A Last Chance to Get a Piece of the "Battlestar"

Fans of Sci Fi (er, "SyFy") channel's "Battlestar Galactica" will have a chance to bid on memorabilia from the set next month; portion of the proceeds go to the United Way.

Details:

Over 900 items will be included in this final auction including “Lee Adama’s” (Jamie Bamber) bomber jacket, which was worn in the “Daybreak” flashback scene, the painting that Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) paints in her apartment on Caprica before the Cylon attacks, the Galactica Podium, Admiral Adama’s (Edward James Olmos) desk chair, a full size Viper Mark II ship and a full size Blackbird Stealth ship. Two items that were very popular in the first auction, the red dress worn by “Number Six” (Tricia Helfer) and a “Starbuck” flight suit will also be offered in this auction.

The auction will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center on May 8, 9, and 10. A public preview day will be held on Thursday, May 7. The auction will stream live at the Auction Network site.

Get a Piece of the Brown Derby

The Brown Derby may be long gone (except for the old restaurant's butchered remains, on top of a strip mall across the street from the corpse of the Ambassador Hotel) -- but there's still a chance to grab a piece of the legendary restaurant.

Bonhams & Butterfields auction house will auction the items off on Dec. 21. Some details:

Highlights include a group of four framed ‘hunt’ prints, 1920s-1960s (est. $400/600); an ashtray and boxes of printed matchbooks circa 1960s (est. $300/500); a brass 'derby' wall sconce (est. $300/500); a 1920s wooden 'brown derby' wall decoration (est. $300/500); and one of the restaurant’s souvenir tablecloths - printed with a map of 1950s Hollywood, with The Brown Derby restaurant right in the center (est. $200/300).

The collection also includes a group of stock certificates (est. $200/300); a group of 1950s coasters and cocktail napkins (est. $100/150); a group of 1920s small numbered brass pins worn by the waiters for identification (est. $100/200); an assortment of dishes from the dining room (est. $200/300); a brass tabletop lamp displaying The Brown Derby’s logo (est. $200/300) and a brick salvaged from the original 1926 structure before it was razed (est. $50/75).

The lot's preview begins Dec. 19. More details over at Eater LA.