thumbing thru channels late at night, i stumble across an auction of star trek memorabilia, and wow, for those interested:
The auction contains over 1,000 lots of Star Trek directly from the archives of CBS Paramount Television. The material covers the original show, movies and more in the Star Trek mythology. This means scripts, props, costumes, phasers and almost everything you could think of are in the event.
A Borg cube model, measuring 30-square-inch (193-square-centimetre) used in the film Star Trek: First Contact, sold for $96,000
A model of the Starship Enterprise E was bought by an online bidder for $132,000
chair used by Jean-Luc Picard sold for over $62,000
Enterprise-D Model Fetches $576,000 - A New World Auction Record for Star Trek Memorabilia
40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection Reaches a Galactic Total of $7.1 Million at Christie's New York
and yes, the flute Picard played in one episode sold for thousands, and it wasn't even a real flute.