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"The Battlestar Galactica Auction, presented by Propworx, is coming to the Auction Network on January 17 and 18, 2009. Collection includes set plans, production art, foam core set models, scripts, costumes, ships, props, set pieces and more."

Kids, they are not joking. Everything from Joseph Adama's cigarette lighter to Head Six's red dress to Starbuck's dogtags to--again, not joking--The MK VII Viper (auction estimate $50,000-$60,000). And I quote:

This ship mock-up has a complete, light-up, functional interior, a hydraulic canopy... the ship itself is made of metal, foam and wood.... Measures 30' long by 13'6" tall.

Now, that's a conversation piece.

You can place your bids online. Download a PDF of the auction booklet here (though the website has color photos, each of which are clickable for bidding purposes).

ETA: omg two more things: Dradis displays:

The Dradis Array hung over the Command Table in CIC. On it all the vital information of the tactical situation was displayed. It had a total of ten monitors, arrayed in groups of two, a larger unit holding two monitors over a lower unit holding one monitor. This lot contains one of each unit, representing one fifth of the Dradis array. The monitors are in working condition, and this lot will come with a disk of static images so the winner can hook the array to a computer and have the images displayed.

And finally, this description just cracks me up: FTL Key:

A silver FTL key as first seen in the Miniseries. The key is inserted and turned to engage a Battlestar's "faster-than-light" engines. Working condition.

Working condition. Well. Now I just need a Battlestar....