Sorry Zns, i wish i had some good news to report to everyone. I can't. Again, things are getting worse instead of better and i've got some very scary deadlines looming.
UPDATED LIST - Probably won't have time to post everything new before i have to go out for something but will finish with the updates later tonight - items new to this update marked with a (*). PM me or email
dw_m@webtv.net if you're interested in any of the following.
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Books:
- Street Gang hardback (SST)
- Sesame Street Unpaved
- Bert and the Broken Teapot
- Ernie Gets Lost
- Jim Henson The Works
- One Frog Can Make a Difference
- Miss Piggy's Guide to Life (no jacket)
- Rainbow Connection - Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer
- Jim Henson's Muppet Stories #1
- No Strings Attached - the Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- The Alchemy of Mirrormask
Muppet Magazine:
(*)- Summer 1985 - Kermit Greensteen Summer in the USA
(*)- Spring 1986 - Muppet Awards (two copies)
(*)- Summer 1986 - Labyrinth/Jennifer Connelly
- Return to Labyrinth volumes 3 & 4
- Best Friends (Fraggle) (some ink on back cover)
- What Do Doozers Do?
- Mokey's Birthday Present
- All three issues of Archaia's Fraggle Rock comic plus the Free Comic Book Day issue
Muppet Babies Comic Books:
- #1 Haunted Nursery
- #8 The Storyland Caper
- #9 Cleopiggy (two of these)
- Harvey Classics #5 Go to Camp
- The Puppetry Journal Winter 2005 - A Master Class at Studio Roser cover story (Puppeteers of America magazine)
(*)- Puppetry Journal Spring 2005 - Strings film cover
(*)- Puppetry Journal Fall 2005 - Celebrating 50 Years of The Muppets cover story; includes one of Jerry Juhl's last interviews
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Videotapes:
- Saturday Night Live episode #1
- Muppet Classic Theatre
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
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DVDs:
- Farscape Adv Films season 3 box set
- Muppets From Space
- Muppets Take Manhattan
- Best of TMS: Alice Cooper/Vincent Price (includes song cut from TMS Season 1)/Marty Feldman
- Kermit's Swamp Years
- Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
- The Muppet Movie (Columbia with camera test and Muppetisms extras)
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Miscellaneous:
- Valerie Harper and James Coburn Muppet Show scripts
(*)- Muppet Babies pilot Noisy Neighbors script (missing last page) autographed by Jeffrey Scott
- TMS Harvey Korman script/transcript
- TMS Vincent Price script/transcript
(*)- TMS Valerie Harper script/transcript
- TMS Kaye Ballard script/transcript
(*)- Labyrinth script
- Empire Strikes Back script
- Fearing Mind Episode 1 script
- Large video collection of Henson/Muppet items (url to tape trade page available upon request)
- the original Muppet Monopoly (slight water damage to the bottom of the box from when my apartment was flooded)
- huge plush Cookie Monster
- small Kermit plush - don't know manufacturer since tag is removed, but it was the one they were giving out as trivia prizes at MuppetFest
- a personally autographed photo of Farscape's Virginia Hay (Zhaan)
(*)- Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit program
(*)- Jim Henson's Fantastic World Mesa AZ oversized-postcard-style flyer personally autographed by Fran Brill (and Zoe), Dave Goelz (and Gonzo), and Karen Falk
(*)- Letter from Jeff Marx and Bobby Lopez (before they were famous via Avenue Q) dated 7-15-99 describing their unsuccessful attempts to sell their script for Kermit, Prince of Denmark and asking for my critique/feedback. Second page is an outline of KPoD story and song list. Autographed (i.e. signed by) Jeff Marx
- The "cream of the crop" of my collection is a sheet of Muppet stationary (unofficial fan art border by Chris Smigliano) chockful of autographs from a whole slew of Muppeteers and crew members from the set of Muppets From Space (including Brian Henson and Frank Oz). This was given to me as a special gift so due to both the inherent value and the sentimental value, i will only sell it for a high price. (Yes, i'm that desperate to get rid of the #1 thing i never thought i'd sell if the asking price is right!)
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Calandars:
- Muppet Parody 1997
- Muppet Movie Parodies 1998
- TMS Official Calendar 2004
- SST 2005
- Muppets 2006
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Palisades/Action Figures:
- Kermit (camera accessory is broken in half due to fall of shelf)
- Miss Piggy
- Dr. Teeth
- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (glasses are broken off - they stay in place for me fine displayed on my shelf but you may wish to fix with glue)
- Muppet Labs Playset with Beaker
- Koozebane Kermit
- Stuntman Gonzo
- Floyd Pepper
- Crazy Harry
- Electric Mayhem Playset with Animal
- Rowlf
- Scooter
- Lew Zealand
- Zoot
- Swedish Kitchen Playset with the Swedish Chef
- Sam Arrow (bottom half broke off due to fall off shelf, snaps back together and stays in place for shelf display but you may wish to glue together)
- Rizzo
- Link Hogthrob
- Julius Strangepork
- Gonzo
- Pepe
- Newsman
- Clifford
- Patrol Bear Fozzie
- Statler
- Waldorf
- Swinetrek Playset with First Mate Piggy
- Captain Smollett
- Frog Scout Robin
- Johnny Fiama
- Beauregard
- Usher Scooter
- Sam the Eagle
- Phil Van Neuter
- Marvin Suggs
Pvc sets:
- Sam the Eagle with book / Mahna Mahna /Thog with flower
- Kermit as Bob Cratchit with Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim / Statler as Jacob Marley / Two ice skating Penguins
- Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig / Waldorf as Robert Marley / Ghost of Christmas Present
Also:
- Jack in the Box kids meal figures: Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, Pepe, Chef
- Kermit on a log playing banjo with banner saying "50th anniversary" with button that plays Rainbow Connection when pressed. Can be used as either a stand alone shelf display item or has a small hook to hang as Christmas tree ornament
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Records (all with sleeves):
- The Muppet Show (UK version with gatefold sleeve, different back cover and extra tracks)
- Mahna Mahna/Halfway Down the Stairs 7"
(Sesame Street
- What Time Is It On Sesame Street? (Gatefold sleeve)
- The Stars Come Out On Sesame Street (Gatefold sleeve)
- Sing-Along! (with paper inner sleeve with lyrics slightly torn)
- Big Bird Presents Hans Christian Andersen (gatefold sleeve)
- Just the Two of Us (two record set with gatefold sleeve)
- Born to Add
- The Best of Big Bird
- The Sesame Street Record (pen marks on front cover, paper peels on back cover)
- Gold! (2 record set with gatefold sleeve)
- Aren't You Glad You're You? (marker marks on front cover)
- 10th Anniversary Album (marker marks on front cover)
- Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
- Monsters!
- The People In Your Neighborhood
- Sleepytime Bird
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CD's:
-Kermit Unpigged
-Great Muppet Caper soundtrack
-Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack
-Muppet Treasue Island soundtrack
-Muppet Hits Take 2 (crack on underside which doesn't affect playability or sound quality and cover personally autographed by Jerry Juhl)
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..and as a reminder as per non Muppet/Henson stuff includes a large collection of Simpsons Comic Books, Alpha Flight comics (from volumes 1, 2, and 3) though many of these were water damaged from the SECOND(!) time my apartment was flooded, a large collection of old issues of The Advocate, Out, Genre, and Echo Magazines, not-as-old but still not all that recent issues of The Nation, The Progressive, Mother Jones, and The American Prospect, most issues of Wrapped In Plastic (a Twin Peaks/David Lynch fanzine which also included quite a bit of X-Files content because of David Duchovny's involvement), lots of Archie comics (comic books and digests), several Doonesbury books, a huge collection of One Life to Live episodes (mostly from 2003-present but also some older stuff), and a large collection of mostly 80s cds and vinyl albums, 7" and 12" singles (including pretty much anything/everything Pet Shop Boys and Eurythmics/Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart related), various collection books of comic strips.