#helen garriott

Helen Walker Garriott: Requiescat in Pacem

Sad news out of Enid, Oklahoma today: Helen Walker Garriott, Richard Garriott’s mother, has passed away: Enid native and philanthropist Helen Walker Garriott died Tuesday morning, leaving behind a legacy of giving that lives on at Leonardo’s Children’s Museum and Adventure Quest. Garriott was co-founder of the children’s museum in 1995, along with Owen K. Garriott. … Leonardo’s Executive Director…

Vintage Ceramics Helen Garriott 7" Skylabs Cookie Jar Late 60's Brand Old Stock

I recently acquired one of Helen Garriott’s “Celestial Ceramic” pieces for my collection.

While not an Ultima (Or Shroud of the Avatar) collectible, it does have a connection in that she is the designers, mom! For me, I like the concept she used in her ceramics, and I like the pieces on their own quite a bit. So not something that would appeal to many Ultima Collectors, but I believe a few would be interested in having one of these. We do tend to be a creative and artsy bunch of folks in general.

The downside is the price. Apparently, I am not the only person in the world that appreciates the Celestial Ceramic line. This one is NOT the same as the one I have. I obtained a small “Earthrise”. Given it took me two years of careful watching to find one of her pieces at a price I could afford, I am not complaining!

This piece though is the “Skylabs Cookie Jar”.

Absolutely BEAUTIFULL! At $250.00 though, it is outside of my budget. So if it’s not outside of yours, go make the seller an offer and grab this fantastic item! Send it to me if you want and I will do an article on it :).

Vintage Ceramics Helen Garriott 7" Skylabs Cookie Jar Late 60's Brand Old Stock

I will be honest – I have become as much of a fan of Helen’s ceramics as I am of Richards games. Well, almost… Regardless she has mad skillz!

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Vintage Ceramics Helen Garriott 7" Skylabs Cookie Jar Late 60's Brand Old Stock

CARTRIDGES!!! There is a collection of mint condition and sealed Ultima game cartreidges going on right now. The prices might make you go Whoooaaa, even if you are Lord British. On the other hand if you are a serious collector that can work it into the budget, you will want these!

Ultima Runes of Virtue II (Super Nintendo SNES) NEW SEALED MINT GOLD VGA 90 RARE

Ultima Runes of Virtue (Gameboy) NEW SEALED H-SEAM, MINT & SUPER RARE!

Ultima False Prophet (Super Nintendo SNES) NEW SEALED MINT GOLD VGA 85+! RARE!

Ultima The Black Gate (Super Nintendo SNES) NEW SEALED V-SEAM MINT VGA 85! RARE!

Holy crap Batman! For $25.00 and reasonale shipping, what are you waiting for? The only reason I am not seriously consedering it… Well, besides the fact I am on a “Don’t buy it if I dont “need it” budget right now, is that I don’t have anywhere to put it!!! If this was the Ultima III though, Id be going a little bit more into debt *chuckles*.

Large Poster for Ultima VII The Black Gate Origin Systems 1991

Finally, this last one I am giving to you because you have looked at all the above and said “I CAN’T AFFORD ANY OF THAT STILE!! DAMN YOU!!”. Free shipping and a $4.99 buy it now is the cheapest you will EVER get a Tabula Rassa Strategy Guide if you need one for your shelf, so you can say you have it. Well, maybe you will find it at a garage sale for less, but from an ebay standpoint this person will loose the majority of that on the shipping and handling.

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa Official Strategy Guide (Bradygames Official Stra

Last up, for both you Ultima and Shroud of the Avatar collectors that enjoy this series of articles. I have a Facebook Group I created a while ago I have not done much with, and I am going to work on that a bit.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/793679020719478/

You will find it over here, and it is called Shroud of the Avatar Collectors. Despite the name, because of the direct connections involved, I will share Ultima collection stuff there as well.

Please feel free to join if that is of interest to you. You can share photos of things in your collection, talk about them, view others, sell items, buy items, trade items, give-away items, or anything else you wish. The primary rule is just keep it related to the appropriate content. Collectiables related to SotA or Ultima. Ive been guilty in the past of being off-topic, but got that fixed!

I will be setting up this site so that when I am doing related articles I can choose to have them post there.

Thanks all!

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Download the Full-Resolution Scan of Helen Garriott’s Ultima 3 Box Art

[full_width][/full_width] You may recall that Richard Garriott recently shared with us his mother’s original concept for the Ultima 3 box art. Ultimately, Origin Systems didn’t use her artwork for the game; they went with a Denis Loubet piece that iterated upon her original design. But Richard Garriott held on to the original art piece, and created a very high-resolution scan of it…which he very…