think the reason why 90% of everything that’s rare is because someone’s mom threw it out. There’s a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon about just that, but I couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/22 "2013-06-26T20:53:24Z")
tranya! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/23 "2013-06-26T21:01:14Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > There’s a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon about just that, but I couldn’t find it. I bet your mom threw it out. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/24 "2013-06-26T21:16:17Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I bet your mom threw it out. You know the universe really hates you though when your mom is also a pack rat but one with allegedly better taste. :dubious: ☹ And maybe that was true. I tried to sell some of it as [emphemera](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemera), but she was pretty good at spotting bullshit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/25 "2013-06-26T23:57:09Z")
**What is the rarest Star Trek collectible and what is it worth?** Duh. Obviously [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cznquGYgeak). ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/26 "2013-06-27T09:15:18Z")
I imagine that props from the actual show would trump any mass produced merchandise, and I can’t think of much that would be more valuable than the captain’s chair. Maybe the Enterprise model at the Smithsonian? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/27 "2013-06-27T11:39:51Z")
Illegitimate Takei children. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/28 "2013-06-27T14:51:17Z")
I’ve been watching some of the cast interviews at conventions lately and LeVar Burton commented in a couple of them that he has the only visor that he used in the TV show and has been calling it his kids college fund. I would imagine that most of the actors have similar souvenirs and the value would depend on when they decided to sell. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/29 "2013-06-27T15:39:24Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > I imagine that props from the actual show would trump any mass produced merchandise, and I can’t think of much that would be more valuable than the captain’s chair. Maybe the Enterprise model at the Smithsonian? I thought of those “medical scanners” that McCoy used. They were mostly weird looking salt shakers, I understand. Maybe some dilithium crystals would be valuable too. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/30 "2013-06-27T20:45:51Z")
Still waiting to hear something back from Spud’s lead. This is exactly what happened last time too and I don’t get it. If it’s so goddamned rare, why isn’t anyone interested in even talking to me about it? I think I’m just going to clean it up and put it on ebay with a crazy reserve value and see what happens. Not anytime soon, but that seems to be the only way I’m going to see what it’s actually worth. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/31 "2013-06-27T21:15:40Z")
A one-of-a-kind phaser rifle made for the Jeffrey Hunter pilot sold at auction recently [for $231,000](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rare-star-trek-phaser-sold-434291). ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/32 "2013-06-27T21:28:11Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Still waiting to hear something back from Spud’s lead. This is exactly what happened last time too and I don’t get it. If it’s so goddamned rare, why isn’t anyone interested in even talking to me about it? I think I’m just going to clean it up and put it on ebay with a crazy reserve value and see what happens. Not anytime soon, but that seems to be the only way I’m going to see what it’s actually worth. You know that is a prime time show on the travel channel don’t you… they just had a new episode last night. They probably get hundreds of “leads” every day. I’m sure they have to research them a bit and probably don’t just respond the minute an e-mail comes in. You’ve been sitting on it for years… what’s a few more days going to hurt? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/33 "2013-06-27T22:27:12Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > You know that is a prime time show on the travel channel don’t you… they just had a new episode last night. They probably get hundreds of “leads” every day. I’m sure they have to research them a bit and probably don’t just respond the minute an e-mail comes in. > > You’ve been sitting on it for years… what’s a few more days going to hurt? Don’t misunderstand. I don’t care if I never sell it - just as you say. When pulled it out of the closet it was covered in dust. My only point was that I’m sure SOMEONE has at least SEEN the email by now right? So if something like this really IS such a big deal, you’d at least think that I’d have gotten an acknowledgement of kind - no? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/34 "2013-06-27T23:18:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A one-of-a-kind phaser rifle made for the Jeffrey Hunter pilot sold at auction recently [for $231,000](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rare-star-trek-phaser-sold-434291). [nerd hat] That may have been \*made \*for the first pilot, but it was used in the second with Shatner. Spock makes a somewhat dramatic entrance with it on the planet surface as he’s convinced they’ll have to kill _whats-his-name_ while Kirk still hopes to talk him down. Ultimately it doesn’t matter as the rifle has no effect (yet a huge boulder does?!?) ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/35 "2013-06-28T00:04:48Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > My only point was that I’m sure SOMEONE has at least SEEN the email by now right? So if something like this really IS such a big deal, you’d at least think that I’d have gotten an acknowledgement of kind - no? Well, it’s a prime time show, but it is on the Travel Channel, and it is in its first year. My guess is that their budget isn’t huge and their staff isn’t either. I would picture it something like this… Intern or other lowest on the totem pole person is in charge of opening and printing e-mails from the day, probably once a day. He then sorts out the fan mail and the spam and the ones telling them they really messed something up from the ones mentioning a toy. Then they get sorted into Sci Fi, 60’s, Westerns, TV, Music, Fads, etc. From there an “expert” in whichever genre probably scans over them maybe once a week and will eventually get back to you. I don’t think there is anyone who knows everything about every toy who at initial reading that this is or is not the holy grail. They have had other things on the show that have sold for $18k that most people would think was just another action figure, but because it was a rare one with firing rockets which were removed after the first 50 were produced, and 35 were destroyed in a warehouse fire, and twelve were eaten by cats, and only two had the blue cape which changes it from a $2 figure to an $18k one. Heck, even Pawn Stars which is a huge success probably doesn’t get back to someone claiming to have an original Declaration of Independence in a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/36 "2013-06-28T00:37:40Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Well, it’s a prime time show, but it is on the Travel Channel, and it is in its first year. My guess is that their budget isn’t huge and their staff isn’t either. I would picture it something like this… Sorry. The part about it being tv show didn’t register right away. I didn’t look at the website except to scan for an email address so I was assuming it was a collector site that you happened to be familiar with. If I’d realized this was more along the lines of Antique Road Show, I don’t think I would have made the attempt to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/37 "2013-06-28T00:42:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A one-of-a-kind phaser rifle made for the Jeffrey Hunter pilot sold at auction recently [for $231,000](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rare-star-trek-phaser-sold-434291). Huh. One of the two-of-a-kind PPG rifles made for the B5 pilot went for 0.6% of that. (I have it on the wall.) ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/38 "2013-06-28T01:26:14Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > If I’d realized this was more along the lines of Antique Road Show, I don’t think I would have made the attempt to be honest. Why? They have far better resources than Joe’s Classic Toys in Campbell, TX. I do know someone who’s father works with the toy collection at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, and it would take me a few weeks to get in contact with him, and I guarantee that he would have to refer me to someone else who may know more about Star Trek Merchandising toys. If it is as rare as you say, there are very few people who even know about it. The site I gave you is a show that is in search of ideas to keep them in production. They are way more motivated than any other random collector. The show has found several very rare toys for people like Danny Bonaduce, Gene Simmons, the guy who was in the R2D2 robot, etc. Who knows, maybe George Takei has been searching for one of these planes for years. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/39 "2013-06-28T01:39:37Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Why? They have far better resources than Joe’s Classic Toys in Campbell, TX. > > I do know someone who’s father works with the toy collection at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, and it would take me a few weeks to get in contact with him, and I guarantee that he would have to refer me to someone else who may know more about Star Trek Merchandising toys. If it is as rare as you say, there are very few people who even know about it. The site I gave you is a show that is in search of ideas to keep them in production. They are way more motivated than any other random collector. > > The show has found several very rare toys for people like Danny Bonaduce, Gene Simmons, the guy who was in the R2D2 robot, etc. Who knows, maybe George Takei has been searching for one of these planes for years. Right, but I’m also interested in selling if it’s that valuable. I have no use for it and don’t want the hassle of adding to my insurance police that’s for sure. I’d much rather just be rid of it, but at a price I know is fair. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rarest-star-trek-collectible-and-what-is-it-worth/661935/40 "2013-06-28T01:56:46Z")
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