Lincoln Enterprise Reproduction Scripts

[Methuselah Flint]

Any idea how much value these have?

Thanks.

 

[FormerLurker]

Depends. I've seen two copies of "Best of Both Worlds" that are missing crucial pages (and the same pages each time). I don't know for certain that they are indeed Lincoln Enterprises scripts, but if they are, that's a potentially huge problem.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

To find what people are willing to pay, you could put them on eBay or something.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

It's actually the other way around - I was thinking of buying one or two TOS scripts, and wandered how much it was worth paying for a reproduction.

 

[Daddy Todd]

It's actually the other way around - I was thinking of buying one or two TOS scripts, and wandered how much it was worth paying for a reproduction.

As anyone who has a copy can go down to FedExKinko's and run off a copy for the price of a copy, I wouldn't go more than $5 for an episode script.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

Are they available to view online somewhere?

 

[KennyB]

There are LOTS on eBay already.....but as stated above they could have been massed produced at any copy shop these days. Browse around and see what they are going for.

 

[Extrocomp]

I'm also interested in buying scripts. Is it possible to tell the different between a script released by Lincoln Enterprises and a bootleg script?

Does anyone have access to the old Lincoln Enterprises catalogs? I'm trying to research the history of Lincoln Enterprises selling scripts but there seems to be very little information on the web.

I've learned that Lincoln Enterprises started selling TOS scripts in 1969. Their Catalog 1 offered TOS Season 1 scripts (final drafts), TOS Season 2 scripts (final drafts) and TOS Seasons 3 scripts (first drafts and final drafts).

I've also learned that they started selling TAS scripts in 1974. Their Catalog 5 offered all TAS scripts (first drafts and final drafts).

Does anyone know when they started selling Phase II, TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT scripts? I've contacted Roddenberry.com, but so far they haven't replied.

 

[drt]

I'm also interested in buying scripts. Is it possible to tell the different between a script released by Lincoln Enterprises and a bootleg script?

I had some Lincon Enterprises stuff from the beginning of TNG, it looked like it was printed at Kinkos back in the day (basically what looked like photocopied pages with a construction paper cover all held together with those bendy brass paper fasteners). Therefore, I think it might be nearly impossible to distinguish a bootleg.

Shoot, a modern day bootleg is probably more likely to be professionally bound and of better quality than the originals.