Christie's Star Trek Auction - Rockefeller Plaza Concourse Exhibit

These are pictures we took on the weekend prior to the auction, of the items on display at the Rockefeller Plaza Concourse in New York City. We arrived in Manhattan to see the exhibit before it was all auctioned off and shipped away. We were joined on Saturday by our Staten Island friend Cheri Rosen and her friend Jane. On Sunday, Bridget and Richard drove in from the Lehigh Valley and joined Cheri & us at both exhibits. On Saturday, we had a big surprise soon after we arrived in the concourse. Our friends Pam and Vaughn MacDonald had come to NYC the same day to see a play and they just happened to stop by the Rockefeller Plaza Concourse. They were not aware of the Christie's exhibit in the concourse and were equally surprised to bump into us at the exhibit. We chatted for a few minutes before they took off to see the play. We had enough time for a group picture (see above). Below are two of three large posters that hung on the walls of the concourse advertising the auction..
"Go Incognito"		"Get assimilated"
There were three display areas, all roped off and under the watchful eye of the Plaza Security people. There were also some Christie's staff members present to answer any questions. Just like the exhibit in Las Vegas, we were allowed to take as many pictures as we wanted but we were not allowed to touch anything. The first display area we came across contained alien furniture, consoles and other props from Enterprise, Nemesis and Voyager. There were Klingon tables & chairs, and Klingon & Romulan consoles as seen in the Enterprise series. From Nemesis there were several stools, chairs and a throne from the Romulan senate and Reman costumes. There were a few Vulcan props from the Enterprise & Voyager series. In the middle was a Xindi-in-a-tube display affectionately referred to as the "pin cushion man".

Enterprise Control Console #154		Pin Cushion Man #175 - dummy Xindi body in stasis chamber

Klingon Official's Desk #125	Klingon High Council Bench #128		Klingon Control Console #161

Romulan Senate Stools #12-14	Shinzon Costume #103	Reman Viceroy Costume #102	Romulan Control Consoles #160

Vulcan Ceremonial Shields #290	Vulcan Dress #248	Vulcan Ceremonial Gong #146	Vulcan Ceremonial Shields #290
The second display area we left for last because it contained our favorite stuff...MODELS!!! We took as many pictures as we could from behind the ropes but it was not enough for us. We wanted up close, detailed photos and so we enlisted the help of a lovely young lady from Christie's staff. She was gracious enough to take some close up pictures of the USS Lakota/Enterprise B model, the battle damaged Enterprise from ST3, and the Klingon Negh'var model with its spectacular paint scheme. We wanted to take the models home with us but Rockefeller Security was present in numbers. I think they would notice if Jim tucked the Lakota in his jacket and tried to walk away with it. I think. The pictures we took of the models in the concourse exhibit are on a separate page. CLICK HERE .
The third display area had lots of consoles, uniforms and props from the USS Enterprise E (Nemesis) and TNG. We were able to take some nice close up pictures of the console displays. The overall design of some of the consoles seemed very simple and probably easy to duplicate (especially if you're Sonny Wright :). Some of them were not in the best of shape however, with visible signs of wear & tear. The Engineering "pool table" was in the middle of the display area and out of reach. We were only able to get the Christie's staff to take 2 pictures for us. They were not closeups but they were fairly good angles. There were also Starfleet uniforms on display from Nemesis and the TNG series and a couple of sickbay beds that were recycled from ST:TMP for use in TNG and finally Nemesis. There was also a display cabinet with various Starfleet & alien weapons. Also included was a personal computer from Voyager.

Enterprise-E Console #33	TNG Gold Jumpsuit Uniform	Enterprise-E Console #34	Alien & Starfleet Weapons

TNG Transporter Console #526	Enterprise-E Enginrng Console #35	Enterprise-E Uniforms	Mark II Phaser Rifle #69

TNG Medical Uniform	Sickbay Bed #741	Enterprise-E Bridge Console #36	Enterprise-E Uniforms

Enterprise-E Bridge Officer's Console #40		TNG Blue Jumpsuit Uniform	Enterprise-E Enginrng Table #38

Enterprise-E Enginrng Console #35	Enterprise-E Uniform		Sickbay Desktop Computer #303
After having our fill of pictures, Jim was finally able to pull himself away from the Lakota model. There was more to see at Christie's auction house. We visited the concourse exhibit on both Saturday and Sunday. This exhibit is the main source of our pictures since we were not permitted to take pictures inside Christie's. However...we are a resourceful bunch, so we did manage to get some pictures inside Christie's. They are few but well worth the effort.Go to the Christie's Exhibit page to see those rare pictures...