BUYER: Hey, how's it going?
DIANE: I have some "Star Trek" memorabilia
that I'm looking to sell.
BUYER: Awesome.
This is a phaser.
OK.
And this would be a communicator.
Then I have a script, first draft from The Voyage Home.
And this is a Tribble.
BUYER: All right.
[LAUGHS]
DIANE: I came to the pawn shop today to sell my "Star
Trek" collection of props.
I watched all the movies.
I watched the television show.
But I'm not a collector of memorabilia.
So I thought that I would come in today
and see if I can make some money.
BUYER: Where did you get this stuff?
DIANE: A friend of mine had a garage sale.
And I was like, I mean, you can't sell this.
This is worth something.
This is "Star Trek."
All of this have definitely looked to be exactly like props
used in the television series.
CHUMLEE: So you're telling me Captain Kirk could've
held this taser himself?
BUYER: It's a phaser, Chum, not a taser.
He very well could've held a taser himself.
OK, so what I have here is a communicator.
This is what Captain Kirk would use.
CHUMLEE: Looks pretty cool, [INAUDIBLE]..
BUYER: OK.
And then I have a script, first draft "Star Trek"
script from The Voyage Home.
And this Tribble is from the episode, Trouble with Tribble.
And they had a bunch of them multiplying on the ship
causing all kinds of havoc.
BUYER: "Star Trek" is like a religion for some people.
It started off as a groundbreaking TV
show in the '60s.
And it's had something like, six spinoff TV shows,
a dozen movies, and God knows how many books.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
OK, so do we have anything guaranteeing
the authenticity of this stuff?
Well, I did some research on the internet
where some have been sold.
They have some pictures online that I looked at.
And these definitely looks very authentic.
BUYER: So what do you think the value of it is?
DIANE: The communicator was valued at about $2,000,
the phaser, $1,000, the Tribble, $1,000.
And the script was--
I would guess about $800.
BUYER: OK, well, I got some bad news for you.
You can take these and do whatever you want with them,
because I have never had any type of luck with movie scripts
and have lost money on every one I've ever bought.
But on the other hand, I just bought a whole car
full of "Star Trek" stuff.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
DIANE: Wow.
And I'm doing really well with it.
So this stuff is really interesting.
DIANE: Great.
Do you mind if I have a buddy of mine come down
and check it out?
He knows all about this stuff.
He can tell me if they're authentic-- stuff like that.
Great.
COREY: I personally have never really been into this stuff.
But I'm a businessman.
And I know trekkies pay crazy money for stuff
associated with the franchise.
So it's definitely worth getting checked out.
CHUMLEE: Check this stuff.
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: Wow, got some "Star Trek" stuff, Man.
Cool.
People have always been obsessed with outer space
and the future.
And I think that "Star Trek" gives
people a window to what could possibly be in the future.
BUYER: All right, Man.
Well, what she's telling me is that they're not toys.
They're actually props.
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: OK.
How to tell the difference?
I don't know.
That's why I called you.
OK, cool, cool.
So how do you come across these items?
DIANE: Well, I bought them from a friend at a garage sale.
They had them all in a box.
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: Box.
And, I mean, was there any connection to any actor
or anybody that--
DIANE: No. - --she had purchased these--
No. JOHNNY JIMENEZ: --from?
Mm-mm.
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: OK.
As far as the communicator goes, I mean,
they only made 11 for their original series.
There's some imperfections in the paint.
And just some of the materials that I'm seeing,
it just doesn't look like it's prop used
in the original series here.
The phaser-- this is a molded piece--
looks to be hand painted.
A toy would have been in lighter weight plastic, would've
have been screwed together.
I mean, everything's looking really good with this
as far as a movie prop.
DIANE: That's great.
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: Let me take a look at the Tribble.
All the materials and everything looks to be like what you would
see as far as a prop goes.
It's a great piece.
So Johnny, can you tell me without any uncertainty,
were these actually used in the show?
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: Everything looks authentic.
But without being able to tie it back to anybody,
I can't say 100% that these were used in the filming
of the original series.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So what would you say they're worth as a set?
Even as a prop replica, these pieces still have value.
You could easily get anywhere from $700,
$800 for the three pieces.
BUYER: OK.
DIANE: Wow.
BUYER: Better than nothing. Thanks--
JOHNNY JIMENEZ: All right. Take care, Man.
Have a good one.
See you later.
Thank you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BUYER: So if we could actually prove
they were real props from the series,
we'd be talking about a lot of money.
Since there's no way to prove it-- and when I sell them,
I actually got to call them replica props.
I'm only going to offer you around $300.
Well, I think that I could get $800 if I tried to sell
them on my own to a trekkie.
So I think I'm going to stick with $800.
I'll come up to $400.
You're going to have to meet me somewhere in the middle.
I can't just buy them from $800 and sell them for $800.
I've got to make some money.
DIANE: How about to save me some trouble, $500?
$500?
I'll do that.
DIANE: OK--
Chum, will you go write her up?
DIANE: It's certainly not the $4,800 I was hoping for.
But it's more than the $50 that I paid for it.
I'm happy with it.
But I think they'll get a lot more than $800 out of it.