The Fan Fund Auction is proceeding in Sasquan’s Cabaret at Guinan’s adjacent to the Fanzine Lounge. Andrew Hooper and Jerry Kaufman have been doing a magnificent job keeping the bidding lively. I met TAFF delegate Nina Horvath while she was walking around an item on bid.
Curt Phillips’ donation, a .58 caliber bullet recovered from the Cedar Ceek Civil War battlefield, went for $40. That may seem like tame ammunition by John Ringo standards but it got a lot of action here.
Wow… $40. I should have sent the cannon…
My pleasure to help out with the cause.
I’ll be truthful and say that it amused me to buy a military artifact at WorldCon, but all for a good cause, right?
Curt, and if you’d sent the cannon – I’d likely have bought that too. 😉
Randy Byers reported on FB that the auction raised $1,600, and that sales are going well, too.
(I presume that’s sales in the Fanzine Lounge.)
Indeed, $40 is rather steep for a mini ball, though I imagine that the price has risen since I bought mine in1962 or ’63 — they were a buck or two each, then.
Hearing the results of the Fan Fund auction is a wonderful bit of news to wake up to this Sunday morning! I am glad it went so well, and that fanzine sales are going splendidly, too. A heartfelt tip of the fez to Randy, Andy, and the rest of the Lost Fanzine Lounge crew!
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