So far no bids, though.  To my eyes the starting bids are too high.  I could only imagine spending serious money for "iconic" TSR D&D/AD&D art, such as the original paintings from DCS from the Player's Handbook and DM's Guide, and the cover art of Erol Otus from the classic D&D modules.  They may not be as good aesthetically as these now up for auction, but they mean more in nostalgia, and hence I think they'd receive a lot of high bids.  For example, $24,000 for the Parkinson Gamma World art.  It's a great painting but who cares that it was the cover of a Gamma World product?  I'd rather have Otus and Jeff Dee black and white drawings.

The same seller had the original Caldwell cover to Gygax's _Artifact of Evil_ Greyhawk novel for sale, and IIRC it was a pretty high minimum starting price too (and it didn't sell at least three times that I saw it listed).

It'll be interesting to see if they get any bids so let's all check back in a few days.  The more and more I think about it, $24,000 for the Gamma World painting is absurd.  Perhaps they're just trying to set the market, though I don't think most of us are buying it.  Which would you rather have as a gift: this Gamma World painting or an excellent condition woodgrain box?

Actually, the Caldwell "Artifact of Evil" painting was from a different seller. Her price was top dollar ($2700), but no more than Clyde charges for his stuff himself these days. Nowadays, you can pretty much forget anything really nice by any of the "Big Four" (Easley, Elmore, Parkinson, Caldwell) for under $2K unless you get lucky.

Of course, the prices from the "Gamma World" seller are absolutely ludicrous except for the Elmore "Book of Lairs" piece -- that one's only off by $500-$1000. The only way you could get $24,000 for the Gamma World cover would be if it had a Frazetta on the back of it . . . . Keith would be selling that piece somewhere in the $3000 range or thereabouts.

since one guy tried to sell his 81st level magic-user's character sheet with a starting bid of $81. But then again he did say he worked real hard gaming a lot to get that character to such a high level.

I remember that auction!!  I thought the guy lost his marbles