SFX Weekender Charity Auction Announced

Updated! With top new prizes to bid for at this year’s charity auction

[Latest exciting addtions in bold below] Using money to purchase goods and services feels good (except when you’re paying a man £100 an hour to look at your boiler while he scratches his beard), but giving money to those who really need it feels even better, which is why we’ve combined the two for the SFX Weekender 3’s Charity Auction in aid of Great Ormond Street.

SFX ’s own Adrian Hill will be taking to the stage again on the Friday night of this year’s weekend-long festival of sci-fi to auction off a host of must-own items for charidee including:

• The original hand-written Christmas note from Matt Smith (as featured in SFX Issue 217)
• A coat worn by the Cat in Red Dwarf (courtesy of Prop store of London)
• The Red Dwarf edition of SFX (as seen in Back To Earth )
• True Blood t-shirt signed by Stephen Mayer (courtesy of HBO)
• True Blood season one Blu-ray signed by Alexander Skårsgard (courtesy of HBO)
• True Blood season two Blu-ray signed by Alexander Skårsgard (courtesy of HBO)
• A signed Being Human script, Torchwood DVD and postcards from Toby Whithouse
• Original Mark Buckingham artwork
• A collection of signed photos from Showmasters and Massive Events Conventions
• An original Daily Planet Newspaper from Superman 3 (courtesy of www.elstreeprops.com)

Big thanks to Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood (who will be appearing on stage at the Weekender next week) who have donated a bumper pack of fun for the SFX Auction:

• Danger Academy , signed by Tony and Dan
• All four Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars books, signed by Tony and Dan
• Midnight Kiss , by Tony Lee and Marvel-exclusive Ryan Stegman, signed by Tony
• Doctor Who: Final Sacrifice , signed by Tony
• The Doctor Who Annual 2011, signed by Tony
• The script to Tony's story in the Doctor Who Annual 2011, signed by Tony
• The Doppleganger Chronicles 3: The Great Mogul Diamond by G.P Taylor, Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood, signed by Tony and Dan
• Hope Falls: The Ultimate Edition , signed by Tony and Dan
• An original sketch by Dan Boultwood

And (best of all)…

• A character named after the winner in the screenplay being written by Tony for the movie adaptation of Hope Falls , currently optioned by Future Films!

As you can see, a jobload of genuine once-in-a-lifetime prizes are up for the taking at the SFX Weekender Charity Auction in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, and there’s even more yet to be confirmed, so be sure to bring along plenty of monies or risk walking away disappointed.

The SFX Weekender 3 takes place at Prestatyn holiday camp in North Wales on Friday 3rd February and Saturday 4th February 2012. Weekend passes and accommodation are now completely sold out, however day passes are still available. Make sure you get yours before it's too late! Book now by calling 08700 11 00 34, or head to www.sfxweekender.com/tickets for more information.