For students of material culture both past, present, and future, you should  
visit Christie's upcoming auction of uniforms, furniture and artifacts from 40 
 years' production of the Star Trek series.
 
As a preservationist, I am somewhat saddened to see this material dispersed  
but as a collector, I should do wish I could afford a Tribble!  I hope  there 
is a museum somewhere that has a good representative sample.
 
_http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp_ 
(http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp) 
 
In viewing this material in person, I got the distinct  impression there will 
be a lot of money spent at this sale.   (Certainly it will bring new meaning 
to the saying "Go Forth and Prosper")
 
 
Lot 295 should generate some discussion: NATIVE AMERICAN-STYLE  ART FROM 
CHAKOTAY'S QUARTERS AND OFFICE