FAKE Uhura Gold Up for Auction

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It’s a fake!

Thanks for the info. I did not realize the ornament was painted, should in hindsight have looked closer. DUH. I pulled the auction and will destroy the fake one, I don’t want to have that out there in the universe. I wish I had noticed the spot earlier and not listed it at all. Sigh. 
I bought these from a large estate sale and there were literally hundreds of ornaments. About 30 had boxes the rest did not. I didn’t realize there was a significant fake market or I would have done more digging and included more details. This site was the only yellow Uhura link I found. Thanks to someone emailing me in eBay I realized it was likely a painted one and immediately pulled the item. Fortunately none of the rest appear to be worth anything like this, just regular ornaments. Thanks to the collector who emailed me first asking for details and pointing out the paint.

Item number: 176515760298

Add some excitement to your holiday décor with this rareStar Trek Hallmark Uhura Ornament from 2009 and its original 2007 version too.  The ‘Gold’ Uhura ornament is one of only 450 produced for Comic-Con 2009 exclusively. 

The Comic-Con exclusive is a Keepsake Ornament of Lt. Uhura wearing acommand-division gold uniform from the episode “The CorbomiteManeuver.” It is a repainted version of the 2007 limited edition Uhurafrom Keepsake Artist Anita Marra Rogers.
This sale includes both! Sadly, there is no original box for either, but the pictures are theactual items included in the auction.  Theyare in great condition and previously sold versions of the exclusive Goldversion have proven elusive and rare in the market. 

Read more history here: https://hallmarkstartrekornaments.com/category/complete-database/054-2009-uhura-gold/

UPDATE:

The seller forwarded images of a very much destroyed Uhura ornament. -08.12.24

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  1. Cattywampus Fellow's avatarCattywampus Fellow

    if you zoom in on the first photo, there’s signs that it’s fake. no visible lt. stripes on the sleeves, and you can see a strip of red unpainted along the seat. there’s likely no box because the box image was red. she’s also missing an arm…

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  2. GJ's avatarGJ

    Thanks for the info. I did not realize the ornament was painted, should in hindsight have looked closer. DUH. I pulled the auction and will destroy the fake one, I don’t want to have that out there in the universe. I wish I had noticed the spot earlier and not listed it at all. Sigh.

    I bought these from a large estate sale and there were literally hundreds of ornaments. About 30 had boxes the rest did not. I didn’t realize there was a significant fake market or I would have done more digging and included more details. This site was the only yellow Uhura link I found. Thanks to someone emailing me in eBay I realized it was likely a painted one and immediately pulled the item. Fortunately none of the rest appear to be worth anything like this, just regular ornaments. Thanks to the collector who emailed me first asking for details and pointing out the paint.

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