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‘Star Trek’ scripts, William Shatner’s motorcycle for sale
Boston Herald ^
| Monday, April 26, 2010
| AP
Posted on 04/26/2010 2:29:20 PM PDT by martin_fierro
‘Star Trek’ scripts, William Shatner’s motorcycle for sale
By Associated Press
Monday, April 26, 2010
LOS ANGELES — Shoppers can boldly go where no man has gone before when "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry’s collection of personal effects and show memorabilia go up for auction.
Hand-annotated scripts, costumes from the show and Roddenberry’s own studio pass are among the items available at the June 27 auction at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, administered by Julien’s Auctions.
Proceeds will benefit the Roddenberry Foundation, which makes grants to support children, education and the environment.
The original Capt. Kirk, William Shatner, is also getting in on the auction, selling his custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle, his Golden Globe nomination certificate and the plaque he was presented when he got a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 1983.
Shatner plans to donate a portion of the proceeds to the Hollywood Charity Horse Show, which helps handicapped children.
The 79-year-old actor said he doesn’t mind parting with his mementos and would do just about anything to benefit his chosen charities.
"I had the great fortune of doing the same thing with a kidney stone," Shatner said. "I passed a kidney stone, and a company offered me ... $75,000 for my kidney stone."
Shatner donated the money to Habitat for Humanity.
"I handed the motorcycle over and it was a part of my heart, but that’s only figuratively speaking," he said.
Highlights from the "Star Trek" auction will be exhibited beginning Friday at Ponte 16 in Macau, China, and June 14-24 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Bids will be accepted in person, online and by phone.
The collection will be "very meaningful" to "Trek" fans, said Shatner, who cites the show’s optimistic themes as the reason it has endured for decades.
"It suggests that 300 years from now, mankind is still around," he said. "It’s on a note of hope that not only will we be around, but we will flourish and be out there among the stars, colonizing."
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: motorcycle; shatner
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 230FMJ; 4woodenboats; 68 grunt; absolootezer0; AdamSelene235; AJMaXx; ...
No, this isn't Shatner's bike.
To: KevinDavis
To: martin_fierro
To: martin_fierro
where’s that bike from?
I want to mail a link to someone who is a Trekie
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:35:57 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(...but He has made the trains run on time.)
To: martin_fierro
OMG...I almost peed myself laughing over that gif!
That is freaking *hysterical*....;-D
[I should be more respectful....Shatner raises Dobermanns and that makes him The Man in my book]
You’ve probably seen this but it’s funny every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uxTpyCdriY
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:47:43 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:52:07 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: KC Burke
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:52:40 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: Salamander
That is disturbingly funny.
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:56:37 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: mnehring
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:57:06 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/26/2010 2:59:46 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead; monkapotamus
OMGGG that worst than Harry Reid photoshop or Helen Thomas LOL!
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:13:13 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
To: Salamander
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:24:39 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: longtermmemmory
LOL!
That was great editing!
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:30:17 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: Snickering Hound
That was absolutely hilarious. Is it still on youtube? You shoulda seen the look on GL’s face when he came out; it was absolutely precious.
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:34:32 PM PDT
by
sabe@q.com
(Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
To: dead
LOL! (Both me and the wife!)
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:38:16 PM PDT
by
scoobysnak71
(Muhammad, the Pedophile Prophet . Looks like they crucified the wrong guy ...)
To: dead
You got the Price!
I got the line!
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:41:31 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
To: longtermmemmory
Arrrgh!
Now I’m going spend the day watching Star Trek bloopers on YouTube!
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posted on
04/26/2010 3:44:24 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: El Sordo; ronnyquest; cizinec; Ronin; HeartlandOfAmerica; SilvieWaldorfMD; mowowie; Bender2; ...
A big thanks goes to Visualops for the Banner!!
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posted on
04/26/2010 4:40:50 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
To: martin_fierro
Is this the famed motorcycle he was riding when he wiped out coming down Harlan Ellison's driveway, and ended up stretched out on Harlan's sofa, bleeding? Ol' Ellison got a kick out of that. LOL
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."
To: KevinDavis
An original script would be cool!
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posted on
04/26/2010 4:45:33 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
To: dead
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posted on
04/26/2010 4:54:56 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: Salamander
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posted on
04/27/2010 5:07:07 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
04/27/2010 5:43:24 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hold onto to all your fears 'cuz when I get outta here....vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: martin_fierro
Good, that’s one ugly trike!
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posted on
04/27/2010 8:54:42 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: longtermmemmory
Now that was funny. Thanks!
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posted on
04/27/2010 4:26:21 PM PDT
by
scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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