Epic and legendary Warcraft loot up for auction
by Lesley Smith 
Apr 23rd 2009 at 9:00AM
The auction is being held online between 17th-27th April and all proceeds are going to the Peninsula Education Foundation in order to support all schools in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. There are lots of different items on auction but Blizzard fans will be wanting to pay special attention to the World of Warcraft basket which has a starting bid of $1,100 and includes:
- World of Warcraft: Collector's Edition (autographed by the development team)
- World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Collector's Edition (autographed by the development team)
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition (autographed by the development team)
- Spectral Tiger Mount Loot Card (Upper Deck)
- World of Warcraft - one year free gift card
- Limited Edition Arthas Helm (Sideshow Collectibles)
- Limited Edition Cinematic Art of WotLK book
- The Music of Blizzard (Echoes of War), deluxe Eminence CD set
- 2008 BlizzCon exclusive World of Warcraft Hardback comic collection
- Deluxe edition, World of Warcraft miniatures Game, Core Set
- Talking Murloc Plush Toy
- Vindicator Maraad Deluxe collectors action figure
Filed under: Events, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Scott Apr 23rd 2009 9:22AM
First tool of the morning, perhaps....
Azhural Apr 23rd 2009 9:25AM
Time Left 4d 10h 37m
Online Close Apr. 27, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
Leading Bid $1,100.00
Number of Bids 1 - Bid History
Lots of people interested I see...1.1k is a lot for the average lower middle class WoW player I guess.
Charlie Apr 23rd 2009 11:36AM
Heh, I mean its an auction for a charity.
If I had the money I'd definitely donate.
ScytheNoire Apr 23rd 2009 9:29AM
What, no Frostmourne?
Awesome bundle though, would be worth it if I had the money.
Just happens to be on some obscure website with a very short time limit. Would do much better on a major site like eBay.
WoWPlayer Apr 23rd 2009 9:41AM
What isn't clear is whether or not the Collector's Editions are completely new or whether they have already been used by an account. (Since Blizz doesn't recognize transfer of accounts this is a crucial bit of information). I'm more than willing to bid on this if I can set up an account for them, but not if they're already used, like most of the "Collector's Editions" you see on places like Ebay......
Sibe Apr 23rd 2009 9:48AM
is the WOTLK autographed by tigole? cause i doubt it..........
pushmonk Apr 23rd 2009 9:49AM
Yes, I'm sure the games are used, the CDs are scratched, the books spines are broken, the one year gift card was for last year, the Murlok's batteries are dead, and the loot card has been scratched.
Kia Apr 23rd 2009 10:15AM
I'm pretty sure they would have made more and gotten more people interested if they separated the items. As is I own two of the collector's editions, the artbook, the plush, and certainly won't be bidding $1200 on a basket containing a bunch of stuff I already have and some stuff I don't. Way to fail planning, guys.
Invisible Elf Apr 23rd 2009 11:53AM
You could just re-sell the things you don't need
Bubsa Apr 23rd 2009 10:17AM
- Talking Murloc Plush Toy
TALKING MURLOC PLUSH TOY?!
I require the following urgent information:
1) Are these available in any store
2) See one.
jealouspirate Apr 23rd 2009 10:46AM
http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/5890943/World-Of-Warcraft-Talking-Murloc-Plush-Toy/Product.html#
Apparently it speaks a variety of "Nerglish" phrases.
AGS Apr 23rd 2009 10:50AM
$40 and currently out of stock at Jinx.com
They're going for more than $70 on ebay.
As for the rest of you. It's a charity auction boneheads. You put together a basket and you hope that some wealthy aunt will pay $4000 for a $3000 basket, she gets that warm contributor feeling and her nephew gets the basket for his birthday. Right now it's a great value since the Spectral Tiger card is selling for more than $900 on ebay, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the price climb in the next few days.
On the other hand - with the current economy - wealthy aunts aren't being quite a generous as they used to.
Anoira Apr 23rd 2009 10:50AM
Jinx
Amaxe Apr 23rd 2009 10:50AM
I thought WI was going to start banning these people
Maitri Apr 23rd 2009 11:07AM
Wow.
They'd probably have more luck auctioning each item separately, no?
Pat Apr 23rd 2009 11:14AM
I just want to congratulate Lesley on spelling "Peninsula" right every time despite the overwhelming urge most gamers have to mispell it at least once. ;)
Rowan Apr 23rd 2009 11:23AM
Sad they don't have some of the more desirable items: Inflatable Frostmourne, Turtle Mount (the slow one), Blizzcon 2007 Bear, X52 Rocket mount (or w/e it's called). I'd bite if it actually had in-game items I wanted...and if I had the money. :(
Szaboa Apr 23rd 2009 11:48AM
Fortunately the auction isn't aimed at you Rowan, or any of us. Most charity auctions are aimed at people who have a donation budget. Let's say someone has $5,000 they plan to donate to charity this year. They can either just give the $5,000 and get a pathetically small tax write off, or they can overbid on one of these charity auctions, and get a great gift to give to someone they know who plays computer games.
The name of the game is to make an attractive mixed basket that will attract gamers and non-gamers to donate. Some baskets will go for under or around their value, but hopefully most will go for far above the retail value.
Another consideration is that these baskets are usually contributed by corporations to the charity, so they make money no matter what.
While you'd make more money splitting up the basket, the charity usually makes more money by putting together as awesome a package as they can.
Andy Apr 23rd 2009 1:24PM
This is soooo funny. I went to school there and my mom used to run this charity 10 years ago.
Todd Apr 23rd 2009 2:38PM
Really now... do tell?