The Collector's Trove Presents: A New Massive Auction

Welcome to our newest auction!

Finally! A new auction! We have been so incredibly busy getting ready for Dragon Days™ Fantasy Festival on October 4th and 5th in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the birthplace of D&D, that we have not had a lot of time to get to auction prep but we are finally done!

We even have a few special items where the proceeds will go toward the Gygax Memorial Fund Inc., to build a memorial to Gary Gygax in his hometown of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. These items include: a shrink-wrapped white boxed edition of D&D, a Gary Con VII/VIII Challenge Coin, a Birthplace of D&D 50th Anniversary Keepsake, and a 1st day of issue set of Dungeons & Dragons postage stamps with proof of purchase from 8/1/2024 from the US Post Office in Lake Geneva! What a cool set of collectibles!

The main auction includes over 400 items in 378 lots from several private collections, some of these originally purchased from the collections of TSR game designers and former employees, Jim Ward and John Rateliff! Featured items include a selection of incredible items from the collection of David Wesely, creator of Braunstein which would influence Dave Arneson to create Blackmoor which lead to Gary Gygax collaborating on Dungeons & Dragons!

Among the items are a huge run of incredibly rare fanzines, including issues of International Wargamer Monthly produced by Gary Gygax's wargame club the IFW. Also included are over 100 rare war games from the 1960s through the 80s! The latter includes card games, board games, and miniatures rules! Among them is a beautiful 1st print Guidon Games copy of Chainmail by Gary Gygax.

The special items for the auction include comp copies and ephemera from various wargame clubs, publishing companies, and miniature manufacturers, including: catalogs, order forms, business cards, stationary, and other cool memorabilia! There will even be a D&D white boxed set still in SHRINK!

The featured items from the David Wesely collection is a set of Corner of the Table and Corner of the Table Top newsletters from the MMSA copyright archive--the largest collection to ever be sold at public auction! It includes the very first issue and issues featuring the Blackmoor Rumor Monger, a campaign journal of the happenings in the world's first role-playing game run by Dave Arneson. There are also letters from IFW members, including a letter from Gary Gygax to one of Dave Arneson's players, Phil Grant, aka, King of the Elves from the original Blackmoor campaign!

Begins: Sunday, September 7th, 2025

Ends: Sunday, September 14th, 2025

Here is the link to place your bids:

The Collector's Trove eBay Auctions

(Note: Items will start listing at 5:00 pm CST/MEX in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:45 pm.)

The Collector's Trove Presents: Our Latest Auction!

Welcome to our newest auction!

The auction includes over 300 lots from several private collections, some of these originally purchased from the collections of TSR game designers and former employees, Jim Ward, Harry & Terry Quinn, Jim Quinn, and John Rateliff! Featured items include a selection of incredible items from the E. Gary Gygax Estate!

Among the items are a huge run of TSR's Dragon Magazine, including issues 1 through 318, and an amazing collection of Non-TSR AD&D and D&D products from the 1970s and 80s! The latter includes rule books, campaign settings, accessories, source books, and adventures!

The special items for the auction include comp copies and ephemera from various TSR employees, including: catalogs, order forms, business cards, stationary, and other cool memorabilia!

The featured items from the E. Gary Gygax Estate include Dragon Magazine article manuscripts by Gary Gygax, a galley proof of Come Endless Darkness with hand written author corrections and commentary by Gary Gygax, a treasure trove of TSR game design memos, and a never published original AD&D adventure, MU2 Terror Skull by Gary Gygax and the late, François Marcela-Froideval!

Below is your special preview and link to bid on the remarkable items up for auction! 

Begins: Sunday, June 22nd, 2025

Ends: Sunday, June 30th, 2025

Here is the link to place your bids:

The Collector's Trove eBay Auctions

(Note: Items will start listing at 5:00 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:45 pm.)

The Collector's Trove Presents: Our Newest Auction!

 

The auction includes nearly 400 lots from several private collections, some of these originally purchased from the collections of TSR game designers, Jim Ward, Allen Hammack, and John Rateliff!

Among the items are a huge run of TSR's Dragon Magazine, including issues 1 through 249, and AD&D and D&D products from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s—many still in their original shrink wrap! The latter includes rule books, campaign settings, accessories, source books, and adventures for Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Mystara, and Dragonlance!

The special items for the auction include comp copies signed by John Rateliff and autographed items by Larry Elmore, Jim Ward, and Ed Greenwood! Also included among the special items are a set of Mayfair, Roleaids, adventures, including Blasted Lands, Kobold Hall, Beastmaker Mountain, Nanorien Stones, and Fez.

The featured items include original artwork by Jim Holloway and Larry Elmore, an incredibly rare pewter chalice produced for TSR, Jim Ward's personal typewriter used to produce Deities & Demigods and many other fantastic creations, Dragon Magazine article manuscripts by Jim Ward, and a 1st print woodgrain edition of Dungeons & Dragons game—only 1000 copies ever produced!

Below is your special preview and link to bid on the remarkable items up for auction!

Begins: Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Ends: Sunday, June 8th, 2025

Here is the link to place your bids:

The Collector's Trove eBay Auctions

(Note: Items will start listing at 5:00 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:45 pm.)

The Collector's Trove Presents: Our Latest Auction!

Welcome to our latest auction!

The auction includes over 200 lots, many of these from the collection of TSR game designer and editor, John Rateliff!

Among the items are a huge run of TSR AD&D and D&D products from the 1970s and 80s! Includes rule books, campaign settings, accessories, source books, and adventures for Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Mystara, and Dragonlance!

The special items for the auction include numerous comp copies signed by John Rateliff and autographed copies by Tom Wham, Slade Henson, and Ed Greenwood!

The featured items include two Original Collector's Editions of Dungeons & Dragons——a 6th and 6th+ printing from the late 1970s!

Below is your link to bid on the remarkable items up for auction!

Auction lots will begin listing Sunday night, February 16th at 7:00 pm CST and queued up in 1 minute increments. All items will be live by 10:30 pm CST and will be open for bidding for one week—Sunday to Sunday.

Auction Begins: Sunday, February 16th, 2025

Auction Ends: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025

Here is the link to place your bids:

The Collector's Trove eBay Auctions

(Note: Items will start listing at 5:30 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:40 pm.)

The Collector's Trove's Newest Auction!

The auction includes over 370 lots from the collection of TSR game designer and editor, John Rateliff!

Among the items are a huge run of TSR AD&D 2nd Edition items, some in original shrink wrap! Includes rule books, campaign settings, accessories, source books, and adventures for Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Birthright, Dark Sun, Spell Jammer, Mystara, Ravenloft, Masque of Red Death, Planescape, and Dragonlance!

The special items for the auction include numerous comp copies signed by John Rateliff, autographed copies by Zeb Cook, Jeff Grubb, Jeff Easley, Wolfgang Bauer, Skip Williams, Monte Cook, Steve Winter, and many more!

The featured items include internal TSR memos and manuscripts, hard to find RPGA only items, and an Adventurers Guild Retail Play Packet!

Below is your special preview and link to bid on the remarkable items up for auction!

Begins: Sunday, November 17th, 2024

Ends: Sunday, November 24th, 2024

Here is the link to place your bids:

The Collector's Trove eBay Auctions

(Note: Items will start listing at 5:30 pm in 1 minute increments and will all be live by 11:40 pm.)