Tabletop Gamers Charity Auction (Katrina)

[JonInMiddleGA]

I know there are some tabletop gamers amongst the crowd at FOFC, so I hope no one minds me posting this. I just thought this was a good idea worth mentioning here, maybe get a few more bidders involved for a good cause. I'm not a Replay customer & I'm not involved in this project beyond just happening to have heard about it and deciding to mention it here, but I applaud Pete Ventura & everyone involved for their efforts on this one.

Anyone interested can get more details on the items & the procedure, as well as some indication of which charities will be the beneficiaries (some who donated items have earmarked specific charities, others haven't) by visiting the Replay forum at:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/replayball/start

Just FYI, if you're interested in taking part in the auction, I think you'll need a Delphi member ID but a basic one is free. (Just thought I'd mention that in order to avoid someone trying to bid & then running into a snag with getting into the chat room or anything).

Here's the latest post detailing the auction:
Hi all,

I'd like to officially invite everyone to our upcoming Online Auction to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, to be held Wednesday, September 14, at 7 PM eastern time, in the Replay Chat Room here on our forum.

Al Arthurs will be serving as auctioneer, and Al will be auctioning off many Replay sets and other related memorabilia in real time in the chat room. The items have been donated by Al and other Replay gaming friends. This should be a great place to pick up some Replay sets (at great prices!) including some rare sets, while also aiding the disaster relief groups involved in the effort to help victims of the recent hurricane.

If anyone wishes to donate items, please e-mail Al at: [email protected]

To enter the auction and the chat, visit this forum this coming Wednesday, and click on the "Chat" button under the Replay Sports Game Forum title (allow up to a few moments for the chatroom window to appear onscreen).

The concept for this auction will be simple. The donated items are listed in the Replay Auction Items List thread in this Replay News folder.

REPLAY ONLINE AUCTION GUIDELINES
Each seller will post an item (or items), and the winning bidder will pay the bid amount to the seller plus shipping costs. The seller will then donate this money to their chosen non-profit agencies helping Katrina victims.

If you post an item for sale and don't mind having the bidder(s) send the money directly to a non-profit group, you have the option of letting your winning bidder(s) send their payment directly to a Katrina disaster aid group. Same goes for shipping costs: if as a seller, you want to pick up the tab for shipping, just let your winning bidder(s) know this whenever you arrange payment. But these choices are at the discretion of the seller.

I hope you can join us Wednesday!

Thanks,

Pete Ventura

[JonInMiddleGA]

Bumpity, and a note that it looks like the auction will be split into two days, Wednesday & Thursday, due to the number of items donated so far.

I don't remotely want to be a pain about this, but I didn't want anybody who might be interested in some of the items to miss out either.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Bumpity, with a copy of the most recent (AFAIK) list from the auctioneer of what's going up on the block tonight.

"As you know, we've had to break up the auction into two separate entities, with the first one happening tommorrow night. Here is a list of the items, who donated them, and when they will be auctioned.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH

BASEBALL
1876 set (Dave Pagano)
1894 set (Pete Ventura)
1908 set (Brett Greanleaf)
1923 NNL set (Reg Awalt)
1949 set (Pete Ventura)
1966-1 set (Dave Pagano)
1973 set (Sean MacNair)
1975 set (Mike Webb)
2000 set (Dave Pagano)
2001 set (Richard Zahler)
2002 set (Dave Pagano)
2003 set (Steve Schmidt)
Memorable Minor League set (Dave Pagano)

BASKETBALL
Replay basketball game (Tom Sykes)
Great Teams Volume 1-8 (Ken Main)
1985-86 set (Ken Main)
2002-03 set (Ken Main)

FOOTBALL
Great Teams, Great Games Vol. 1 (Tom Sykes)
Second Season Football Game (Tom Sykes)
1960 season (Tom Sykes)
1994 season (Tom Sykes)
2000 & 2001 (Tom Sykes)
2002 season (Ken Main)

BOOKS
Baseball in the 19th century (Al Arthurs)
HRBL Yearbooks in one batch ('72-77, '81-85) (Al Arthurs)

CARDS (All Al Arthurs)
4 Barry Bonds
15 Wade Boggs
9 George Brett
8 Carlton Fisk
9 Rickey Henderson
1 Carlos Delgado minor league
12 Don Mattingly
16 Mark McGwire
8 Eddie Murray
60+ Nolan Ryan
25 Cal Ripken
23 Ryne Sandberg