A model of the Starship Enterprise, the iconic spaceship used in the science fiction series Star Trek, has fetched $576,000 (£307,000) at an auction in New York.

The sale of the 78in model, used extensively during filming of Star Trek: The Next Generation, pushed the total for the three-day sale of Star Trek memorabilia above $7 million (£3.7 million) - more than twice the expected amount.

In all, 1,000 lots of props, costumes, models and other memorabilia went under the hammer at Christie’s in New York.

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The Enterprise model, which also deatured in the film Star Trek: Generations, had been expected to fetch up to $25,000 (£13,360).

Posted: 10|9|06 at 9:26 am. Filed under: Auction News.