{"id":8029,"date":"2009-12-22T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T01:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2009-12-22T17:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T01:51:56","slug":"trek-fan-auction-lawsuit-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2009\/12\/trek-fan-auction-lawsuit-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek Fan Auction Lawsuit Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Star Trek<\/em> fan who bought memorabilia he says was proven to be fake does not deserve millions of dollars in damages, according to a ruling from a New York court.<\/p>\n

Trek fan Ted Moustakis<\/strong> paid $11,400 at a Christie’s auction for what he believed was a one-of-a-kind uniform worn by Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

However, the uniform was only one of several made for the program and not a unique one, as Moustakis said he was led to believe by Christie’s auction house.<\/p>\n

In addition to the uniform, Moustakis bought a $6,000 poker visor supposedly worn by Data and a $6,600 table from the set of The Next Generation<\/em>. But when Moustakis showed the visor to Brent Spiner<\/strong> (Data) at a convention in 2007, he was told that the visor wasn’t genuine. In addition, the table also wasn’t authentic.<\/p>\n

Moustakis sued for seven million dollars in damages. The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled that the costume had not been represented in the auction catalog as one-of-a-kind and even if the other two items were not genuine, Moustakis wasn’t entitled to “the massive recovery he now demands.”<\/p>\n

Christie’s stands behind the authenticity of the auction. “The sale was and remains a fantastic highlight in the memorabilia market,” said Sandra L. Cobden<\/strong>, a lawyer for the famous auction house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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