Once Upon A Time,
Amy Guskin wrote:

>http://collection.movingimage.us/index.php?g=detail&object_id=99056 
>http://movingimage.us/press/pdf/2008/babylon5_mask_062008.pdf
>
>Hi, all,
>
>I have a bit of exciting news to share with you all.
>
>Some of you might remember the last time Marc Zicree (writer of B5 first 
>season episode "Survivors") put up the G'Kar mask he owned on
eBay -- this is 
>the one he had in a display case, mounted on a lifemask of Andreas, which 
>really distinguished it from the many other such items that come up for 
>auction from time to time.  That was nearly two years ago, in fall of 2006, 
>and at the time, I asked for help from the fandom to group-purchase the mask 
>in order to eventually donate it to a museum, to keep it out of some private 
>collector's basement.  It was soon after Andreas died, and it seemed more 
>important than ever to get that piece (this was about the fourth time it had 
>been offered for auction).
>
>An astonishing ten of you stepped up to help.  Most of the names you'll 
>recognize from the newsgroup in one form or other (some lurk, some use other 
>names here), one is Blair's wife, and one is a very dear, very old friend of 
>mine who has been in sf fandom and book publishing (as an editor and an 
>author) for many years.  They are:
>
>Amy Guskin (me!)
>Neil Burton
>Jan Schroeder
>Blair (and Judy Emick-) Leatherwood
>Iva Ferris
>Caryn Dunkel
>Hilary Weston
>Dennis Weldy
>George Brickner
>Janna Silverstein

You're missing someone from your list.

>We concluded the purchase in December 2006,

And you never contacted me for my 25 bucks.  Quite unlike what I would
expect from a true Babylon 5 fan, to shun another fan.

>I think that what makes it an unusual 
>acquisition is the nature of the donors -- a group of fans who wanted to 
>treat a piece of the show's history with the respect it deserves.

Except the ones you couldn't be bothered to associate with.


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