A beautiful photo of this wonderful prop. Photo by Josef Phillip.

This was actually one of the first props we dug out and still one of the favorites of the Propworx crew.  Used throughout the show, starting with the final scenes of the miniseries, this prop had an enormous amount of work put into it and looks absolutely spectacular.

The case is custom metal work that holds a fabric scroll that rolls out of the case.  It is incredibly detailed and you can imagine the amount of work that went into designing and fabricating something so intricate.  The scroll part was also custom made with ancient writings from Kobol printed on it.  In this lot we include an original concept sketch of the scroll and laser color copies of several pre-production design sketches of the scroll and the lettering that was created to look like it was from ancient Kobol.

The priestess Elosha holding this scroll during the funeral ceremony at the end of the Miniseries.

We first see Elosha, the priestess, holding this scroll in the open position at the funeral scene at the end of the miniseries and so it is very memorable.  It is then used at the swearing in of Baltar as President at the end of Season Two.  It was also used in the season three episode “Torn” where Gaeta is trying to extrapolate from Baltar’s work the location of Earth.

This is truly one of the premier props we have and I highly recommend hard core collectors take a serious look at this!

Throughout Galactica (and the other battlestars, on the occasions that their interiors have been seen) one will note various color coded binders.

One such set is lot 622 in the auction, which is a compilation of 9 different types of Galactica binders.

Lot 622 in the First Auction... a set of 9 distinct binders from Galactica.

Mostly, the silver spine binders will be found in CIC. The red spine binders are typically found in the married quarters, such as Colonel Tigh’s or the Agathon’s. Clear gray and black spines are more rare, and typically dress other sets, and the yellow spine binders are found in CIC or the Hangar Bay (depending, of course, on how they’re stickered). The FTL binder is also rare and meant for looking up the processes and minutae of the ship’s FTL system.

A blue FTL and a yellow CIC binder near the FTL console, as seen in the Miniseries, before the jump to Rangar Anchorage.

The Munitions binder, which is the red binder with the yellow decals on the spine, is briefly seen in the Miniseries as Tigh looks at the manifest for Ragnar Anchorage. (And, yes, the binder does have the inventory sheets from Ragnar Anchorage in it.)

Colonel Tigh with the Munitions Binder.

In his first apperance, Zarek is seen in a red prison jumpsuit with his assigned prisoner identification number, “893893″, which is the only time that Zarek wears this costume.

This costume is a simple two piece costume, consisting of a black t-shirt that’s worn underneath and a red one-piece jumpsuit, and will be auctioned off in our first auction.

Tom Zarek's prison jumpsuit seen only in "Bastille Day".

In the hopes of working into a rythym of adding new posts on a daily basis, I’m going to kick off this party with one of the most iconic pieces from the series. It’s a small little picture introduced in Season 1′s “33” and is the photo of the unknown soldier seen in Laura Roslin‘s office on Colonial One and the pilot briefing rooms on Galactica.

Galactica's exhausted pilots touch this photo on their way to their ships in "33".

This iconic piece is explained in a deleted scene in “33″, when Roslin asks Billy Keikeya what is in the package on her cluttered desk. As he briefly searches for the note that came with the package, Keikeya informs her that the package was delivered by one of the ship captains. Finding this note, he he reads the following to her: “President Roslin, please accept this on the behalf of the people of Aerilon. It was taken on the capital of our colony during the attack.”

After this, she reflects on the significance of this photo and tries to figure out where to hang it in her new office. While the picture from this scene survived, the frame did not.

Roslin is presented the framed version of this photo by one of the ship captains who hail from Aerilon. This is from the deleted scene in "33".

This iconic photo was actually taken on the helicopter pad on top of Battlestar Galactica‘s production offices at the Vancouver Film Studios, which is where Battlestar Galactica was filmed when it went to series. The person in the photo is none other than production manager and director Wayne Rose, who directed all the webisodes for the series and the episodes “Dirty Hands” and “Guess What’s Coming to Dinner?“. At Rose’s left side is also the second appearance of the “futuristic” assault rifle that Galactica‘s security and Aaron Kelly use when apprehending Aaron Doral in the Miniseries.

The iconic "unknown soldier" photo in question.

Large light box translight from "The Hand of God".

Here’s the actual artwork for this item in crisp, clear detail.

The light box translight, full detail.

We’ll focus on Cally, since she’s dead. As seen in the picture below, she’s wearing a helmet (along with Prosna and Chief Tyrol) when repairing Starbuck’s Viper.

Cally wearing her deckhand helmet in the Miniseries.

Cally's helmet.

Still, there were some concepts for interiors drawn by Ken Rabehl that were done for that episode. These are obsolete concept sketches, but still provide insight into possible Cylon architecture. Enjoy!

Concept of large Cylon Baseship room.

Concept of Cylon baseship corridor interior and large room at end.

Concept of Cylon baseship landing area with Boomer and Racetrack‘s Raptor.

As I may have said before, the physically hand-drawn (as in pencil to paper) production artwork is rare in the Battlestar Galactica universe, simply because the artists on the show went digital near the beginning of Season 2.

So while there are cool concept drawings available for the remainder of the series, they are all digital, making these original hand-drawn physical ones extremely rare for this series—and extremely valuable for collectors who like production art.

Without further ado, here are scans of those concept drawings, and beneath them you will see how things ended looking up on screen.

Ken Rabehl’s concept drawing of a cell block on the Astral Queen.

Two views of the cell block seen in “Bastille Day”. (Note that brightness has been tweaked in order to enhance visibility of details. “Natural” environment is darker.)

Ken Rabehl’s concept for a corridor of the Astral Queen.

Marines sweeping a corridor of the Astral Queen during their insertion.

Hope you guys have enjoyed these so far. Come back tomorrow for a peek at some original concept drawings of the interior of the Cylon basestar meant for “Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part II“.

The pencil drawn and shaded concept of the Queen‘s control room by Ken Rabehl. Note the lack of a sunken pit, in comparison to what’s below.

A pencil drawn variant of the previous concept, this time with a sunken pit for the center console.

A pencil drawn and shaded version of the one-level control room, with center console and different girder and support beam structure.

As for the final product that you’ve all seen on screen, here are a few screencaps of the widest shots that are available of the Queen‘s control room.