Next Round of Steve Marsh Auctions Have Begun!

Hello All!

The Collector's Trove would like to announce that the next round of auctions from the Steve Marsh collection are up and running!

The auction runs from Sunday, September 8th until Sunday, September 15th.

If you would like a summary of the items up for auction click on Steve Marsh Auctions.

For special preview photos of featured items, a full preview list, and notification of future auctions and site news, click on Auction Previews.

Here is the link to get to the items on the auction block: 

The Collector's Trove Current eBay Auctions

Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

The Collector's Trove

Next Round of Darlene Auctions Have Begun!

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The Collector's Trove would like to announce that the next round of auctions from the Darlene collection are up and running!

The auction runs from Sunday, July 21st until Sunday, July 28th.

If you would like a summary of the items up for auction click on Darlene Auctions.

For special preview photos of featured items, a full preview list, and notification of future auctions and site news, click on Auction Previews.

Here is the link to get to the items once they go on the auction block: 

The Collector's Trove Current eBay Auctions

Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

The Collector's Trove

Next Round of Dennis Sustare Auctions Have Begun!

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The Collector's Trove would like to announce that the first round of auctions from the Dennis Sustare collection are up and running!

The auction runs from Sunday, June 23rd until Sunday, June 30th.

If you would like a summary of the items up for auction click on Dennis Sustare Auctions.

For special preview photos of featured items, a full preview list, and notification of future auctions and site news, click on Auction Previews.

Here is the link to get to the items once they go on the auction block: 

The Collector's Trove Current eBay Auctions

Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

The Collector's Trove

Dennis Sustare Auctions Off To Great Start!

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The first round of auctions for the Dennis Sustare Collection have ended with fantastic results!

This auction included over 200 lots including some of the rarest and most sought after RPG and wargaming fanzines, newsletters, and magazines. Among them will be numerous periodicals produced by the various companies, clubs, and organizations Dennis worked with and designed for such as: TSR, Chaosium, Steve Jackson Games, Fantasy Games Unlimited, Games Workshop, Simulations Publications Inc, Task Force Games, Metagaming, Different Worlds, and others.

Highlights of the completed auction include Dennis' personal copy of Different Worlds #1 with a Tadashi Ehara letter honoring Dennis with a lifetime subscription which sold together for over $200, a rare copy of The Insider #1 which went for nearly $140, and a copy of The Dragon #1 that was bid up to over $340!

Dennis' Copy of The Dragon Issue #1 from 1976

Nearly 200 items were packaged up and mailed to 34 customers around the world, on 3 continents, in 4 countries, and in 19 states in the U.S.

Thanks again to all who participated and for the kind comments we received about the exceptional quality of The Collector's Trove auctions.

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If you are an RPG designer, artist, or industry insider and have a collection you would like to have auctioned, please click on Auction My Collection to send us a message and we'll discuss the possibilites!

Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

Zeb Cook Auctions Blast All Records!

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The first major auction for the Zeb Cook Collection has ended with smashing results!

Highlights of the completed auction include a letter to the empoloyees of TSR from President Blume dated 1984 that went for $294.53, Zeb's personal home campaign c. 1976-1979 that sold for $352.00, a TSR D&D B6 Veiled Society catalog mock-up from 1984 that ended at $380.64, a copy of the TSR employee newsletter, Random Events v 1 n 9 from 1981 that sold for an amazing $459.53, a TSR Star Frontiers early manuscript c. 1981 that sold for an astonishing $835.00, and the featured item, a collection of Gygax and Cook signed letters and a hand written contract regarding the AD&D Oriental Adventures hardcover dating back to 1985 that went for an incredible $1,178.53!

 Original Signed Contract and Letters about Oriental Adventures hardcover

Over 300 items were packaged up and mailed to 69 customers around the world, on 5 continents, in 11 countries, and in 23 states in the U.S.

Thanks again to all who participated and for the kind comments we received about the exceptional quality of The Collector's Trove auctions.

For special previews of upcoming auctions, including photos of featured items, and full preview lists, as well as notification of new auctions and site news, click here for Email Notification.

If you are an RPG designer, artist, or industry insider and have a collection you would like to have auctioned, please click on Auction My Collection to send us a message and we'll discuss the possibilites!

Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg