Alleged Screen Used Hero TOS Phaser up for auction (now the aftermath)

[AdmiralBaxter]

The blue & black ones were bad in the colour department. I liked the gray ones better.

I liked the blue ones because they reminded me of what I saw in reruns color wise

 

[Chrisisall]

Well, this is my midgrade now. And, like every other midgrade these days, it's screen used and from the series (I cleaned it up very nicely) and REAL expensive if you want to buy it from me.... (pm me for the price- I'm lookin' to buy a Corvette for myself). Wink wink, nudge nudge.

 

[Ronldheld]

How can you clean it up, with ruining the authenticity or value?

 

[Chrisisall]

How can you clean it up, without ruining the authenticity or value?

 

[Ronldheld]

I was being serious.
Certainly cannot afford it or your future Corvette.

 

[Chrisisall]

I was being serious.
Certainly cannot afford it or your future Corvette.

I was being not-serious. I made it. Just that it seems authentic mid-grades are showing up a lot... nudge nudge.

 

[Ronldheld]

Humor, it is a difficult concept
Are you saying many people here are making midrange Phasers, or actual screenused ones are coming up for sale?

 

[Chrisisall]

Humor, it is a difficult concept
Are you saying many people here are making midrange Phasers, or actual screenused ones are coming up for sale?

All I am saying, is give authentication a chance. Middies are the easiest to forge. I am not an authority on this, just seen what to MY eye looks like new parts on supposedly old antiques. Just some.... and no one here. Out there.... thataway.

 

[Ronldheld]

Just trying to learn more details not sticking it to you.

 

[Chrisisall]

Just trying to learn more details not sticking it to you.

No, I didn't think that. We cool, my Vulcan bro!

 

[Gregatron]

Well, this is my midgrade now. And, like every other midgrade these days, it's screen used and from the series (I cleaned it up very nicely) and REAL expensive if you want to buy it from me.... (pm me for the price- I'm lookin' to buy a Corvette for myself). Wink wink, nudge nudge.
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Looks great!

Just needs more ridiculously overdone weathering, and an authentication/hostage video from a surviving cast member with dementia!

 

[Ronldheld]

No, I didn't think that. We cool, my Vulcan bro!

Indeed we are.

 

[Mike Paugh]

I wonder if any knows how much Mr. J. Cawley paid for the Jein Midgrade?

I was not aware that Jein owned a midgrade or that James Cawley bought it. If it was through an auction house then the data would be available on the price but not who the buyer was. I have seen in pictures that James has a midgrade on display but I thought it was a JPL model.

 

[feek61]

I don't believe James bought the crapazoid from the last GJ auction.

 

[Ronldheld]

I presume you would not want me to tell Mr. Cawley he bought a replica?

 

[TDahl]

Regarding the phaser 2 unit on display at James Cawley's Star Trek Set Tour, I was fortunate enough to visit the site in April 2023 and took the following photographs of the phaser. Paraphrasing, the signage with the display states that this unit is from The Original Series, for what that's worth. I have no idea about its actual history.

 

[Ronldheld]

I have been there many times, but did not examine the props with an eye to authenticity. I assumed they were all replicas.

 

[Chrisisall]

I was there just this September for the second time (I love that place!) and I was thrilled to see what I assumed was an actual screen used piece. I asked if it was for sale and the lady working the register said only if you have (some crazy number) thousand dollars.

 

[Gregatron]

I dunno, man. That weathering looks awfully familiar.

 

[Ronldheld]

Is it worth my asking how he got it and from whom?