Michael Payne has selected a few of his favourite cartoons to be included in the auction. And the cartoonists have not only agreed to personally sign each cartoon, but to also dedicate each cartoon to each auction winner.
Each cartoon will be printed on the very best quality litho art paper, with Passepartout and deckled edging.
A unique collectors item, with all funds going to the four charities / causes.
The Toon In! Charity auction will accept bids until 24.00 GMT 6th June 2021. Bids can be submitted on line - or by email to toonin@jta.sport. All bids must be submitted in US $.
No. 1 of the 250 limited edition litho from Jim Thompson – capturing some of the special moments of the Olympic Ceremonies over past 125 years, and the characters in Toon In!
A signed copy of Toon In! by the author Michael Payne, and a collection of other signatures including IOC President Dr Thomas Bach.
Current Leading bid: $5500.00
Six of the best cartoons from Toon In!, signed by the cartoonist.
Each cartoon printed on top quality litho art paper, with passepartout and deckled edging.
Cartoonist: Chicane, New Zealand
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
The Olympic Symbol learning the new rules of social distancing. Tokyo will be the first Olympic Games ever to be postponed. The Games have only ever been cancelled three times. The 1940 Olympic Games were originally awarded to Tokyo and Sapporo, but with the outbreak of its war with China, Japan forfeited the right to host, and the Games were initially re-awarded to Helsinki and Gamish Partinkirchen before finally being cancelled.
Current Leading bid: $160.00
Cartoonist: Jim Thompson, USA
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
One of the on-going challenges facing the International Paralympic Committee, athlete’s true disabilities. The first known disabled sport competition was staged by the USA in 1911 and inappropriately called the ‘Cripples Olympiad.’ The Tokyo Paralympics will see 4,400 athletes across 22 sports. Such is the importance of medal success at the Paras that cheating is now just as prevalent as it is in the Olympics.
Current Leading bid: $200.00
Cartoonist: Roger Dahl, Japan / USA
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
No Olympic Games has ever faced such uncertainty – and there have been several solid candidates. The countdown to Tokyo has fuelled a media and political frenzy about whether the Games should be cancelled because of the continued challenges of Covid. Calls for the cancellation of the Games are not necessarily new PyeongChang 2018 (too dangerous due to the Kim / Trump nuclear stand-off); Rio 2016 (the Zika virus outbreak); Sochi 2014 (Chechen security threat) … the list goes on..
Current Leading bid: $90.00
Cartoonist: Jim Thompson, USA
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
Tokyo was the first Olympic Games to be postponed. However, in recent years there have been a further three occasions when, but for the Grace of God, the Games were nearly postponed/11, the Icelandic volcanic cloud and Sars.
Current Leading bid: $400.00
Cartoonist: Ingrid Rice, Canada.
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
While scientists become ever more innovative in developing new drugs, athletes are becoming ever more creative in their defence. Their claims range from ‘the vanishing twin’, to the ‘weather’ (rainfall carrying unidentified waste), to too much sex with the wife the night before.
Current Leading bid: $200.00
Cartoonist: Jim Thompson, USA
Signed by the cartoonist, and personally dedicated to the winning bidder.
Russia is still paying the price for its ‘little misunderstanding’ in Sochi, where they were caught running a programme swapping ‘dirty’ urine samples for ‘clean’ ones. Russian athletes will only compete in Tokyo, as ‘neutrals’ with no flag or national anthem.
Current Leading bid: $300.00
Winning bidders will be notified of their auction success, week 7th June.
Following payment, the cartoons will be dedicated and signed by the cartoonist and shipped to the successful bidders.
Funds from the charity auction, will be shared equally between the four charities / causes.
Toon In! reserves the right to accept and / or reject any bid, and seek confirmation from any bidder of their intentions.
