On January 12, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The Office’s Rainn Wilson is auctioning off some cool Office stuff to raise money for Haiti relief:
“Dear Tallyheads,
I wanted to do some Haiti fundraising with tanster and so I’ve hauled out some invaluably precious Office items to auction. This will benefit the amazing charity I work with called Planting Peace. They will be working hard on providing aid after the earthquake. Thanks for your support of ‘The Office’ and for your generosity to the suffering people of Haiti.”
Sold Items
1. The Creed ‘Enigma’ t-shirt
Rainn: “These t-shirts were made by the sound department in the second season to welcome Creed Bratton as a series regular. It was like Creed had his own cult with everyone wearing those Creed shirts around.”
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended Jan 22)
2. Dunder Muffin suitcase
This American Tourister rolling red suitcase was the Season 3 crew gift presented by John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and Rainn Wilson. It is embroidered with the infamous misspelling “DUNDER MUFFIN.” Will be signed by the whole cast!
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended Jan 29)
3. The Office “100th Episode” watch
This one of a kind authentic VICTORINOX Swiss Army timepiece, inscribed with “THE OFFICE 100,” was presented to Rainn by the series creators and NBC to commemorate the show’s first 100 episodes.
Rainn says: “This was a cast and crew gift given by the producers for a Season 5 wrap gift. I never wore mine, but put it aside. I don’t wear Swiss Army because I don’t believe in the Swiss Army. If it were an Israeli or North Korean army watch, I would have worn it in a heartbeat!”
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended February 5)
4. THE OFFICE Set Visit for 4!
What else is there to say? Visiting the set of The Office has got to be every fan’s dream!
Details: The winner of this auction item and three (3) guests will be given a tour of THE OFFICE set in Los Angeles and time in the VIP Green Room to watch scenes being filmed for an actual episode of The Office!
Link: Bid now at eBay (ended February 12)
5. THE OFFICE Dunder Mifflin Flip Mino HD video camera
This is a brand new, never used Flip Mino HD video camera customized with a one-of-a-kind Dunder Mifflin design! The inscription reads: “The Office Season 5. Thanks for 100 great ones! (That’s what she said.) JF JK RW SC”
Rainn says: “This was a Season 5 gift from me, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and Steve Carell to the crew. Monogrammed and it is awesome!”
tanster says: “I used a camera just like this one during my visit to THE OFFICE set last year for the filming of ‘Company Picnic.’ I can personally attest to the great video quality that it produces! Example: here is HD video that I shot with my Flip Mino HD. One of the coolest gadgets ever!”
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended March 11)
6. THE OFFICE Rainn Wilson Basketball Anime shirt
This “World Anime Expo Philadelphia 2002” t-shirt was created for the classic and much loved Season 1 episode of THE OFFICE, Basketball. It is a size XL. Be the envy of your beet-eating anime-loving friends. The shirt will be autographed by Rainn!
Rainn says: “This shirt should be going into the Smithsonian, instead it can be worn on your torso. Priceless and one-of-a-kind for any real Office fan.”
Links: Photos (and story of Konikotaka) | Bid now at eBay (ended March 22)
7. THE OFFICE Rainn Wilson Three Wolf Moon shirt *signed*
This is the ‘Three Wolf Moon’ t-shirt worn by Rainn Wilson (“Dwight Schrute”) in the Season 6 wedding episode of THE OFFICE, Niagara!
About the item: You may already know about the magical properties this shirt has on its own, as described on Wikipedia. But because this shirt was also worn by the man himself, Dwight Schrute, it is even more powerful and alluring! It is a size XL. The shirt will be autographed by Rainn!
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended April 2)
8. THE OFFICE Clue Game *signed by Rainn Wilson*
Dunder Mifflin employees must determine WHO “killed” Toby, with WHAT office weapon and WHERE the crime occurred. Can you solve this Scranton mystery before it’s too late? The classic game of whodunit gets a Dunder Mifflin makeover. A must-have collectible for any Office fan! The game will be autographed by Rainn Wilson (“Dwight Schrute”)!
Game pieces include: Dundie, grill, rabid bat, pretzel, World’s Best Boss mug, nunchucks, and more!
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended April 15)
9. THE OFFICE Dunder Mifflin jacket *signed by cast!*
This is a brand new lightweight nylon jacket with stand-up collar, full-zip front with rubber pull and bungee/rubber attachment, on-seam front pockets with concealed zipper, and inside PDA and MP3 pockets with bungee loops for earphone wires.
Color: Black. Size: XL.
There are two embroidered areas: 1) on the chest, “Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, A Division of Sabre” and 2) on the sleeve, “the office season six.” The best part is that the cast of THE OFFICE autographed the inside of the jacket!
Links: Photos | Bid now at eBay (ended May 27)
i wonder what the characters say…?
I know you!:D
GREAT idea! Thanks, Rainn!
“hello” in chinese!
I love Creed. Love him.
(And WWW and SamHam — I get my computer back from the computer hospital next week! Can’t wait to catch up with DMI Marietta! Woot!)
it says “ni hao le,” or “hello” in mandarin.
Is this US only, or can I bid if I live in Sweden?
[from tanster: i just checked with rainn, and free international shipping is included!]
i’m out of the loop… can someone explain the “dunder muffin” thing to me?
[from tanster: i believe it was a typo in manufacturing. makes it more valuable. ;) ]
I want a Dunder Muffin. Sounds yummy. Or perverse.
muffins do sound better than mifflins! Obviously the people who made this had watched the pilot ;)
Obviously the mittens and the mufflers go in the Dunder Muffin bag.
It says “Ni Hao” which means Hello in Chinese.
Wow! What a great auction item! Someone is going to be very lucky- and happy. This was a great idea Rainn. I hope you raise millions with your auctions!
Great idea….for those who HAVE money! You should do a raffle type idea. You’d raise just as much cause many people would do it for a buck or two and it would give the common man a chance.
[from tanster: actually, we did look into doing this as a raffle first, but in the state of california, there were legal and logistical complications. good idea, though!]
Awesome..but I kinda need 6-grand right now.
How about you film an exclusive Office Episode and charge fans $15 to view it.
I’d pay $15 to support Haiti and get an insider pass to my pals Michael & Dwight!
Rainn – awesome that you’re doing this! Thank you!
Wow I wish I could afford this! $6000 is just way too much :(
Too bad, I would absolutely LOVE to visit the set!
wow less than 24 hours left to bid on the set visit, and it looks like there has yet to be a single bid!
Oooh! I really wish I could afford it…I would pull a Dwight and say, “Six thousand…and one penny!” But, I’ll just have to dream…that’s a little out of a college student’s price range!
Hmm…anyone know why the most recent auction item was removed? The HD Flip video camera?
[from tanster: will be posted soon. sorry for the confusion!]
I really really really want the camera but I can’t afford the price. can I bid lower since no one has bid?
Oh, Konikotaka…
Ah, thank you, PF! — totally forgot about that.
I’ve now added the backstory to page 7.
:)
I wanted to bid on the shirt but i missed it dang it. No one bid? Tell Rainn to put it up again and i will bid!
[from tanster: done! 3 more days then it goes back into rainn’s closet. :) here’s the new auction]
Thanks again for putting the shirt back up! Thank Rainn for me too!
Looks like the anime shirt has different colored letters than the one in the episode. Weird..
I can’t tell what all the clue weapons are. I can only figure out Dwight’s nunchucks, a stack of DM paper, a dundie, a George-Foreman grill, a pretzel, a bat and Michael’s mug… what are the other two?
Um, totally want that jacket! That’s totally awesome! :)
Jacket is amazing.
Also late reply, but the other clue weapons are the knife Dwight has hidden in the file cabinet (Under Mr. A. Knife) and the bike chain Dwight tries to use as a weapon during his fight with Andy. (“If Jim didn’t want me to have a weapon, he should’ve removed all the bikes from the parking lot”)
That jacket and all its Goretex goodness would look excellent framed and on my wall.
Mwhahahahahahaha!
I won the jacket! Whoo-hoo!! Thanks to Rainn, the cast, and OT.
[from tanster: congratulations warren! thank you for donating to haiti relief! :) ]