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Fred's Mary's Hands Annual TD Charity Auction - Jan 8th-Jan 22nd 2025 1 year 1 month ago #1

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Hello all! It's time for our 2025 auction benefitting Mary's Hands!

I am making this an annual auction and adjusting the timing to better match when we make commitments to buy starts and seeds as well as soil amendments and organic fertilizers. We'll put in those orders by the end of January.

Our new auction starts at noon MST January 8th and runs to noon mst on January 22nd. One hit wonders will be the themed monikers and will be given to all bidders. I'm sure some will spur debate as to if they are really one hit wonders or not - it will be a fun aside as part the auction.

Please send bids via PM

I'll try to update frequently - at minimum daily then more frequently as we get near auction completion.

Ebay style bidding. Bidding up to $10 is in 25 cent increments, $1 increments from $10-$100, then $5 increments above $100. Shipping is $9.

First, an overview of what you’ll be helping…

Mary's Hands is a 501c3 Non-profit founded by my wife Isabelle and myself. It was named after my mother who tirelessly volunteered and helped others her whole life. We are fortunate enough to have land we can farm and built a program to grow food for who need it the most locally. The critical part of what we do is in delivering the food to affordable housing communities directly and helping them set up mercado-style markets where residents can come by and pick up whatever produce they need in a friendly and supportive environment. We grow what these communities are telling us they can't afford but would love to have. It's humbling to see people who can't afford high quality organic produce get restaurant-grade produce rather than cast-offs or seconds. You can find more information about our work at Mary's Hands

Your generosity helped us grow and distribute more than $20,000 worth of produce in 2024. This year we hope to increase that by at least 50%. Although the yields were similar to 2023, moving to much more frequent deliveries helped us increase how much was able to be used by the communities. Effectively, this meant about 25% more food being eaten.

Bidding will be ebay style with the winning bids paying through our donation portal for Mary's Hands. All winning bids are tax deductible as a donation to our 501C(3) non profit Mary's Hands!

Thank you in advance!
-Fred
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2025 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Jan 8-22 1 year 1 month ago #2

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Partial* Auction Listings:
*I'll be adding items up to auction start and some extras as we progress!

Item name/Current Winning Bidder/High Bid
New Items added after auction start :
1/22 added:
2nd Greater Bead of Whispers (+3 saves and part of legendary transmute!) - Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $145

Auction winners are eligible to be entered into a drawing to get 2 GHC True Grind tickets!

1/20 added:
Second Set of Rings added!
1 of each - Ring of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th circle -catch up on your ticket to Ring Con! All the rings (to date) needed for the transmute in 2026 - it's your ticket to entry at Ring Con and will have powers of its own! - Men Without Hats ("Safety Dance") $275

2003 Woodie Tokens (lot): Scroll: Detect Secret Doors, Scroll: Magic Missile, Gold 2 gp, Gold 4 gp, Gem 5 gp (crystal), Gem 5 GP (Geo), Gem 10 GP (Citrine), Gear: Bone Map Case, Gear: 50' Rope, Gear: Waterskin, Gear: Sm Metal Mirror, Gear: Flint & Steel, Gear: Steel Flask, Uncommon item: Masterwork Thieves Tools - Bobby Picket ("Monster Mash") $41

(Lot) AD&D/2nd Edition D&D Books and Modules: Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook (2nd Edition, 2nd Printing), AD&D Character Sheets (2nd Edition), Module B2 "The Keep on the Borderlands" (1980 printing - purple cover), Module D1-2 "Descent into the depths of the earth" (1981 Blue Cover), Module D3 Vault of the Drow (1980 Blue Cover), Module Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980 Purple Cover - still has the original maps). Baha Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out?") $85


1/17 added:
50K in Gold! (Two 25K gold reserve bars auctioned as a set) (market value: $550+) - Baha Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out?") $450
2nd Complete set of all 2024 VTD completion tokens (there are two sets available in this auction)(Bead of the Third Eye, Bracelets of Psychic Power, Charm of Psychic Power, Crown of Psychic Power, Ioun Stone Scapolite Prism, Pendant of Psychic Power, Ring of Psychic Power) The Outfield ("Your Love") $50
2024 UR Charm of Shared Recovery - regeneration that gets better the more of these charms the party has! Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $60

1/13 added:
UR Shaed (great Rothfuss themed DR item!) Stacy Q ("Two of Hearts") $66
UR +2 Chaos Cannon - great 2 handed ranged weapon (meaning the gladiator gloves work with it) usable by all classes Divinyls ("I Touch Myself") $29
UR Butterfly Cloak +2 to saves and brings you back to life 1/game in the next room (rooms 1-6) Vanilla Ice (Ice Ice Baby) $72
Volunteer token! UR Ioun Stone Champions Choice (+2 to Str or dex) Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $125
Mark of the 3rd Tenet - Part of the upcoming marks set, +3 wisdom Men Without Hats ("Safety Dance") $100

Big token lot:
(all one lot) (appreciation tokens) Complete set of all Hitchhiking Ghosts (bog, flog, gog, mog, shog) (once use allows extra rare slot item for eye, foot, leg, shirt, waist for a full run) and Complete set of Folios (treasure draw only) (brawn, deftness, fitness, focus, fortitude, might (+1 level!), reflexes, vitality, and wisdom.) The Outfield ("Your Love") $70

Original auction items
Spotlight items:
Surtr's Girdle of Giant Strength (+7 to Str) - Tag Team ("Whoop There It Is!") $595

True Grind "This shirt cost my party their lives..." shirt - 1 more shirt was allowed to be made just for this auction - courtesy of Picc! (this will be produced at whatever size the winner indicates.) Devo ("Whip it") $300


Hard to Find or Unusual Items:
Relic:
Ring of Heroism +1 level - A-Ha! ("Take on Me") $130

Rare Hard to Find Tokens:
Charm of Enlightenment (+8 wis) -Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $51

Arcanum items:
Arcanum Shirt (+2 to str, dex, con, and focus) - part of the upcoming Arcanum set - Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy") $250

Relics:
+3 Savage Sword Very high dmg wheel - crits on 19-20 - part of the legendary Kilgore Sword Transmute - Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $165
Greater Gloves of the Gladiator +6 to all dmg w/ any two handed weapon (even ranged!) - part of the legendary A-Ha! ("Take on me") $110
Greater Bead of Whispers +3 to saves - part of the legendary Boaz transmute Men Without Hats ("Safety Dance")$140
Ioun Stone Elfstone Shard +10 to max hp - Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy") $105

URs:
TEs
Bead of Bounty +2 treasure draws -Lipps, Inc ("Funkytown") $63
Bead of Greed +2 treasure draws - The Outfield ("Your Love") $70

Other URs
Boots of Brawling +2 to hit w/ melee +1 to saves Twisted Sister ("We're not gonna take it!") $ 75
Grunnel's Funnel - Free action use healing potion on self or others Lipps, Inc ("Funkytown") $30
Ioun Stone Kyanite Cube +2 cold dmg with ranged attacks -2 dmg from cold Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $37
Ioun Stone Mystic Orb +2 to saves (+3 with skull of cavadar) Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $43
Ioun Stone Flourite Sphere +2 to healing spells and healing received gets +2 hp Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $30


Sets/Groups:
Safehold 5 with 8 hireling stewarts Divinyls ("I Touch Myself") $155

1 of each - Ring of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th circle -catch up on your ticket to Ring Con! All the rings (to date) needed for the transmute in 2026 - it's your ticket to entry at Ring Con and will have powers of its own! - Vanilla Ice ("Ice Ice Baby") $280

Complete set of all 2023 and 2024 monster bits (excluding skull of batterak) - needed for 2026 Greater Glory transmute! 14 tokens - worth 1.4 GF even if just transmuted to GF- Twisted Sister ("We're Not Gonna Take It") $61

Complete set of all 2024 VTD completion tokens (Bead of the Third Eye, Bracelets of Psychic Power, Charm of Psychic Power, Crown of Psychic Power, Ioun Stone Scapolite Prism, Pendant of Psychic Power, Ring of Psychic Power) - good tokens but, importantly, all the completion tokens needed for the ring of psychic mastery Twisted Sister ("We're Not Gonna Take It") $40

Ancients Set - Charm, Armor, and Staff - great items and +1 level for the set Right Said Fred ("I'm Too Sexy") $125

Greaves of Absorption, Deflection, and Stalwart - great items and part of the 2026 Greaves transmute -Men without hats ("Safety Dance") $160

Stretch goals 3K and 4K were unlocked - check the top of this post for the new items! At 5K more items will be added!
What do we want? Evidence based science! When do we want it? After peer review!

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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st at noon MST 1 year 1 month ago #3

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BUMP! Our auction starts Noon mst tomorrow!
What do we want? Evidence based science! When do we want it? After peer review!

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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st at noon MST 1 year 1 month ago #4

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The initial items have been listed. I may add a few more during the auction so keep checking in!

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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #5

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*bump* most items have no bids yet - lots of great deals available!
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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #6

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New bids are starting to come in - we're up to just over $900 raised and are hoping for $3K+. Most URs are still only 25 cents with others having no bid at all yet. Jump in while you can!
What do we want? Evidence based science! When do we want it? After peer review!

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2024 Charity Auction (Mary's Hands) Jan 1-Jan 15th includes a Golden Ticket! 1 year 1 month ago #7

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We're up to $1100 in bids so far!

Fantastic deals still out there.
Golden ticket high bid is only $505
8 UR's with no bids yet
A Relic with no bids
Enhanced token set including enchanter's whetstone with no bid
CURSED mirror of pride and fork of gluttony with no bid

A Relic with a high bid of $0.25
11 URs with high bids of $0.25

2023 VTD completion set high bid of $0.25
2023 Monster bit set high bid of $0.25

Let's get some more bids in there!

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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #8

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More new bids in - we just crossed $1,200 in bids so far!

Still amazing deals to be found:
3 URs with no bids yet
2 Relics at only 25 cents
13 URs at only 25 cents
2023 Monster bit set at only 25 cents
2023 VTD completion set only 25 cents

GT current bid is only $505
2024 URs that are common PYP picks are almost all going for less then $30!

Jump in - get great items and help a good cause!

Fred
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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #9

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We're up to $1460 in bids! All but 2 items have a bid now.

Great deals across the board. We have 12 URs and a package of Enhanced tokens (including enchanter's whetstone) all at 25 cents! We're below $30 on almost all URs, hirelings, monster bit set, and woodie 2005 UR necklace of fireballs.

The Golden Ticket is only at $505, The Spirit Pet Ducky is only $81, and 4 relics going for well under $100 (3 under $30!).

Take advantage of great deals and helping a good cause! Keep Bidding!
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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st at noon MST 1 year 1 month ago #10

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We're now over $1,750! Great start to the auction!

Still quite a few items well below 1/2 of market pricing:
Golden Ticket at $505
2005 UR Necklace of Fireballs at $51
Orion's Belt at $26
15 URs at less than $20!
Enhanced set with items valued at between $150 and $200 (total) is only at $25!

Bid early and bid often for great tokens and a great cause! (As an added perk, you get to learn about weird superheroes or supervillians with each new one added with new bidders!)
What do we want? Evidence based science! When do we want it? After peer review!

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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #11

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We're up to $2,350 in bids! Amazing progress!

Still great deals available:
Hireling Stewarts at only $21
Ancients set of 3 2024 UR ancient set tokens going for only $76
Set of 2023 monster bits going for $21
VTD completion set PLUS Grunnel's Hexed Fruitcake only $61
20 UR's under $30
All 5 relics under $110 (Boots of Protection for only $25)
Necklace of Fireballs only $51
Our spotlight item for this auction, the Golden Ticket, is still below market value - currently at $945.

Lots of great deals available while helping a great cause! Keep up the bids!

Fred
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2024 Charity Auction Benefitting Mary's Hands Starting January 1st 1 year 1 month ago #12

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We added Dishman and Batmanuel to our lineup of high bidders!

We're now over $2,300! I am in awe of the TD community's generosity. Just wow everyone!

Still great deals to be found and you are helping a great cause. Less than a week left!
What do we want? Evidence based science! When do we want it? After peer review!

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