Wednesday
May292013

Dennis Sustare Auctions Off To Great Start!

Howdy All!

 

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.

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

Wednesday
May292013

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.

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

Friday
May172013

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.

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

Tuesday
Apr232013

First David "Zeb" Cook Auction

Hello All!

 

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: 

The Collector's Trove Current eBay Auctions

 

Futures Bright,

 

Paul J. Stormberg

The Collector's Trove

Wednesday
Mar202013

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.