<P> The station model was principally designed by Herman Zimmerman and Rick Sternbach . Ricardo Delgado, Joseph Hodges, Nathan Crowley, Jim Martin, Rob Legato, Gary Hutzel, Michael Okuda, and executive producer Rick Berman also contributed to the design . The miniature was fabricated by Tony Meininger . Some production aspects are intended be discussed in the 2017 documentary series about the show, What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek Deep Space Nine which was under production by the year . </P> <P> At a 2006 auction held by the New York City branch of Christie's of London, the original 6' diameter "hero model" of Deep Space 9 went for US $110,000 . </P>

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