Here are the news you have been waiting for: As you can see from the screenshot above, I have just transferred the money raised in our birthday auctions to the tribute site at much-loved where you can see our message displayed if you scroll down below the tribute text. As shown, the total came to…
Hello everyone, I am acutely aware that everybody who has participated in the birthday auctions, is awaiting news of the final donations. I owe you an update, especially as I have been away travelling the last four days. First of all: All monies have now been received and the final donation is would be ready to…
There’s no monetary value attached to birthday wishes – in the sense that they are priceless, cannot be measured in financial terms. And yet I have a number to announce here that you have been waiting for since this afternoon. Apologies for taking so long, sending the eBay invoices, monitoring the payments and filing the…
You are making my dream come true. I think I can already say that because even if there aren’t any further movements, I will personally bump up the figures to reach the number that I threw out here in my last post last night. You have responded beautifully to my begging challenge, and overnight the…
How was that for a day of peace? I deliberately kept quiet today rather than overload you with new developments. Besides, day 2 in the auctions usually tends to be slow – after the big excitement of the newly launched auctions a day prior, as well as the coming frenzy of auctions ending the following…
The customary good night post with a last update before I head to bed. Those of you who are following the auctions on Twitter, too, have already seen the 2nd landmark reached earlier on. Here it is: Over the course of the day, the bids have moved further, and some time this evening our current…
Part of the fun of our charity fundraiser is actually following the progress of the individual auctions. Last year I brought you the milestones of the auctions. This year, there will be a landmark series – to acknowledge the various notable points along the way of our auctions. The pinging on my phone has gone on…
So, we are about seven hours into the RA Birthday Auctions, and I am already a wreck… The first response to the auctions has been… GREAT! Unbelievable, really. I have been blown away by your response! No sooner had the auctions been posted, and the bids started coming in. Unfortunately I made a couple of…
Let’s start the celebrations! Richard’s birthday is coming up in a few days’s time, and as requested I am organising another round of the previously successful charity auctions. Richard once said about gifts “I do, however, wish to ask, (…) as I look at the small mountain of carefully chosen gifts purchased with those hard…
(Part of) the fandom is coming together again this year to celebrate Richard’s birthday with a charity fundraiser. For all of you who have previously not been part of the fun and suspense that it is our charity auction, here is the official small print on how the event works: We are auctioning off fan…
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