Original Manuscript of Good Omens to be sold via Online auction
(this is taken from an email sent out by Greenman Press 3/11/99)
Get a piece of Neil!
Neil has donated his (the printed dot-matrix) manuscript with handwritten
notes and the galley proofs for _Good Omens_, the New York Times
bestseller novel written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
This EBAY.COM online auction begins Thursday, March 11 and will end March
18th.
Title of item: N. Gaiman original GOOD OMENS manuscripts
The item number is: 76966927
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=76966927
The highest bidder of the current ebay.com auction will
receive Neil's original printed (dot-matrix) manuscript AND his
hand corrected publisher's proof with two signed
handwritten letters of authenticity (one is shown
with the image).
This is a rare chance for Gaiman, Pratchett, or
fantasy fans to own a piece of literary history!
The proceeds of this auction go to the Karen Shaffer
'Good Goddess' Recovery Fund. Karen is the wife of Neil's
friend and colleague, the illustrator Charles Vess;
she received serious injury to her spine in a
single car accident last summer.
Checks only; US DOLLAR only;
buyer pays shipping/insurance
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, AS WELL AS OTHER NEIL-RELATED PROJECTS,
VISIT
http://www.greenmanpress.com
If you would like to make a donation directly to help the family, please send contributions to:
The Karen Shaffer Good Goddess Recovery Fund
c/o Green Man Press
152 East Main Street
Abingdon, Virginia, 24210
Thanks for your help! Have FUN bidding on the items!
Production Assistant
Green Man Press
San Diego Auction a Success!
On Saturday, August 15th an auction was held at the San Diego Comicon to benefit Karen Shaffer, the wife of Gaiman's friend & colleague Charles Vess. (Karen was involved in a car accident last month and suffered a serious spinal injury, requiring surgery and extensive (and costly) rehabilation.) Far too many works were donated to fit into this first auction (which raised $36,000), so a second auction was held at DragonCon in Atlanta. There are also plans for an online auction (see item, above) to include Neil Gaiman's Original Good Omen's Manuscript. Also in the works is a benefit book: it will be an illustrated Stardust short story written by Neil. The benefit book is slated for release sometime in early 1999.
For more information, go to Greenman Press
Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess' Stardust!
This four-issue story is now available as an illustrated hard cover, with a prose printing sans illustrations soon to follow. The cover layouts look mighty nifty; more details later!
oh yeah....look closely in the two-page spread of the faerie market...
see if you can find Charles, Neil, the Bones, Beethoven, Kiki
& Tororo, my (not-so) little cousins and who knows WHAT else!!
(I am dancing on the rooftop in the last chapter heading of book four. **chem**)
Look for appearances by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess at the Florida Tropicon this fall!
Anywayz...if you are bored and want to see some of my convention loot go to my San Diego page!
charlie and neil...a pic from the promo copy of "Ballads and Sagas"
available from Greenman Press
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