Zeb Cook Auctions Blast All Records!

Howdy All!

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.

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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

The First Dennis Sustare Auctions Have Begun!

Hello All!

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, May 19th until Sunday, May 26th.

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

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

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Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

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First David "Zeb" Cook Auction

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The Collector's Trove would like to announce that the first round of auctions from the David "Zeb" Cook collection are up and running!

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

If you would like a summary of the items up for auction click on First David "Zeb" Cook Auction.

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: 

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Futures Bright,

Paul J. Stormberg

The Collector's Trove

The Collector's Trove Online Auction House

The Collector's Trove is the online auction house that specializes in running eBay auctions for former TSR employees, gaming industry designers, artists and insiders. My goal is to help these individuals to realize the maximum value of their collections at auction.

The Collector's Trove is world famous for the auctions it has run for ex-TSR and gaming industry designers and artists. Previous auctions include the collections of Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, David C. Sutherland III, Stephen R. Marsh, Timothy M. Jiardini, Len Lakofka, Robert J. Kuntz, Ernest "Ernie" Gary Gygax, Jr., Willam "Bill" D. Hoyer, Eric Shook, and Kevin Hendryx.

Special Combined Christmas Auction!

This Special Auction is scheduled for December 9th-16th, 2012

This will be the first ever, combined, multi-collection auction by The Collector's Trove. This Special Christmas Auction combines items from the collections of Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, Rob Kuntz, Ernie Gygax, Dave Sutherland, Darlene, Dave Megarry, Steve Marsh, Zeb Cook, Kevin Hendryx, Len Lakofka, Bill Hoyer, Mike Mornard, and many more!

The auction will include nearly 300 lots including some of the rarest and most sought after RPG and wargaming rules, books, accessories, and fanzines. Included will be numerous products by the various companies these designers and artists worked with and designed for such as: TSR, Judges Guild, Adventure Games, Chaosium, Creation Unlimited, Coleco, Metagaming, FGU, NIPI, GDW, Steve Jackson, and many others. Highlights of the auction will include inscribed and autographed copies, editorial and review copies, author's and comp copies, and personal play and reading copies! Among the very special items are and amazing selection of TSR LJN action figures still in their original packaging, a fantastic assortment of shrink wrapped boxed games and modules, a gorgeous 1st print French Basic Set in shrinkwrap, a 1st print Monster Manual with errata that may be the nicest one ever sold, a rare copy of the The Strategic Preview from 1976, TSR letterhead and business cards, a shrink wrapped white box Dungeons & Dragons set, a shrink wrapped 1st print of Dungeon! autographed by designer Dave Megarry, original Empire of the Petal Throne autographed by M.A.R. Barker, Greyhawk Castle & Campaign materials from the mid-1970’s, original TSR artwork, and so many more amazing treasures that you would not believe!

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We will begin listing items starting Sunday, December 9th, ending Sunday, December 16th at 5:30 pm.

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

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Futures Bright,

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