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Silent Auction
Benefiting the John M. Ford Book Endowment Fund

Mike Ford

As many of you know, John M Ford passed from this life on September 25, 2006. He was long a vital part of the world of science fiction. Brilliant writer, mad blogger, inventive gamer, impassioned Klingon fanatic, impossibly gifted raconteur, and poet extraordinaire, he illuminated the lives of all those who knew him. We will all miss his light.

The Friends of the Minneapolis Library have established an endowment in his honor. Every $500 we raise for the Endowment Fund will allow the purchase of one new book each year. Each book purchased by the John M. Ford Endowment Fund will have a special bookplate in it, to indicate that the book has been donated to the Minneapolis Public Library in his name.

We will be holding a silent auction at CapClave with the hope of endowing at least one annual book purchase. In honor of Mike's wide interests, the auction will have books both SFnal and non, some dvds, a couple of gaming items, and a few unclassifiable items. See the list thus far.

Donations for the auction will be accepted at the convention. Tuckerization opportunities are welcome. We encourage you to give. And for those who don't have an item you consider suitable, we encourage you to bid. We will also be accepting cash donations for the fund.

Fred Ramsey is the Auction Administrator. He will have rule sheets, bid slips, bidder registrations, and donation receipts available at Capclave -- look for the Silent Auction table in the Dealers Room.

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What's Currently in the Auction?

We'll continue to update this page for the next several days.

• "Lunchbox": the Kelly Freas original black-and-white illustration for Howard Waldrop's first sale to Analog, May 1972. Estimated value: ?.
• Islands in the Sky, by Arthur C Clarke. Winston 1952. His second book [good+ in good dust jacket], second printing. Estimated value: $30.
• Science Fiction of the 20th Century, by Frank Robinson. 1999 Collectors Press [very good in very good dust jacket] first edition. Estimated value: $30.
• Pez "Star Wars" limited edition 9 piece set in original packaging. Estimated value: $25.
• Meet the Feebles, Dead Alive and Bad Taste. Directed by Peter Jackson. Three early works on three dvds. As new. Estimated value $50.
• Monty Python Killer Sheep Stuffie in original packaging now out of production. Estimated value: $40.
• Great King's War, by John F Carr. Pequod Press (2006), corrected and expanded edition. As new hardcover in as new dust jacket. Signed. Estimated value: $50.
• "A full day Guided Tour of the Sites from Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen" led by John F Carr, Court Historian; Dennis Frank, leader of the Hostigos Mapping Team; and Fred Ramsey, compiler of the forthcoming (any.millenium.now) Atlas Hostigi. Estimated value: $25.
• a signed James Morrow first edition. Estimated value $40..
• Strata, by Terry Pratchett. St. Martins Press. First American edtion of Pratchett's first book. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket. Estimated value: $75..
• From the End of the Twentieth Century, by John M. Ford, NESFA Press 1997 [Boskone 34 Guest of Honor book]. Trade paperback. Introduction by Neil Gaiman; cover art by Boskone 34's Official Artist, Ron Walotsky. Estimated value: $21.
• A miscellany of odd bits like a mug, a couple of SFnal caps, a fannish cooking apron, some history hard covers, and some inexpensive collectable paperback lots.

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