Looking for Angel to Save Bradbury’s Hugo

Ray Bradbury's 2004 Retro Hugo for Fahrenheit 451.

Ray Bradbury’s 2004 Retro Hugo for Fahrenheit 451.

Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia would like to see Ray Bradbury’s Retro Hugo for Fahrenheit 451 reunited with the collection at the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI. That Hugo is on the auction block until September 25. The current bid is $5,000.

Unfortunately, this is beyond what the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, which holds (in original or digitised form) many manuscripts related to Fahrenheit 451, could afford to spend. So I would like to make a simple proposition to put the Hugo back with the manuscripts:

Bid-to-donate.

Is there someone out there who could bid for the Retro-Hugo, and donate it to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University?

Bradbury’s Hugo Award is lot number 293 in the auction catalog – here’s a direct link.

2 thoughts on “Looking for Angel to Save Bradbury’s Hugo

  1. Alternatively, is anyone willing to take on accepting donations toward the bid, and then show up to bid and donate the award to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies? Perhaps any amount donated above what’s needed could go to the center designated for appropriate use. Or perhaps the donations should go straight to the Center, designated to be used for acquiring the Hugo award if possible.

    It’s clearly best and easiest if one person can acquire the award and donate it. A second-best solution is for a group of folks to pool their donations to the same end.

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