CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A prop vehicle that was used in the original "Star Trek" TV
series in the late 1960s and acquired by an Ohio collector has sold at auction for
just over $70,000 after a last-minute bidding war.

The Repository in Canton reports an Akron-area collector had been storing the
partially restored 24-foot-long Galileo shuttlecraft for several years before putting
it up for auction online.

Auctioneer Brooks Ames says the selling price soared during the final 90 seconds
of the auction on Thursday as three late bidders fought to claim the structure used
as the shuttlecraft of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Ames says he believes the buyer plans to restore the fake shuttlecraft and possibly display it in a museum.

William Shatner (L) and Leonard Nimoy (R) on the Star Trek set with the
Galileo shuttlecraft

June Lockhart is primarily known as a 1950s and 1960 TV
actress, best remembered as the mother in two television
series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also played Dr. Janet
Craig on the CBS-TV sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968-1970).

 
   Richard Hugh Lynch (February 12, 1936 – June 20, 2012)

(Fox News)-Actor Richard Lynch, famous for his roles in countless sci-fi
series and horror films, has died at the age of 76, his rep confirms to
Fox411.com.

“It’s with deep sorrow that I learned last night that my client and friend
Richard Lynch was found dead at his home in Palm Springs, CA,” Mike
Baronas told Fox411 in a statement.

He said “From what I currently understand, no investigation into the cause
of his death will be made as his body was sent directly to a funeral home.”

Lynch’s latest role was in the 2012 horror film,”The Lords of Salem,”
directed by Rob Zombie.

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Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star
Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for
ten years.

Director Steven Spielberg with E, T.

 
           
               John Herbert Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 13, 2012)

Jonathan Frid, best remembered for portraying vampire Barnabas Collins in the ABC
television series Dark Shadows (1966-1971), died Friday, April 13 of natural causes
at a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.