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!

Kara Thrace's costume concept sketch for Season 2's "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II." (Lot 92)

My first introduction to the world of costume design sketches was in 2007 at the Christie’s Entertainment Memorabilia Auction where Christie’s auctioned off the famous Little Black Dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.  It went for around $ 1 million.  What was equally impressive was that the concept design sketch for that dress brought $ 100,000. 

Fortunately, we were able to acquire all of Glenne Campbell’s costume design sketches for Battlestar Galactica for this auction.  There are some wonderful pieces, including costumes for Starbuck, Baltar, his acolytes and the New Caprica Police.  There is even a sketch used for the Final Five Cylon robes as seen in Season Three’s “Rapture”.  (Of course, there are no hints to who the Final Cylon is!  Some of these sketches, notably Baltar’s and the ones for young Helena and Lucy Cain, even have fabric swatches attached.  These are all original watercolors and will look amazing framed on someone’s wall.

Concept sketch of a costume for one of Baltar's acolytes from Season 4. (Lot 101)

I think there will be some bargain’s here, especially the Baltar’s Acolyte ones.  They aren’t major characters and so won’t draw the big bidders, but still, they are great pieces with tremendous eye appeal.  The Starbuck piece and the Baltar piece will draw the highest bids of this group because they are main characters.  When you buy a piece like this, it needs to resonate with you, and costume sketches are so cool because they combine the art of costume design, with painting.

Now you may wonder,  “where are the costume sketches for the main costumes and uniforms we see?”  Unfortunately, those were done by the costume designer for the mini-series, who did not stay on, and so we weren’t able to get her sketches.  So you better get one of these as there aren’t many more!

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.

Gaeta with the retractable, bloodied pen as Adama, Roslin, and others storm Baltar's cell.

Fortunately for the viewing audience, one of the greatest characters in history is not taken out by a whimpy pen, as Admiral William Adama punches Gaeta, thereby allowing Cottle to prevent any further damage. Still, once Baltar is safe, he manages a comical dig into Gaeta during Baltar’s trial in “Crossroads, Part II” when bringing up the fact that Gaeta tried to kill him with a pen: “And you missed, butterfingers!”

The bloodied, retractable pen.

The clean version of the retractable pen.

These metal pens measure 7 1/2″ in length, with the pen tip portion of the item capable of retracting into the hollowed out tube. The pen cap, attached at the end here, cannot be removed.

A Marine prepares to fire the RPG at ambushing Centurions on New Caprica.

The RPG from the back, before the Marine fires it at the Centurions.

This piece will be available for the first auction and is actually a modified PVC pipe toy rocket launcher facsimile with hinged handle/trigger with trigger guard. The piece includes non-functioning sight. Unextended length 27″ long x 10″ x 6″. Extended length 38 3/4″.

A full shot of the prop.

A Pegasus/Valkyrie standalone CIC console.

Later, this console makes a fleeting appearance in Valkyrie‘s CIC in Season 3′s “Hero” during the flashback sequences when Commander William Adama (wearing Admiral’s pins, nonetheless!) is on his secret mission to the Armistice Line a year before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

In fact, since the appearance was so fleeting, you can see an exclusive never-before-seen photo of Valkyrie‘s CIC.

Valkyrie's CIC. Look familiar? It should...

... because it's just a redressed version of Pegasus's CIC set, which you see above. Voila! Magic!

The console consists of four pieces: a wireless multimedia keyboard, an LCD screen, a non-functioning dummy telephone, and a gimmicky speaker panel made from a severely economical phone answering machine. The console includes the VGA and power cable for the monitor, but not the wireless receiver for the keyboard.

Here’s a peek at some of the low-res digitized sketches and construction plans for this console. Note that these sketches will not be included in the first auction.

Construction plans for the console's stand.

Construction/concept plans for the console's components.

An award, shown from the back, landing on the debris in the aftermath of Clellan's suicide bombing.

As usual, we are the first to show you what those diplomas look like in crystal-clear detail.

A high quality view of a distressed New Caprica Police Academy award certificate.

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.

However, it would not be until Season 3′s “The Eye of Jupiter” until this prop sees the light of day, as Adama opens the munitions key storage box and removes the key before arming the nuclear weapons, themselves aimed at the algae planet.

Here are the contents that are inside that box. Note that while the munitions key and the FTL key look similar, the FTL key is one piece without any glowing lights. And no, when you go to bid on the prop, just remember that it won’t arm any nukes. Sorry.