<![CDATA[io9: auction]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: auction]]> http://io9.com/tag/auction http://io9.com/tag/auction <![CDATA[The Worst Props From The Terminator Salvation Auction]]> The cash-strapped Halcyon is having a huge auction, and every single scrap of crap from Terminator 4 is up for sale. There's an aged microwave, Moon's messed-up bra — even a mysterious silver go-go dancing outfit for Helena Bonham Carter.

Hollywood Parts is selling off everything from the Terminator Salvation set — and we mean everything. Even boxes of clean t-shirts. While some of the things in this list could be interesting to own, like the Terminator X-Rays, or half metal skeletons of dead terminators, much of this stuff is the worst, especially this silver platform shoe get-up that Helena must have worn when she was a floating head at the end??? This costume must be from the trashed script many moons ago — sad really, 'cause that outfit could only have spiced up this film.


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<![CDATA[You Can Have Your Very Own Starfleet Shuttle Simulator]]> Ever wanted to own your own Starfleet shuttle? A Utah school district happens to have a working simulator of the Star Trek-inspired USS Galileo up for auction. The $1000 reserve hasn't been met, so you can still take Galileo home.

Thanks to Erica Brown for the tip.






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<![CDATA[Own a Tyrannosaurus Rex of Your Very Own]]> If you've ever wanted to own a piece of prehistory (and have cash to burn), you'll want to check out the natural history auction taking place at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on October 3rd. For between $2 to 8 million, you can pick up Samson, one of the most complete T-Rex skeletons ever assembled. And if your budget falls under half a million dollars, you can still get yourself a perfectly respectable mammoth skeleton or duck-billed dinosaur. [Wired]

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<![CDATA[These Are The Droids You're Bidding For]]> Fancy getting a one-of-a-kind Star Wars figure and helping charity at the same time? Check out the wonderful Empire Muggs Back auction from Lucasfilm, helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Click through for examples of some of the awesome figures available.

The online auction - which you can participate in here - offers fans the chance to pick up some Muggs figures customized into Star Wars characters by Lucasfilm staff, comic book artists, toy designers and well known fans. The figures were on display in San Diego last week and available to view online here, but here are some of our favorites just to whet your appetites.
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<![CDATA[Support Artistic Freedom Logically By Bidding On Pope Trek Art]]> Want to do your bit for free speech and come out of it with a beautiful piece of Paul Pope Star Trek art? Here's your chance to bid on a page from Wired's Spock strip, with proceeds to the CBLDF.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is auctioning off this page of original Pope artwork from the short strip that appeared in March's JJ Abrams-edited issue of Wired magazine, featuring Spock's memories of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Pope was happy about how this page turned out:

It was a fun page to draw... It's got Spock, of course, and J.J's take on him is what drew me into this story. But I got to draw Shatner too, Kirk, and he's surprisingly a lot harder to capture.

The original art measures 16" x 21.5". The art will be displayed at the CBLDF booth and auctioned on Saturday night, July 25 at 7:15 in Room 2 of the Convention Center, but remote bids will also be taken at info@cbldf.org.

CBLDF's Comic-Con Auction Preview! [CBLDF]

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<![CDATA[The Recession Hits BSG Fans Hard]]> This weekend was the infamous Battlestar Galactica auction. And while many items were sold for thousands of credits, the main draws — the life size Cylon Raider, Colonial Viper and Colonial Raptor — didn't meet the required $30K reserve to sell. These are desperate times if rich nerds can't afford a 30-foot alien warship/creature. I know, I couldn't even scrounge up enough bills to buy Doc Cottle's smokes (which sold for a mere $600). Also many of the cast members showed up, Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan) auctioned off his liquor bottles in person, and the volunteers were dressed as BSG crew members. [Auction Network]

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<![CDATA[Bid On Battlestar Galactica's Life Size Raider Or The Cylon Resurrection Hot Tub]]> We knew January's auction of Battlestar Galactica stuff was going to be huge, but we didn't realize quite how big. They're auctioning bloody outfits from late night Cylon torture sessions, President Roslin's crazy pills, just about everything that ever sat on Adama's desk, Cylon resurrection tubs and life-size Cylon raiders, priced at a mere $30,000 to $40,000. We've collected a gallery of the most amazing and bizarre set items.

I have to say I'm most excited about Romo Lampkin's glasses, but very disappointed they didn't have his dead-cat-filled duffel. And on a side note should you be the lucky person to purchase the Raider, um, can I come over?

The auction will be held in Pasadena on January 17 and 18. Check out the 160 page catalog and start saving up for Ellen Tigh's seduction outfit or your very own radiation badge. There's also a stack of concept art and design work up for auction as well that's absolutely worth wading through.

Meanwhile, on a more spoilery topic, after thumbing through this mammoth catalog I've noticed an excessive amount of Zak Adama crap that no one really should feel compelled to purchase. Pictures of Zak and Starbuck being all cutesy, the portrait used at his funeral, his childhood bike and more family pics. Granted, they're also selling Roslin's phone off her desk, but still, it makes you wonder.

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<![CDATA[Own a Piece of Morbid Medical History]]> If you’ve been looking for electrosurgical equipment, engravings of venereal diseases, or cringe-worthy gynecological instruments for your collection, you’re in luck. Next week, the PBA Galleries in San Francisco are auctioning off the medical library of Gerard Sugarman, a treasure trove of medical books, tools, and paraphernalia that go as far back as the 15th Century. We've got a gallery of available items that will make you grateful for modern medicine.

PBA plans to auction off Sugarman’s collection on November 20. The majority of the lots consist of medical texts, many featuring intricate engravings of human anatomy and anatomical abnormalities. But he’s also managed to accumulate some interesting, and somewhat frightening, tools of the trade. For around $500, you can take home an electrosurgery unity or electrocardiograph, and a few hundred dollars will buy you a set of surgical instruments that look more fit for torture than practicing medicine.

[PBA Galleries via Morbid Anatomy]

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<![CDATA[Gort For Sale]]> While we're out here at WonderCon, patrolling the halls of fandom and looking for good science fiction action, there's a piece of super-sized memorabilia on eBay that you might want to pick up: a full-sized replica of Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still. It was created by Fred Barton Productions ("Celebrity Robots Brought To Life!") and although it's a local pickup only in the San Francisco area, the thing is already up to over four thousand bucks. Our favorite line from the auction is, "Although the controller is included, the robot hasn't been activated in years. It's unknown if it's in working condition." Come on you fool, fire that sucker up! Klaatu barada nikto! [Thanks Peter!]

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<![CDATA[Number Six Uses Her Body to Rescue Kittens]]> Tricia Helfer, the human side of Cylon Number Six, is doing a charity event for kitten rescue by auctioning off an uncut sheet of Battlestar Galactica cards that have been signed by just about every actor to appear on the show. In fact, it wouldn't be surprising if some random background character had signed one of these.

Check out the front and back of the sheets, and bid away. We also took a look through the store portion of her site and noticed she's selling autographed copies of her Playboy appearance from last year, which sports some NSFW Cylon coin-slot action. All proceeds to go Tricia's favorite Kitten Rescue charity, and we're resisting the urge for a bad joke right here.

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<![CDATA[To Boldly Litigate]]> Last year Christie's auction house dropped jaws when it tractor-beamed in more than $7 million in bits for a massive Star Trek auction featuring props, costumes, and a little box to keep your dignity in. Now Brent "Data" Spiner himself has apparently confirmed that some of the items were not authentic. Ted Moustakis got ripped off to the tune of $12,000 by winning Data's poker visor, the Enterprise poker table, and Data's costume. When he showed the visor to Brent, Brent told him that he'd sold the original off years ago. On eBay. Now the guy is suing Christie's for $710,000. Start checking your science fiction auction items for "Made in China" stickers immediately.

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