Friends of Wadfest
The companies and “sponsors” that have helped us, with donations of items for the auction, or other items for the event. Abandon Art www.abandonart.co.uk In 2004 they donated a Mounted Art Print "Caterpillar's Mushroom" No 225/500 Signed by Brian Froud which sold for £45 ARTISTS UK www.artistsuk.co.uk In 2004 they donated a Mounted Art Print "Discworld Companion" No 342/500 Signed by Josh Kirby which sold for £60 Barrie Wakeford www.jewellerybybarrie.co.uk In 2005, Barrie donated Personalised Stanley Howler Wings - your choice of pendant, badge, broach or tie slide, with you initals in place of SH, which sold for £65 BBC Radio 4 Book Club http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ In 2004 the BBC provided a (possibly unauthorized) recording of their Mort serialization, on 2 CDRs with hand cut and written inlay cards which sold for £55 Ben & Jerry's www.benjerry.co.uk In 2004 Ben & Jerry's donated an Ice cream security system which sold for £10 and a lovely T Shirt in size XL with cows on it, which also sold for £10 Bernard Pearson, The Cunning Artificer www.artificer.co.uk Bernard produced the event piece for the first Wadfest in 2002, and donated items to the auctions in 2002 and 2003. He also produced a special Wadfest Little Brown Envelope, limited to 500, for the 2005 event, and suppling something special for 2006. For the 2005 auction, Bernard donated a Wincanton – Ankh Morpork Town Twinning First Day Cover which sold for £50. He also allowed members of the forum www.discworldstamps.com/forum to purchase from him, using Green Cabbage Trading Stamps, the rejected paint sample of Ankh Morpork Post Office, which sold for £400 Bonsai Trading www.bonsaitrading.com In 2004, John donated a “Star Turtle” Prototype Belt Buckle with belt, 1 of only 25 produced, which sold for £40 In 2005, he donated Verence & Magrat Royal Wedding Commemorative Champagne Flutes with Wadfest Exclusive Box Wrap, which sold for £50 BursarVixen Enterprises www.bursarvixen.com Paul sent us a lot of stuff some of which has been used in the 2005 raffle, som of which has been saved for next year, and the following which were in the 2005 Auction: BursarVixen "Brian" Mug - Printing Sample 9/10 selling for £35 Lot of 3 Prototype Shirts for Nanny Ogg's Scumble: Polo Shirt (S) - Large Logo Prototype; Polo Shirt (S) - Small Logo Prototype; Nanny Ogg's Scumble T-Shirt (L) - Small Logo Prototype selling for £50 Catskind www.catskind.de In 2004 Catskind donated the Original Artwork of Dwarf and Troll, designed for the event, which sold for £40. Also donated a Truth Freedom Justice Egg painted by Bernard's Artist, which fell in with her stuff, so Bernard said she could keep! She donated it and it sold for £25 In 2005, Catskind donated the original Vampire and Werewolf Artwork, which sold for £50. David Wyatt www.david.wyatt.btinternet.co.uk In 2004, David donated the Mounted, Signed and Authenticated Original Sketch and A4 print for the BursarVixen Enterprises Discworld 21st Birthday Beer, which sold for £105 In 2005, We had the spectacular "Remembering Granny Aching" Exclusive Print - with wording "Presented to the WADFEST Charity Auction - Discworld Calendar 2006 - from 'The Wee Free Men' by Terry Pratchett" and signed by the artist. The main image was painted digitally, but all the paraphernalia in the cabinet was sculpted, built or photographed and assembled in the wooden frame. It is unlikely to be available as a print to buy outside of the calendar. It sold for £165. Clarecraft www.clarecraft.co.uk Clarecraft brought a lot of items to the 2004 event for us. Some of these are being held over, and some were raffled. In 2004, a DWE13 Magrat in Armour was entered into the auction, selling for £50/ In 2005, we auctioned a 1996 Convention Piece Paint Sample, painted by Rosie, Signed and dated on the back. This sold for £125. We also auctioned an Early Clarecraft Catalogue - Card folder containing pull out sheets for the following ranges: Pebbles, Boulder Holders, Pine Cones, Nutcases, Apples, Mini Dragons, Hatchlings, Dragons of Character, Faery Dwellings, Enchanted Gardens, Faeries, Privies, Doorways of Mystery and Imagination, Woodland Range, Haunted Trees, Unexpected Hazards, Witches and their Cauldrons, The Legend of Arthur, The Flintmen, The Stylites, Bookends, 5 sheets of Discworld - up to DW26, and Discworld - The Special Edition, featuring the Pewter finish pieces. This fetched £35. Colin Smythe www.colinsmythe.co.uk In 2004, Colin Smythe sent us two large boxes of items, many of which will be held over for future events. There were two lots of books in the 2005 raffle. In the 2005 auction were a UK Proof of Monstrous Regiment (£50) and a UK Proof of Going Postal (£55). Collector's Gifts www.collectorsgifts.com In 2004, Elton, formerly of the Clarecraft Collectors Guild donated a number of items; a 1998 Discworld Convention Mug, a 1998 Discworld Convention Troll, CCDE2000 T-Shirt, a Death and Mort on Binky T-shirt and Men At Arms - The Play - Stephen Briggs adaptation. These items sold for a total of £73 Millennia Marketing Ltd In 2004, Millennia Marketing were incredibly generous, donating 6 Thud retail sets, Nac Mac Feegles Set No'd 399 and Portrait Heads, Set No'd 399. These sold for a total of £470 In 2005, we received 2 bronze Feegles, which sold for £150, along with 12 Thud sets. 6 of these were raffled, and 6 were auctioned, selling for £30 each, at combined total of £300 FJP Designs www.inthesticks.co.uk In 2004, Joe Pattison donated his Death's Head Walking Stick Prototype, signed on the stick. Production versions did not have black cowl, and the blue stones for the prototypes eyes were rounded. Joe requested a reserve of £40, which was bid past in a matter of seconds, eventually being sold for £310 Graham Higgins www.pokkettz.demon.co.uk On Sunday August 22 nd , in the bar at the convention, Graham drew a piece of original art of a dwarf and a troll in Koom Valley . This was bought by unohoo for Sue, as a first wedding anniversary present, following their wedding at Wadfest 2003, for £130 In 2005, David sent a piece of non-Discworld original art. This sold for £35. Harper Collins http://www.harpercollins.com/ In 2004, Terry's US publisher donated a Going Postal US Proof which sold for £55 and a promotional Going Postal XL t-shirt which sold for £50 In 2005, they sent us a Thud! US Sampler - 30 page US sampler booklet of the next book (£17), Thud! US Proof (£65) and a Thud! US promotional cap (£50) Henry Clarke Ltd of Wigston In 2004, unohoo's local Clarecraft stockist donated Clarecraft Death of Rats which sold for £25, and Clarecraft Librarian Bookstamp selling for £20. Unfortunately, this branch of Henry Clark closed at the end of July 2005 Discworld Monthly www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Jason donated his own personal cassette copy of Eric (unabridged) from Isis Publishing, which sold for £20 Jelly Belly UK (Best Imports) www.jellybelly-uk.com Best imports sent us a Mini Bean Machine with 100g bag of 20 Asst Flavours of Jelly Belly Beans in 2004, which sold for £25. They did the same in 2005, and this time it was raffled. They also provided us with 500 x 10g bags of beans to sell. Lady Kayla Designs designs.ladykayla.org When accosted at the 2004 Convention, Lady Kayla donated a "Hedgehog Can Never Be B******d" Glass, which sold for £30 Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club www.tigers.co.uk In 2004, the Tigers donated a pair of tickets for the annual star studded "Leicester Tigers vs The Barbarians" match, on March 18th 2005 , which were bought for £70. The game and the evening following were thoroughly enjoyed by the winners In 2005, the tigers donated a 2004-2005 Yearbook, signed by Harry Ellis, which sold for £25. Ottakars www.ottakars.co.uk On a trip to Market Harborough in 2004, unohoo cornered the manager of the store. She gave in to his charms and donated a Night Watch Hardback Signed First Edition, which went for £35 PJSM Prints www.paulkidby.com Rob and Sandra produced two unique T-shirts for us. "Feel The Wad, Taste The Fest - Wadfest 2004" Unique T-Shirt sold for £25, and a Feegles Running T-shirt with "Wadfest 2004" beneath the logo, on a material colour not used on any Kidby T-shirts before sold for £30 In 2005, those lovely people produced a few items for us. Firstly, they produced 2 Wadfest 2005 Mug and Coaster sets, one of which was raffled, one of which sold for £70. Next was a Wadfest 2005 Special Constable T-Shirt, which sold for £40. Then there was the Red Wadfest Field Post Office Post Bag, going for £65. The also donated a Wadfest personalized signed Thud Proof which sold for £100. Random House Publishing www.randomhouse.co.uk Random House generously sent us the following 4 books: A Hat Full of Sky - Uncorrected Book Proof – sold for £50 Monstrous Regiment - Hardback Signed First Edition –sold for £25 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Uncorrected Book Proof - sold for £50 Wee Free Men – Hardback – sold for £15 Robert Harrop Designs www.robertharrop.co.uk The Robert Harrop collectors club donated, in 2004, a Beano and Dandy Collection BDB01 Big Dennis, which sold for £65. They have their own event in 2005 Transworld Books www.booksattransworld.co.uk Terry's UK , in 2004, donated a Going Postal UK Proof with Proof Cover, Erratum and Press release which sold for £100 Igor Beathties www.signofthebluecat.co.uk Igor Beathties donated the first ever publicly available Igor Beathty in 20005, which sold for £60 Isis Publishing www.isis-publishing.co.uk Isis donated to the 2005 auction, a Going Postal (Error version) - Cassette 8 is unedited, and has some reader errors. Less than 100 of these exist. It sold for £45. Kelshandra www.discworldstampfans.co.uk Kel is a fan from Australia , who runs a fansite for the Stamps. She also does decoupage on the stamps. In 2005 she very generously donated: The first ever Decoupage Discworld Stamp - Penny Patrician which sold for £40 The second ever Decoupage Discworld Stamp - Post Office Halfpenny which sold for £45 Set of Twoshirts Stamps Decoupage - created for Wadfest 2005, selling for £75 Kiyomi www.quintessential-musings.net/Discworld Kiyomi is a fan from America , who also runs a fan site for the stamps. Kiyomi sent us enough goods from The Counterweight Continent to put a lot in the auction and a lot in the raffle. The auctioned lot raised £26. McDonalds www.McDonalds.co.uk McDonalds, even though they run their own charity, generously donated two £5 vouchers to our raffle. Mark Ayling Mark drew a picture of Rincewind for us at CCDE2005, which sold in the auction for £30 Rob Lupine/Lupine The Magnificent www.lupinemagic.com Our resident illusionist, and co-organiser, Rob also steals souls. Some of these are auctioned. The soul in the 2005 auction sold for £38, with the Glow-In-The-Dark Wadfest shield painted by Rob being auctioned to the kids and selling for £10.10 Stephen Briggs www.cmotdibbler.com Stephen donated a full set of Methuen Play script books - Stephen Briggs adaptations of The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Interesting Times, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Jingo and Going Postal. All Methuen First Editions. All signed on cover and title page. Also signed across the page edges of all 7 books. These sold for £70. Silver Horde www.silverhorde.co.uk One of the best fan sites on the net, with a vast array of event photos. They donated a Waterstones Going Postal First Day Cover, which sold for £45 Trentfield Farm www.trentfield.co.uk The current site for Wadfest, with good facilities, easy to find, a lovely location, and just right for the event. Airborne Packaging www.airbornebags.co.uk Airborne promised an almost limitless supply of high quality paper and plastic bags for Wadfest. If you need a supply of bags for your business, contact them and mention us. S.G.Baker Ltd. www.sgbaker.couk Donated Extra Large Hessian Sacks for use for games The Gardeners Shop www.thegardensshop.co.uk Donated Large Hessian Sacks for use for games We would also like to thank the many individuals who donated their own items to the auction, and we look forward to seeing you all again.
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