Anyone here love TNG and have lots of money?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:45 am
The telescope from 'The Inner Light' is up for auction. Estimated wirth $3,000 to $5,000. Starting bid, only $1,500.
Jean-Luc Picard/Kamin’s (Patrick Stewart) custom-made telescope on a swivel base from Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The imposing wooden set piece is skillfully hand-painted by prop fabricator Paul Pearson to replicate antique brass complete with age distressing and oxidation. Bronze-like barn doors used to shape the beam and a convex plastic lens within provide added realism. The telescope was stored in a light, climate and humidity-controlled fine art warehouse. As a result, it is in excellent condition overall. In the episode ‘The Inner Light’ (525), Picard inhabits the body of the extraterrestrial Kamin after being struck with a mysterious energy beam. Kamin uses the telescope to search the night sky for the USS Enterprise.
An 8x10" print of this image is included with the accompanying lot.
Dimensions: 35” x 38” x 77” (89 cm x 96 ½ cm x 195 ½ cm)
Nice find through! Any chance you can get your hands on the prop-flute he is left with? As it was the only thing left of that race, it’s a nostalgic piece of imagery that is shown in a later episode. Anyone who’s seen how Picard gets it typically gets the “awwww” feeling from seeing it again.