Charity Auctions & Fund Raising Events

ebay Auctions

100% of the proceeds going to the US Alzheimer's Association:  The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (signed limited edition) and  The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (book club edition)

Luggage for Sale - Terry Pratchett & Sky One, Colour of Magic for Charity


Woodcut. Wood Engraving. TERRY PRATCHETT DONATION. More info from Wood Engraver.

Terry Pratchett's rarest book, Once More* with Footnotes

Antique Violin, 1860s, German, beautiful instrument!! 20% of sales price going to the Alzheimer's Research Trust.

A variety of auctions including proof editions of Good Omens and Only You Can Save Mankind, as well as various George R. R. Martin books. All proceeds going toAlzheimer's Association. Full details of the auctions here.

Goods for Sale

Online comic strips Narbonic and Skin Horse are selling off original artwork at $25 a strip. All proceeds to The Alzheimer's Research Trust.

Wear The Lilac

These lilac pins are made from life-size silk blooms and tied with a black velvet ribbon. The large size blooms are approximately the size of a lady's corsage spray, and the smaller blooms are the size of a gentleman's buttonhole/boutonniere.

More details  on Wear the Lilac for Alzheimer's








Events

 

July 2008

Ruth Charles running 10K for Alzheimer's

Comments

Thank you for mentioning our eBay auction for Once More* With Footnotes. My husband and I are delighted that we bought several copies when it first came out. We're even happier that the auction's doing so well!

Posted by: DebGeisler | March 16, 2008 at 08:03 PM

Just thought I'd let you know I have a violin up on eBay at present; I will be donating 20% of the final sale price to the Alzheimer's Research Trust for "Match It For Pratchett". Alzheimer's research is a cause close to my own heart, as I have lost two grandparents to Alzheimer's and a third is suffering from it. Given that there is a genetic component to Alzheimer's, I am faced with the very real prospect that it is also in my future one day.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330220419709

Posted by: Arkady Rose | March 17, 2008 at 01:23 AM

I've just listed two items on eBay with 100% of the proceeds going to the US Alzheimer's Association:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160220646484
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, signed limited edition

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160220647071
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, book club edition

Obviously Pratchett items would be better but I have nothing in that line of value except my own copy of Once More* With Footnotes (unlike some people I only have the one :)), and the Noreascon shirt, which I can't find. If I can find the shirt I will auction that.

In the meantime I figured other humorous fantasy works would do well enough. The signed edition of this is highly collectible (less so when reprinted in October, to be sure), and even the book club version can go for $100 or more these days.

I will probably put more items up soon, such as Lankhmar hardcovers.

Posted by: Dan Blum | March 20, 2008 at 03:36 AM

Mike Benveniste and I have an additional seven auctions running, with 100% of the proceeds to go to the Alzheimer's Association. All of these items were donated by George R. R. Martin and Parris McBride.

The auctions can all be viewed here. Note that these are all MissionFish guaranteed.

Included are a number of items of George's own limited edition work...and also two special bound galleys that he was sent for review:

* An original galley from Only You Can Save Mankind

* An original galley from Good Omens (with the review release letter included)

Bid early and often!

The easiest way to access all of these auctions is by looking at the listing here:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbenveniste

Posted by: DebGeisler | March 23, 2008 at 04:11 AM

The auction for "Once More* With Footnotes" is now closed. We raised $510!!!

Posted by: DebGeisler | March 24, 2008 at 11:40 PM

The auctions for George R. R. Martin and Parris McBride's items on eBay to benefit the U.S. Alzheimer's Association are now complete, and the total amount raised from the seven very special items was **US $1,745.01.** Yippee skippee!

Posted by: DebGeisler | April 04, 2008 at 07:23 PM

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