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Wiscon 34 - The Tiptree Auction
Jun. 11th, 2010 09:38 amBefore I ever went to Wiscon, I heard/read that the auction was not to be missed. And I haven't missed it in my 3 years of going. This year was not a disappointment.
Klages was back on her feet for this one, but her knees were not up to dancing. So she had a contingent of dancers in the audience. Anytime the bidding went to 100 or 200, etc, they got up and did the Happy Dance. 50$ increments over 100$ also got elbows.
Some of the more memorable items were:
* Special fantasy stamps, fully able to be used in the UK. Neil Gaiman had wrote a little story for each of them, and signed the sheet. So it's quite a unique collector's item. The bidding went really high on this one.
* A old Lysol advertisement, telling people (in roundabout terms) how it was great as a douche. Klages had also got an old (empty) original bottle and box it came in. Quite a uh.. conversation piece?
* A Spacebabe shirt. The hat was passed to give it to next year's con chairs. I believe it raised over 300$.
* A medusa hat with fully posable snakes. That was pretty cool. I hope the winner thinks to pair it with a Slytherin costume!
* A Spacebabe bowl, which glowed in the dark.
* An Alice in Jungleland (I think that was the one.)
* The last item I stayed to watch was 3 later volumes of Ooku in Japanese. I bid on these myself, when the bids were still (in my view) reasonable. It came down to a showdown on the stage between the highest bidders.
And, um, other cool and interesting stuff that I've forgotten!
As I posted in a comment on the wiscon lj, there was a doll of Ellen Klages. Which was a really good likeness. Unfortunately, Sharyn November chose to use it as a voodoo doll and was threatening Klages's likeness with bodily harm. After the opening ceremonies note that the 'voodoo message board' had been previously renamed the 'magic board', I felt this was a poor choice.
Religions are an area to be careful of. Even religions you might think are no longer practiced by anyone, can be touchy subjects. I had a professor in college who was a believer in the old Greek gods. So it's just a good idea to give some thought to what you're doing and saying.
Money-wise, I think it was a successful auction. I don't really have the numbers to compare it to. So I could be wrong. But it seemed like they raised enough money to keep the award going for awhile longer.
Klages was back on her feet for this one, but her knees were not up to dancing. So she had a contingent of dancers in the audience. Anytime the bidding went to 100 or 200, etc, they got up and did the Happy Dance. 50$ increments over 100$ also got elbows.
Some of the more memorable items were:
* Special fantasy stamps, fully able to be used in the UK. Neil Gaiman had wrote a little story for each of them, and signed the sheet. So it's quite a unique collector's item. The bidding went really high on this one.
* A old Lysol advertisement, telling people (in roundabout terms) how it was great as a douche. Klages had also got an old (empty) original bottle and box it came in. Quite a uh.. conversation piece?
* A Spacebabe shirt. The hat was passed to give it to next year's con chairs. I believe it raised over 300$.
* A medusa hat with fully posable snakes. That was pretty cool. I hope the winner thinks to pair it with a Slytherin costume!
* A Spacebabe bowl, which glowed in the dark.
* An Alice in Jungleland (I think that was the one.)
* The last item I stayed to watch was 3 later volumes of Ooku in Japanese. I bid on these myself, when the bids were still (in my view) reasonable. It came down to a showdown on the stage between the highest bidders.
And, um, other cool and interesting stuff that I've forgotten!
As I posted in a comment on the wiscon lj, there was a doll of Ellen Klages. Which was a really good likeness. Unfortunately, Sharyn November chose to use it as a voodoo doll and was threatening Klages's likeness with bodily harm. After the opening ceremonies note that the 'voodoo message board' had been previously renamed the 'magic board', I felt this was a poor choice.
Religions are an area to be careful of. Even religions you might think are no longer practiced by anyone, can be touchy subjects. I had a professor in college who was a believer in the old Greek gods. So it's just a good idea to give some thought to what you're doing and saying.
Money-wise, I think it was a successful auction. I don't really have the numbers to compare it to. So I could be wrong. But it seemed like they raised enough money to keep the award going for awhile longer.