Television props

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Sells for $231,000:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/04/08/star-trek-captain-kirk-phaser-auction/

A phaser rifle used by William Shatner’s Captain Kirk on the original Star Trek sold for a whopping $231,000 at this year’s Hollywood Legends auction — and that’s in modern-day currency, not inflated future dollars. The one-of-a-kind fake weapon was designed for Star Trek‘s second pilot. Auctioneers expected it to go for about $50,000. Instead, somebody forked over enough money to buy a three-story, four-bedroom house in Pittsburgh for the toy.

To be fair, the gun is a particularly interesting prop for any Star Trek fanatic. As the auction’s catalog explains, series creator Gene Roddenberry was asked to retool Trek‘s original pilot to make it more action-heavy. Roddenberry responded by hiring toy manufacturer Reuben Klamer to make a “really big gun” for Captain Kirk. The resulting rifle was used onscreen only in the show’s revamped pilot; characters subsequently switched to the smaller, more civilized phaser pistols Shater can be seen carrying in the photo above....

[paul waines]

I don't personally own any screen used props, but would love to see if anyone on here has anything....