is your collectible authentic?

[tylerd]

if you can't trust a name like christie's auction house, who can you trust?

trekkie fan gets burned.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_en_tv/star_trek_auction

 

[The Craw]

*seinfeld voice* "that's a shame."

 

[Batty]

Poor Star Trek nerd.

 

[pixletwin]

I bet Spiner relished telling the guy that it was a fake.

 

[Darklord Dave]

Anyone else see the documentary about Okuda authenticating all these items? I think it was on The History Channel.

The guy's over reacting, they probably had a few visors and Spiner was confused. All that stuff came from the Paramount warehouse, so even if it wasn't screen-used it was created for the show - there's probably no way that Spiner or anyone else could tell the difference.

 

[galactiboy]

Moustakis, who became a Star Trek fan at age 7, said he was humiliated.

Oh no, now Brent Spiner thinks I'm a total poser

Seriously, who the **** would pay $6,000 for a visor?!? I mean its not like its even an item unique to the Star Trek universe.

Spiner probably told him that just to piss him off, I know I'd be tempted to f with fans.

 

[Jamal]

LOL would you spend that amount of cash on that sort of thing?

I have a hard time forking out 130 for my Hot Toys sometimes lol

 

[The Craw]

chances are they made a whole bunch of these visors over the years of the show. does he think there was only one and spiner wore it everyday for 7 years or what not. and then he sues for millions right away. at most i would just demand a refund.

 

[The Mike]

The sad thing isn't really what was purchased but the fact that a fan who is that dedicated to spend that kind of money on such a side note of an item was possibily dupped. You trust auction houses like this over let's say eBay where you can get "autographed" items all over the place....

 

[mannix DLS]

The lawsuit, filed in state court in Manhattan, demands millions of dollars in punitive damages and a refund for the visor and two other items Moustakis bought at the 2006 auction: a table that was part of a set on "The Next Generation" and a uniform that was in Data's wardrobe. Moustakis said he paid $6,600 for the table and $11,400 for the uniform.

He said that, upon close inspection, the table doesn't look like the ones that appeared the show, and the uniform appeared to be one of several made for the program, not a one-of-a-kind, as Moustakis believed it to be.

I think Moustakis was made to believed that production props are "usually" one-of-a- kind

 

[sladesuperagent]

Hilarious. Same thing happened to me when I asked Ann B. Davis to sign the pantyhose she wore in The Brady Bunch episode where she moves out b/c she thinks she isn't wanted. She was like, "Nope. I didn't wear these things. Not my brand." I paid $10,000 for them and now the question is, who's crotch have I been sniffin' all this time?

 

[EVILFACE]

The lawsuit, filed in state court in Manhattan, demands millions of dollars in punitive damages and a refund for the visor and two other items Moustakis bought at the 2006 auction: a table that was part of a set on "The Next Generation" and a uniform that was in Data's wardrobe. Moustakis said he paid $6,600 for the table and $11,400 for the uniform.

The geek is seeking millions cause he wasted 17K on some props? Dude should not have wasted his time spending 6k on some visor cause it was in Star Trek. A visor

 

[Darth Madden]

Wow, I am a little surprised to see collectors picking on another collector for purchasing something.. little bit of pot calling the kettle black here? Like there has never been a Star Wars fan who has paid that much for a prop before. Its something the guy wanted and he feels he was duped. I don't think he deserves the millions but he has a right to at least question it now and get a refund.

 

[EVILFACE]

I'd laugh no matter what the item was. 6K for a 50 cent visor from K-Mart cause a tv actor wore it is crazy.

Judge Judy would laugh as his ass.

He deserves a refund, but not millions.

 

[Darth Madden]

I'd laugh no matter what the item was. 6K for a 50 cent visor from K-Mart cause a tv actor wore it is crazy.

I agree its crazy but to him it wasn't. I have seen many things that people have bought that I would consider dumb and not worth it but I also know that there are a lot of my things other people feel would the same way about. I'm not going to make fun of anybody collecting habbits cause I know it can come back on me just as easy.

 

[sladesuperagent]

I'm sorry, but you're a big doosh if you pay $6,000 for a visor that some D-list actor wore--authentic, used, unused or WHATEVER. At least with the "authentic" toys I buy I usually can depend on reselling them online. This guy got duped for $1.00 item and now he's ticked and wants to sue for millions. It's his own fault for being either misinformed, gullible, or just plain stupid. Mercy is for the weak.

 

[tylerd]

I'm sorry, but you're a big doosh if you pay $6,000 for a visor that some D-list actor wore--authentic, used, unused or WHATEVER. At least with the "authentic" toys I buy I usually can depend on reselling them online. This guy got duped for $1.00 item and now he's ticked and wants to sue for millions. It's his own fault for being either misinformed, gullible, or just plain stupid. Mercy is for the weak.

the debate isn't over the worth of the item but it's advertised authenticity. one man's junk is another's treasure. punitive damages are based on the severity of the individual's feelings by this letdown so he could feel burned enough to ask for millions. doesn't mean a judge will award that much.

 

[galactiboy]

And I can see the point about the being duped, but really is a trekkies feelings really worth millions... maybe a buck fifty or so?