Captain Kirk’s phaser bought for over $900,000 at ‘Star Trek’ sale

By Dean Murray

An incredible auction of "Star Trek" items has achieved out-of-this-world sales results.

Captain Kirk's long-lost phaser gun sold for $910,000, nine times its original estimate making it a new world record for a Star Trek prop sold at auction.

The Julien's Auctions sale on Saturday (Nov. 9) featured 200 rare and authentic lots from the popular sci-fi franchise.

The second highest-selling item was Shatner’s legendary Captain James T. Kirk communicator which sold for a record $780,000.

The Captain’s USS Enterprise helm and navigation console from the original Star Trek series commanded an incredible $260,000.

Other highlights included an original Deep Space Nine space station miniature from the television series that sold for $254,000, five times its estimate of $50,000, and an original bridge chair used on the set of the USS Enterprise during the production of the original television series, selling for $44,450.

Actor William Shatner launched the event by appearing with the Phaser and Communicator props from the original TV series that he hadn't held in over fifty years.

Martin Nolan, Executive Director/Co-Founder of Julien's Auctions, said: "The immense popularity and fandom of Star Trek that continues to grow and capture the imagination and wonder of the franchise’s millions of fans and collectors fueled the highly successful results of Julien’s record-breaking ‘Bid Long & Prosper’ auction,.

"It was an outstanding auction and we want to thank our fantastic partner Infinity Festival and the legendary William Shatner for making Star Trek history once again.