Charity Auction

Lot 1: Discworld Thieves Guild Yearbook & Diary 2002
Donated by Colin Smythe
£11

Lot 2: Guild of Arrangers sign
Donated by Debbie and Cheryl
As used at previous events. The sign, not Debs and Cheryl. That said, they might have been.
£5

Lot 3: Gorbag & Shagrat print by Alan Lee
Donated by Abandon Art
From Alan Lee's Lord of the Rings series. Image size of 405 x 245 mm in a 60 mm mount to an overall size of 560 x 395 mm. This includes a 10mm border round the sides and slightly larger title area at the bottom with the signature in silver pen in the bottom right of the border under the image.
£36

Lot 4: Hogfather Game Testing Prototype
Donated by Trevor and Rona Truran
The game everybody wants, in the format played with in Wincanton and at the Convention.
£300

Lot 5: A Piece of the Cursed Luggage
During the adult's race last year, there was a nasty crash. All that survived of the Luggage was a section signed by Terry. Now you can own this piece of cursed board.
£14

Lot 6: Discworld Stamp Forum One Year Anniversary Stamp Complete Sheet
Rare. Nice. 42 stamps. Donated by The Artificer (indirectly)
£30

Lot 7: Original Dragon Sanctuary Artwork
Donated by Jenn Davis.
Used on the cover of the Convention ReadMe. 350mm x 275mm
£55

Lot 8: Johnny and The Bomb T-Shirt – Large
Donated by Jason Anthony
£32

Lot 9: Johnny and The Bomb T-Shirt – Extra Large
Donated by Jason Anthony
£35

Lot 10: A Didgeridoo!
Donated by Hawkins Bazaar
One for the kids, if they can do that complicated circular breathing thing.
£14

Lot 11: Celtic Myth print by Jown Howe
Donated by Abandon Art
The book on Celtic myths and legends never saw the light of day but this brilliant painting featuring all sorts of great characters including a wixard, an elf, a unicorn, ravens, a dragon etc is still here. The image size is 347 x 256 mm in a 60 mm bevel-cut mount to an overall size of 467 x 376 mm
£26


Lot 12: City Watch Diary Collection
Donated by Colin Smythe/Bursar Vixen
1999 English, 2000 Russian, 2001 Polish
£40


Lot 13: Tigers v Barbarians Tickets
Donated by Leicester Tigers
A pair of tickets to the annual treat of Leicester Tigers v an All Star Line-up. Date to be finalized, but likely to be mid-March.
£105

Lot 14: First Discworld Event Badges Clarecraft August 1995
Donated by Clarecraft.
2 available, very rare.
£12

Lot 15: 2004 Convention Ale Pint Glass
Donated by BursarVixen
Lovely bit of artwork on a glass, produced for the 2004 Convention. It was a lovely pint, too.
£14

Lot 16: Jax's/Basement's Soul
As stolen by Lupine at the Convention in a sublime piece of underhandedness.
£36

Lot 17: Sheet of mint Wadfest Stamps
Donated by Catskind
A sheet of 25 of the original Wadfest Stamps.
£60

Lot 18: Two Wintersmith inspired Artworks
Donated by Catskind
£40

Lot 19: 100% Rincewind
Donated by Catskind
Sold sealed and never to be reproduced.
£50

Lot 20: Drop Bear
Donated by Hannah Wright
CUDDLY TOY! CUDDLY TOY!
£22

Lot 21: Discworld Companion print by Josh Kirby No 161/500.
Donated by Artists UK
One of the first two fine art limited edition published by Artists UK and limited to 500 copies signed & numbered by Josh Kirby. Image size is 303x420mm mounted in 60mm acid-free mountboard to overall size of 423x540mm. Used for the cover of the Terry Pratchett book of Discworld terms of the same title it features the wonderful Librarian of Unseen University. All Artists UK limited editions are printed on 350gsm acid-free board with light-fast inks.
£70

Lot 22: Colour Of Magic Facsimile Edition Donated by Jason Anthony
The special reproduction of the First Edition
£55

Lot 23: Wadfest BBEs (4)
These should contain at least one of every common stamp, a selection of Sports (possibly including a Blue Triangle or a Zombie in each), year 1 AMPO sheets, 2 proof sheets, 2 FDCs, a selection of LBEs and other bits and pieces. Each will also contain an unopened LBE, one of which will be a Northern Institute LBE!
£320 (4x £80)

Lot 24: The Wadfetht Beathty
Donated by IgorBeathty
Ath Wadfetht ith the thtart of the beathty year, not only will there be a new rare beathty releathed at Wadfetht, but there will be a thpecial beathty in the aucthion! Although, with what'th in itth pouch, it'th technically Wadfetht Beathtieth….
£150

Lot 25: Original Artwork for the 5 Bizot Stamp
Donated by David Wyatt
Quite probably the first ever original stamp artwork in a Discworld event auction! A lovely drawing of the Piper, dedicated to the Wadfest Auction. Simply stunning. 205mm x 290mm. Comes with a sheet of 25 5 Bizot stamps.
£100

Lot 26: Discworld II. Mortality Bytes 1997 Calendar
Donated by Colin Smythe
“Mortality Bytes” is the US name for “Missing, Presumed…”. This is a promotional calendar for the game.
£26

Lot 27: Green Man Special Edition print by Peter Pracownik
Donated by Aritists UK
This Special Edition Green Man features the Celtic Green Man with a range of other Celtic symbols and creatures around the border that relate to the legends of the Green Man. It is printed on a thick 350gsm acid-free board using light-fast inks. Published by Artists UK the image size measures 267 x 388 mm and is supplied in a green mount (what else?) to an overall size of 415 x 550 mm. Each copy is SIGNED by Peter Pracownik at the bottom and uniquely dated (ie. he never dates more than one per day so each print has an unique date) and each print, in addition to being signed an dated, is stamped with the artist's own 'SPECIAL EDITION' emboss stamp.
£60

Lot 28: First prototypes for the Wadfest 2006 badge
Donated by Barrie Wakeford
Pointy and (comparatively) basic. Produced to give us an idea of how the new badge would look.
£25

Lot 29: The Onion
Returned by Dave H
Yes, THE Onion. Your chance to become the keeper of the onion, for a year.
£60

Lot 30: Unique Wadfest Charm Bracelet
Donated by Barrie Wakeford
One of Barrie's beautiful bracelets, complete with a Wadfest charm, and quite possibly a Toof.
£130

Lot 31: Hogfather Paperback signed by The Mob
Donated by Steven Dean
Steven bought this and got it signed by Vadim, Rod, and Ian from The Mob Film Company at the Convention.
£45

Lot 32: Colour proof sheet of colour illustrations for The Pratchett Portfolio
Donated by Colin Smythe
A2 proof sheet featuring 7 pages from the Pratchett Portfolio.
£105

Lot 33: Colour proof sheet of Discworld Calendar 2002 January/February
Donated by Colin Smythe
A2 proof sheet featuring 2 months from the 2002 Calendar - 'Interesting Times' and 'Lords & Ladies II'
£95

Lot 34: Set of 6 Discworld bookmarks produced by bookMarks of Distinction
Donated by Colin Smythe.
Rare set of bookmarks featuring Josh Kirby's artwork.
£30

Lot 35: Wintersmith US Proof
Donated by Harper Collins
Exactly as it says. Unread.
£60

Lot 36: Bottle of Special Sheep Linament
Donated by Sass
Turned out to be very good Sloe Gin!
£28

Lot 37: Ironstone Thud Stone
Donated by The Hodges.
£37.70

The total raised from the Auction was £2331.70.

The total raised overall from the Auction, Raffle, Beathty competition, Waddy getting pied, AJ and Kirsties Jiggling Jugs, a donation from the burger van, my employers matched donation scheme and random donations was:

£3472.42