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by editor Don Turnbull, a Metro Detroit Gamers Wintercon VI D&D Tournament module, The Zodiac Dungeon from 1977, an unpublished Gods of Greyhawk manuscript by Len Lakofka, Gary's own, prototype pewter (!)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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New Episode: When We Were Wizards

Howdy All,

The third episode of the When We Were Wizards podcast just dropped and reviews are in on the first two episodes--listeners love them! Our audience is growing every day and we are grateful to those listening.

Here are some of the reviews we received for episodes 1 and 2:

•    Very well edited and enjoyable so far. The episodes seem much shorter than they are because the subject matter is presented the way it is.

•    I love your podcast!

•    Brilliant podcast.

•    Wow! Amazing job!!!!

•    Very professional. You left me on a cliffhanger!!! When can I listen to the next episode!!!

•    I listed to most of the first one this morning. Very interesting and well professionally done. I listen to a lot of podcasts and this one is top shelf!

•    I’ve listened to your excellent podcast twice! I’ve also been promoting it on social media as I think you are really into something here. I had considered myself fairly well versed in the TSR/D&D origin story but your podcast has been highly educational.

•    This is so damn cool. Thanks for doing this.

•    Just about done with the first episode. Digging it so far, and there was plenty of information new to me. The portrait of Gary Gygax being painted definitely doesn't veer into hagiography.

•    Really enjoying the podcast. An excellent look at the early days of the game

•    I’ve been enjoying the series. I look forward to more.

•    Just finished the first two episodes. This is excellent, well-sourced history in eminently listenable podcast form. Focusing on Gary Gygax’s life snaps the narrative into a much tighter focus than the more sprawling books by Peterson and others. Nonetheless, Mary Jo, Arneson, Wesely, Megarry, and others are given ample voice and not minimized or dismissed. I’m hoping the rest of the series is equally good. Also, some of Gary’s experiences in Chicago go a long way toward explaining why the AD&D random encounter tables for cities are so dangerous!

•    Very good podcast. I thought I knew the TSR/D&D origin story but this podcast has lots of new information. Highly recommended. What is the release schedule for new episodes?

•    I recommended the “When We Were Wizards” podcast to one of the members of my original gaming group. Fortuitously, he’s gotten interested in the history and background of D&D just within the last few weeks. The timing on the podcast dropping was remarkable.

•    I finished the first two and I’m anxiously awaiting my podcast app to grab the next one!

•    I've enjoyed the first two episodes. Eagerly awaiting the next!

•    I listened to the first episode the other day and enjoyed it. I expect I'll get to episode two this week.

•    I am on my second episode of the podcast. I'm finding it very interesting, therefore I'm still listening to it even though I knew nothing about it beforehand.

•    I really am enjoying this podcast.

•    It was neat hearing new stuff from people like Mary Jo, Rob Kuntz, and others. I've read Jon Peterson's books and Empire of Imagination, and lots of Gary's Q&A posts and other old school folks online, but there's still new stuff to learn. I expect I'll get to episode two this week.

•    Really enjoyed the first two episodes. Looking forward to the next one coming out!

•    So professional. This is outstanding. Player/DM since 1978.

•    Love this! Next episode please!!!

•    This is great. I can't wait to see what direction you take future installments.

•    Are you telling me are there only two episodes! When is the next one coming out? The suspense is killing me.

•    I just had a chance to listen to your first episode, and it is great! You did a wonderful job weaving the various interviews into a clear, engaging narrative. I will highly recommend this to my friends!

•    I've listened to the first two episodes and they're really enjoyable. Looking forward to hearing more. Thank you for sharing the history of D&D.

•    Episode 2 is fantastic, really almost get goosbumps because this is the moment. The moment that seems to launch what we know today. Can't wait for more. Great production sound, edits, narration, interviews, chronology, historical, context. You nailed it.

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Futures Bright,

Paul