If the price tag causes your eyebrows to rise higher than Spock’s after a cutting Dr. The winning bidder will receive the prop plus related items such as conceptual drawings and notes about the rifle, some of which come from the desk of Gene Roddenberry himself.
If you want the rifle, though, you’ll definitely need to open up your wallet (and maybe sell your house), because the opening bid is $250,000, a step up from its closing price of $231k back in 2013. Reuben Klamer, who designed the rifle, passed away just a few weeks ago, giving the sale added meaning and significance.
Heritage Auctions, which bills itself as “The World’s Largest Collectible Auctioneer,” may have found the holy grail of these two qualities- the original phaser rifle used by William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the second Star Trek pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Only one was ever made, and it was used only once on screen (although it appeared in many publicity photos), making it an absolute must-have for the discerning collector. OCTOIn the world of Star Trek collectibles, the most valuable items are ones which have been screen used and were also produced in limited quantity.
