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The autograph literally cost the consigner thousands of dollars. Recent auctions of an original series gold tunic worn by William Shatner sold for a fraction of what a similar one sold for that was not so marked. Others were rude or sexist or otherwise the typical worthless responses you find across social media on any given day.Īlso, nobody addressed a key topic–why do people think it’s a good thing to autograph a screen-used prop? The truth is that collectors of screen-used props will refuse to purchase a prop if it has been defaced in any way, especially by an autograph (screen wear and tear excepted). Many responses were attempts at humor–many claiming Shatner’s toupee as their response (how do you autograph a toupee anyway?). The question is ongoing, with hundreds more responses entered after we stopped tracking answers–around 1,860. But the results are still interesting and who better than a random group of Trek fans to share what they see as the top Holy Grail of Trek props? The image shown in the post was of an original series phaser–did that skew fans to select that prop? Are there more original series fans in the mix who follow this page? We don’t know. It’s not all that scientific, since the page posting the question was a general Star Trek page, and many fans may only follow the individual pages from any of the Star Trek series. It’s a question die-hard Star Trek fans ask themselves: If you could own one favorite Star Trek prop, what would it be? This weekend a Star Trek Facebook page asked thousands of followers to comment on one question: If you could have any autographed Trek prop, what would it be and who would you have sign it? With nearly 2,000 respondents we thought it was a good opportunity to use these responses from across Star Trek fandom to see if we can glean what Star Trek fans think are the most iconic props of the franchise.