geomendez wrote:Please help!Dave Sutherland, a longtime TSR employee and the artist behind much of the early D&D and Tekumel products, is terminally ill. To pay his medical bills and hopefully leave something for his wife and daughters, he and his sister are auctioning off much of his gaming stuff on eBay, including some real rare gems. You can find the link here: cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...s=1&stab=0 If you have any interest at all, take a look. This is a real trove of gaming history, and the money would be going to help out a family in dire need. Please pass this on to whoever you like and post it wherever you can.
Cernunnos wrote:If you think THAT is insane, look at what the dice are going for...
burntwire wrote:Cernunnos wrote:If you think THAT is insane, look at what the dice are going for...Alot of the prices are getting out of control. Whats up with all these people we haven't seen before who are willing to pay this kind of money? Maybe they are just willing to pay more because the money is going to help out Sutherland.Just wish some old TSR art by Sutherland was up for auction. What happened to all that history, hopefully his family retained it?
burntwire wrote:Alot of the prices are getting out of control. Whats up with all these people we haven't seen before who are willing to pay this kind of money? Maybe they are just willing to pay more because the money is going to help out Sutherland.
burntwire wrote:Just wish some old TSR art by Sutherland was up for auction. What happened to all that history, hopefully his family retained it?
dathon wrote:I guess it is charity, but a zero feedback bidder still gives me pause. I don't mind paying "extra" to help DCS out, but I don't want to outbid someone whose plan it is start a new eBay account to bid up collectors to help out DCS and doesn't plan to purchase if he/she wins. That would be a bummer.
dathon wrote:I have to admit I was disappointed that there wasn't more original art up for sale. I guess a lot of it is already in the hands of other collectors or ended up in the trash bin. I noticed that the 10th Anniversary chess set didn't get put for auction. I was wondering what it would go for this time around....
stormber wrote:dathon wrote:I guess it is charity, but a zero feedback bidder still gives me pause. I don't mind paying "extra" to help DCS out, but I don't want to outbid someone whose plan it is start a new eBay account to bid up collectors to help out DCS and doesn't plan to purchase if he/she wins. That would be a bummer.Now don't go shaking peoples confidence!. We all started as zero feedback bidders too. Besides, there is a Charitable Fund set for David. There are other ways to contribute. I think what is happening is that people are saying, "Wow! I could have [insert item here] from Dave Sutherland and I'll be helping out he and his family in the process!" The prices are clearly for David's benefit but have the added value of an actual collectable item. As for the dice, how much would we pay for Gary Gygax's dice?
Deadlord36 wrote:Why are there so many 0 feedback bidders with ID's created only a few days ago? I was glancing thru the bids and it seems a ton of the auctions have them.
Each lot comes with its own unique Letter of Authentication personally signed and dated by David C. Sutherland III.