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The It's A Wrap! sale and auction is an ongoing sale of Star Trek props and wardrobe items following the Christie's auction, 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection. It is being conducted by It’s A Wrap! Hollywood, a memorabilia seller. The sale began 15 December 2006 and items were expected to become available over the course of six months. In October 2007, the auctions were still in-progress, and IAW sent out an e-mail to some of the winners announcing that the auctions would end in February 2008, with a special finale auction. As of September 2008, however, the auctions continue. Many items that apparently have been sold are re-listed wiith the same description and photos, some items seem to have unlimited supplies. (Spock swim suit, Vulcan ration packs, dilithium crystals) causing some confusion with buyers.
The sale has produced several costume tags which identified background and stunt performers that were previously unknown and uncredited.
Timeline
- November 2006, the sale is announced (press release)
- December 15, 2006, the sale begins
- January 2007, IAW representatives at the Creation Star Trek London Convention
- April 2007, IAW booth at Creation Grand Slam Conventionin Los Angeles
- August 2007, IAW booth at the "official" Star Trek convention in Las Vegas
- In Week 65 (began February 29, 2008), IAW starts listing several fixed-price "Buy It Now" listings each week
- May 2008, IAW representatives at the Creation Grand Slam Convention in Los Angeles
- August 2008, IAW booth at the "official" Star Trek convention in Las Vegas
Results
It's A Wrap! has released no official prices realized or results list, so the results are a bit fuzzy. As of March 27, 2008, there have been 6,018 items with unique item numbers listed in 6,744 eBay listings. IAW is very inconsistent about its use of unique item numbers for duplicates or re-listed items, so the number of truly unique items is uncertain. There have been US$4,152,703.48 in 6,284 "won" listings, however it is unlikely that is the actual amount. The lack of a prices realized list leaves only positive feedback and buyer's claims of winning an item as methods to confirm the item actually sold. Using these methods, it appears IAW has realized at least US$1,570,325.69 for 2,630 listings. IAW has also been selling in their LA shops, at conventions, and by special arrangement. Several items with identical photos, descriptions and auction i.d. numbers seem to appear more than once causing even more confusion. [1]
Noteworthy Items
Satan's Robot costume
- IAW# 1767, titled "STAR TREK I: THE MOTION PICTURE 'SPOCK' SPACESUIT", is an EV suit worn by Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. This is currently (as of May 4th) the second highest-priced item to sell at US$10,100. [2]
- IAW# 1140, titled "STAR TREK: VOYAGER 'SATAN’S ROBOT!' COSTUME", is the costume of Satan's Robot. It sold for US$4,658.00, the second highest item of week 6. [3]
- One MACO uniform, IAW# 0124 with the nametag "R. Azar", and two mirror-universe MACO uniforms, IAW# 0868 with nametag "C. Black" and IAW# 2078 with nametag "M. Romero". They sold for US$1,025, US$885, and US$1,075 respectively. There is also a mirror universe B. Moreno MACO uniform in there somewhere at IAW #0869. [4]
- IAW# 0925, titled "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 'WORF' NINTH PLACE TROPHY", Worf's bat'leth tournament trophy from the parallel universe in which he won ninth place; from TNG: "Parallels". It sold for US$1,341. [5]
- IAW# 0625, titled "STAR TREK I: THE MOTION PICTURE 'JAMES DOOHAN' 'CLASS-B' SHIRT", is a Star Trek: The Motion Picture-style uniform, but it is clearly not a shirt worn by James Doohan due to the incorrect rank and division insignia, although the costumer's tag on the item reads "James Doohan". The most likely explanation is that this shirt was worn by one of Doohan's sons, who were both extras in The Motion Picture. [6] After being offered in week 3 and not meeting the reserve set by It's A Wrap! with a high bid of US$1,625, the item was re-listed in week 15 and sold for US$3,450. [7]
- IAW# 1447, titled "KYLE RIKER'S ANBO-JYUTSU WHITE SUIT PLUS BONUS", and IAW# 1448, titled "COMMANDER RIKER'S ANBO-JYUTSU RED SUIT PLUS STUNT BONUS", are the suits worn by Mitchell Ryan and Jonathan Frakes in "The Icarus Factor" while their characters, Kyle Riker and Will Riker, sparred with one another in an Anbo-jyutsu match. Kyle Riker's (white) sold for US$395 and Will Riker's (red) sold for US$835 to two different buyers. [8]
External links
- Fixed price items at It's A Wrap! Online
- Auction items at eBay
- The Star Trek Auction Listings Archive, contains a catalogue of all IAW listings to date with images and results.
- Auction information at TrekMovie.com
- The Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Blog, a blog about Prop and Costume collecting, which features weekly previews and results from the auction