Lost To The Vault of Eternal Destitution: Pt 1

I love these Ferengi costumes. They are more than the sum of different fancy and expensive jacquard fabrics assembled in the most unusual and yet amazing combinations. They are a piece of historic sci-fi television. To me, they are an example of fine art and superior craftsmanship. Much like one would display a painting or sculpture in their house for enjoyment, I, too, proudly display my Ferengi on mannequins throughout my house. It never gets old.

Tragically, some of the Ferengi costumes made for the various Star Trek shows will never see a mannequin, or the eternal care and love of a collector. In a twist of irony, they have been cut up into little squares and circles....for profit.

These posts are to document our fallen friends.

Quark
This costume was used in seasons 4-7, including the final episode 'What You Leave Behind...' It is likely best known for it's appearance in 'Little Green Men' and is personal favorite of mine. There is strong evidence to support that two of this costume were fabricated.  One was sold at the 2006 Christie's Star Trek auction, but I don't believe this is it. However, it absolutely breaks my heart to see what happened to this stunning costume. Had I known it's fate, I would have purchased it myself were I afforded the opportunity. Here is the aftermath:

Lost To The Vault of Eternal Destitution: Pt 2

This Quark costume was seen on Deep Space Nine from seasons 4-7. There were several made, at least 6 shirts and 3 pants. Here are two of them, and for the purpose of discussion, I am going to call these two primary and secondary. Here they are:

Primary

Secondary


These costume elements worn underneath this outfit.



I know they look like different colors in the two photos, but they are the same. The primary photo was filmed outdoors, and the secondary was filmed on the darker, stage light DS9 set. When looking at the photo in the Christie's catalog, it is clear that the shirt in the primary photo was sold with the rest of the costume at the 2006 Christie's Star Trek auction. The shirt in the secondary photo was 'damaged' for an on screen effect.

And now, it has been permanently damaged to extinction. Here's The autopsy photo:



I can't tell you if the photo shown on the card is the actual cut up shirt, as there were about 6 fabricated for this costume.

Lost To The Vault of Eternal Destitution: Pt 3

In the Star Trek The Next Generation episode 'The Price', DaiMon Goss conspires with Devinoni Ral to purchase the Barzan Wormhole from the Chrysalian delegation before the Federation is able to. DaiMon Goss was in just one episode. I think we now know why.

DaiMon Goss

The Barzan Wormhole turned out to be a bad deal. The deal was even worse for DaiMon Goss's costume. Here is the end result:

Lost To The Vault of Eternal Destitution: Pt 4

Grand Nagus Zek may be getting sleepy to put his pajamas on, but his fans never get tired of him. In the DS9 episode 'Prophet Motive', Zek looks into a Bajoran orb and gets a visit from The Prophets. From that point forward, he is changed from chauvenistic and greedy to charitable and generous. Quark and Rom figure it out and get The Prophets to restore Zek to normal.

Sadly, His pajamas will never be restored to normal. Here they are today:


I'll bet The Prophets never saw this coming.