The Collector's Trove's Newest Auction!

The auction includes over 370 lots from the collection of TSR game designer and editor, John Rateliff!

Among the items are a huge run of TSR AD&D 2nd Edition items, some in original shrink wrap! Includes rule books, campaign settings, accessories, source books, and adventures for Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Birthright, Dark Sun, Spell Jammer, Mystara, Ravenloft, Masque of Red Death, Planescape, and Dragonlance!

The special items for the auction include numerous comp copies signed by John Rateliff, autographed copies by Zeb Cook, Jeff Grubb, Jeff Easley, Wolfgang Bauer, Skip Williams, Monte Cook, Steve Winter, and many more!

The featured items include internal TSR memos and manuscripts, hard to find RPGA only items, and an Adventurers Guild Retail Play Packet!

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Begins: Sunday, November 17th, 2024

Ends: Sunday, November 24th, 2024

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(Note: Items will start listing at 5:30 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:40 pm.)

The Collector's Trove Presents

The E. Gary Gygax Estate Auction!

This auction will include nearly 300 lots with some of the rarest and most sought after novels, game books, war games, board games, role playing games, and miniatures, as well as gaming fanzines, newsletters, and magazines. Included will be catalogs, newsletters, and magazines produced by TSR, GDW, and NIPI. These include Gary's author comp copies and comp copies he received as President of TSR, some games still in their original shrink wrap! TSR, GDW, NIPI, and more!

Among the special items are a never bound, never folded, backgammon board by legendary TSR artist Dave Trampier in 1978, signed and autographed copies of products, several product catalog slides sent to Gary for review, early character sheets and records from as far back as 1975!

The very special items for the auction include a huge assortment of TSR letterhead, stationary, memo forms, envelopes, and more, as well as numerous TSR, DDEC, and NIPI business cards from 1976 to 1987, TSR matchbooks, pens, buttons, dice, and internal TSR documents and reports. Additionally there will manuscripts from Gary's Gord the Rogue novels, AD&D rulebooks, TSR adventure modules, and his and Rob Kuntz's Sorcerer's Scroll and World of Greyhawk articles.

The featured items include 1st print copy of the AD&D Fiend Folio, signed by editor Don Turnbull, a Metro Detroit Gamers Wintercon VI D&D Tournament module, The Zodiac Dungeon from 1977, an unpublished Gods of Greyhawk manuscript by Len Lakofka, Gary's own, prototype pewter (!) TSR Lizard Man Logo belt buckle from 1977, still in its original bag, and a draft of the original, 1982, Dungeons & Dragons movie script by James Goldman!

Begins: Sunday, November 12th, 2023

Ends: Sunday, November 19th, 2023

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(Note: Items will start listing at 6 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11 pm.)

Presenting The E. Gary Gygax Estate Auction!

This auction will include over 250 lots with some of the rarest and most sought after novels, game books, war games, board games, role playing games, toys, and miniatures, as well as gaming fanzines, newsletters, and magazines. Included will be catalogs, newsletters, and magazines produced by TSR, GDW, and NIPI. These include Gary's author comp copies and comp copies he received as President of TSR, many games still in their original shrink wrap! TSR, GDW, NIPI, and many more!

Among the special items are a never bound, never folded, backgammon board by legendary TSR artist Dave Trampier from The Dragon #15 in June of 1978, signed and autographed copies of products, several product catalog and art slides sent to Gary for review, D&D Cartoon slides, early character sheets and records, including Gary's own copy of Character Archaic by Wee Warriors that was distributed by TSR in 1976!

The very special items for the auction include the a huge assortment of TSR letterhead, stationary, memo forms, envelopes, and more, as well as numerous TSR, DDEC, and NIPI business cards from 1976 to 1987, TSR matchbooks, pens buttons, magnets, and stickers, and internal TSR documents and reports.
 
The featured items include an artist-signed 1st print copy of the AD&D Monster Manual, a TSR in-house mapping guidelines booklet from 1983, Grenadier Solid Gold Line promotional gold plated miniatures, R6 The 384th Incarnation of Bigby's Tomb AD&D Tournament from 1984, TSR's in-house Medieval Campaign newsletters, Le Chelain Chronicles, and Gary's own bronze, 1977, TSR Lizard Man Logo belt buckle still in its original bag!
 
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Auction Begins: Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Auction Ends: Sunday, August 27th, 2023

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Presenting: Our Annual Christmas Auction!

The Collector's Trove is proud to present our annual Christmas auction! Includes items from the collections of Rob kuntz, Dave Wesely, Zeb Cook, Dave Sutherland, Jim Roslof, Kevin Hendryx, Darlene, Harold Johnson, Allen Hammack, David Megarry, Jason McAllister, Jim Quinn, Jim Barber, and more!

This auction will include over 400 lots with some of the rarest and most sought after war games, board games, and miniature rules, as well as hundreds of gaming fanzines, newsletters, and magazines. Included will be newsletters produced by early war gaming clubs such as the International Federation of Wargaming and Midwest Military Miniatures Association.Highlights of the auction will include many games still in their original shrink wrap! TSR, Avalon Hill, GDW, SPI, and many more!

Among the very special items are an unpunched original Gorgonstar edition of Titan from the collection of the game designer himself, TSR posters for Divine Right, the D&D Basic Set, Snit's revenge, autographed copy of Kings & Things, a TSR silver 3-year service pin, copies of Random Events, a TSR employee only newsletter, TSR posters for the D&D Basic Set, Gamma World, and a Snit's revenge poster we have never seen before!

The featured items for the auction include the rarest, most sought after, and valuable newsletters: The Corner of the Table and International Wargamer. The Corner of the Table is the self-published newsletter of Dave Arneson’s own campaigns, including the Blackmoor campaign the first ever roleplaying game. The International Wargamer is the newsletter for the International Federation of Wargaming, a club co-founded by Gary Gygax, where Gary foster interest in Medieval wargames, ultimately leading to the publication of Chainmail.

Auctions Close Monday, December 12th, 2022

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The Collector's Trove Presents

Our World War I Themed Auction!

This is our special World War I themed collectable auction, featuring WWI land, sea, and aerial war games! Be sure to check out the numerous other WWI war game auction lots currently being offered by The Collector's Trove!

These treasures come from several collection—all in one WWI themed auction! Auction items come from the collections of the late Al Christensen, a veteran war gamer and elder statesman of the Fight in the Skies Society, Jim Quinn, a former TSR employee and another long-time member of the Fight in the Skies Society, the artist Darlene, who did illustrations for the Society, and Jim Roslof, TSR artist who worked on Dawn Patrol and was a fan of WWI aviation! Over 200 items from TSR, Guidon Games, Nexus, Nova Games, GDW, and several other companies!

Highlights of the auction include multiple copies of TSR board games—a number of Fight in the Skies and Dawn Patrol boxed sets!

Featured items include an author comp copy, signed items, rare Gen Con programs and ephemera, a huge run of the Fight in the Skies Society's incredibly rare newsletter, Aerodrome, a TSR business card, memos, letters, production copies, a Dragon Magazine article manuscript, and a signed and numbered art print by Jim Roslof!

Among the very special items are Al Christensen's personal play copies of Fight in the Skies and Dawn Patrol, as well as a Fight in the Skies Poster and shrink wrapped 6th Edition boxed set!

Auctions Close Sunday, November 20th, 2022 Between 10:00 and 11:30 CST/MEX

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