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The G4G Fall 2022 Benefit Auction is taking place the week of October 23-30, 2022. This is the perfect time to get gifts for the holidays. Special unique items include autographed books by Martin Gardner and John Conway, notebooks with drawings featured in Vi Hart’s videos, mechanical puzzles, Escher-inspired checkerboard, original artwork, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4B: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 2 (scheduled for publication this fall) personally autographed by Donald Knuth, G4G Gift Exchange books, lessons in magic and more. Proceeds fund G4G scholarships, Celebration of Mind, and other G4G outreach initiatives.
Date: Saturday, October 15, 1:30 pm ET / 10:30 am PT
What: The Zoom Auction Preview features a few special G4G-style presentations, provides details on how the auction will work, and showcases a selection of auction items. Check out this sneak peek at the wide-ranging list of exciting and exclusive items!
Here are details for a few items to be auctioned:
A handcrafted double-sided Escher-inspired checkerboard and checkers
Notebooks with drawings featured in Vi Hart’s videos
Books Autographed by Martin Gardner, John Conway, and others
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4B: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 2 (scheduled for publication this fall) personally autographed by Donald Knuth. It’s filled with recreational material about topics such as arrangements of queens; word rectangles; sudoku; pentominoes; soma; macmahon tiles; edge-matching puzzles; motley dissections; kenken; slitherlink; masyu; kakuro; hitori; game of Life; etc., etc. Martin Gardner is cited more than 20 times.
From Florence, Italy. This light fixture can be used as a pendant or table lamp.
The Online Auction Fundraiser is open to everyone! G4G past attendees, potential future attendees, and the general public – all are welcome to join in the fun! Please share with your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. The more bids the better!
The G4G Auction is primarily held on eBay for Charity where 100% of auction proceeds will be donated to the G4G Foundation. The eBay auction features a wide variety of physical items (games, puzzles, art, jewelry, books, and more!) as well as services and virtual experiences (mentoring, magical performances, and tours). Functioning in the same way as the original eBay marketplace, eBay for Charity allows us to efficiently sell a wide range of donated items through their platform.
PLEASE NOTE: G4G does not offer appraisal services; auction item values are estimates provided by the item donor. These values have not been independently verified by G4G.
Kadon Enterprises sells combinatorial puzzles inspired by Martin Gardner’s writings on pentominoes and other recreational geometry. This online gallery of enchanting playthings in laser-cut acrylic and handcrafted wood has over 250 games and puzzles for minds of all ages. As their website says: so beautiful, they’re art.
“I have been designing, researching, developing, and producing these unique tessellations since 1979 (this is my 43rd year!), and many of the G4G community know of my work and may even have collected them through the years. I have some exciting new sets to show this year, and the auction offer applies to all of our sales in the last week of October 2022.” – Kate Jones, President
SB Crafts designs and sells;
The two monkeys, Ali Morris and Steve Nicholls, are long time puzzle collectors and fans of Martin Gardner’s work. Their puzzle range includes trick opening puzzles, interlocking burrs, and some pure geometric fun! A mixture of their own designs and a few by designers who will be well known to the G4G community.
If you prefer to give a monetary donation directly to G4G, you can always do so on the donation page on our website.