Resources & Links Discuss on Forum | Full List of Donors (MS Excel) or Full List (webpage)
 Thanks to the kind donations of 49 people, the money has been raised to rent a virtual dedicated server for the next 6 months for NPF!
Not only was the original target of USD $558 raised, but double was raised taking us to $1,116.68 in just two days! As such, I can rent a second server to increase the reliability of NPF! Alpha Server: Will host forum, news, magazine, photos, encyclopedia and newsletter and data backups from the beta server. Everything on neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk basically. Splitting the main NPF site and the tracker will mean a faster loading NPF and a lot less downtime due to server overloading! Beta Server: Will host exceptionally busy NPF Tracker on thepinkfloyd.co.uk and data backups from the alpha server. The tracker site has millions and millions of hits per month due to the nature of the way it works and thus takes a lot of resources, often knocking the main NPF site offline!! Having it on it's own powerful server will benefit the site very much! The Final Summary Total Cost (USD) $558.00
Total Donations $1,116.68
Donations Needed -$558.68
Progress 200.12% What Happens Next I have already paid for the first server and have been working on setting it up for the past two days! Unfortunately, there have been one or two issues with it so far that I am sorting out. I shall purchase the second one when the money from Paypal.com enters my bank account as it is being done on my Visa. The current server rental that NPF and the NPF Torrent Tracker are on will expire on 27th January so I have until then so ensure everything has transferred over smoothly! The Full List of Glorious Donors I would like to extend a very warm thank you to all of the people below who were generous enough to donate money so that NPF can go on existing for the next 6 months. Note: the amounts shown are the amounts donated less the Paypal.com transaction fee and then converted into US Dollars using exchange rates as of 27/12/2006. | Name | Donated (USD$) | | Anonymous | $150.82 | | Nicholas Hawes | $94.12 | | Keith Jordan | $48.92 | | Carter Broome | $47.75 | | Ola Simonsson | $47.75 | | Richard Allen | $46.86 | | JAMES KISTNER | $42.94 | | Brenda Stones | $37.58 | | Gerrit ten Elshof | $31.24 | | FWM Broers-meester | $31.24 | | Chris Bell | $27.96 | | Patrick d'Argence | $24.90 | | Michael Glynn | $23.72 | | David Schindler | $23.72 | | Wolfgang Meentz | $23.72 | | Mike Ellsworth | $18.92 | | Claudio Zamana | $18.92 | | Paula Fye | $18.92 | | Cindy Dyrness | $18.92 | | Peter Gostkowski | $18.92 | | genevieve le bas | $18.56 | | Peter Puyk | $18.56 | | William Turner | $18.51 | | Neil Leacy | $18.51 | | Ben Brough | $18.51 | | Michael King | $18.51 | | dave marsden | $18.51 | | Jeff Fitzgerald | $14.11 | | Randy Honeycutt | $14.11 | | Maciej Zietek | $12.22 | | Fernando Sousa | $12.22 | | Wilma Kampman | $12.22 | | Mark Venema | $12.22 | | Chris Kamis | $9.31 | | John Waters | $9.31 | | DI.RENI.S, GÜNDOG(DU | $9.31 | | Jason Goddard | $9.06 | | Stewart Maton | $9.06 | | Richard Kelly | $9.06 | | Michael Curtis | $9.06 | | Eoin McGonagle | $9.00 | | DANIEL MANAU ENCONTRA | $7.15 | | Alessandro Cavanna | $5.88 | | Dominic Cordisco | $4.50 | | Tom Sanville | $4.50 | | Stephanie Remenek | $4.50 | | Marcelo C Lecour | $4.50 | | MICHEL BISSON | $4.50 | | Patrick van den Udenhout | $3.35 |
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Sources: [ NPF ]
Resources & Links MySpace Arnold Layne Competition | David Gilmour's Official Website | Discuss on the forum
 EMI UK has come up with a fun competition for musical combos to win a day's recording in Abbey Road Studios by creating their very own version of Arnold Layne.
Famed Pink Floyd and ex-Hipgnosis designer Storm Thorgerson has also agreed to design a new logo for the winners, which is a prize worth entering for alone. The idea is that ANY musical entity can enter any version they like (as long as it's their own recording) of Arnold Layne, which they can then upload to a special MySpace page. All the rules are there, but essentially: you record it; you post it; the numbers get whittled down; and David himself will judge the winner from the Top 3. Winners get a free day recording at Abbey Road, plus a free band logo by the legend that is Storm Thorgerson.  The entrance page has links to the video, the sheet music, the iTunes original, and a pre-order for the digital version of the new Arnold Layne single.
The competition runs until Monday 22nd January 2007, so check it out. Visit the MySpace page for more info. Sources: [ David Gilmour ]
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Resources & Links Ebay Pink Floyd Eyeballs Auction | Crisis Charity Site | /Discuss on Forum
 Crisis are auctioning off a pair of signed PINK FLOYD giant eyeballs, one of only ten specially commissioned pairs, used on the cover of their recent DVD ‘Pulse’, in order to help raise much-needed funds for the homeless this Christmas.
The eyeballs are being auctioned off on eBay from 14th December through to the 20th of December with all proceeds going to the national homelessness charity Crisis. Interested parties can view the lot here. The current price is £16,101 as of 18th December! David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd, who is a well known supporter of the work of Crisis, commented that, “The eBay auction will not only raise much needed funds for the charity but will also raise awareness of the plight of the homeless at a time of year when they are most vulnerable.” The eyeballs, approx six feet high, have been signed by all members of the band and are famous for featuring on the front cover of the band’s latest DVD, ‘Pulse’ and were used as stage props on the recent press screening for the DVD. The Pulse DVD features the one and only filmed appearance of their legendary album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’. The eBay auction coincided with the TV transmission of Pink Floyd’s ‘A Performance of The Dark Side of the Moon’ filmed at Earls Court in 1994 and which forms part of the ‘Pulse’ DVD. This broadcast was scheduled for the 15th December on BBC1. View Ebay Auction | Discuss on Forum Photos of Pink Floyd's Signatures The eyeballs are signed by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and art man Storm Thorgerson who came up with the concept for the eyes! 
Above: Picture of Rick, David and Nick 
Above: David Gilmour 
Above: Nick Mason 
Above: Richard Wright 
Above: Storm Thorgerson 
Above: Certificate of Authenticity from the head of Pink Floyd's management team Shuki Sen. Sources: [ BBC/Crisis/Pink Floyd Mailing List ]
Resources & Links MS Excel Spreadsheet with Final Lot Sale Prices | Page with Prices on | Syd Barrett Artwork Photos | BBC News Story on Final Sale
 | | Still Life With Lemons and Green Bottles on a Shelf, signed SB Jan 06. £9,500! |
The sale of Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett's final belongings were sold by Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge, England on 28th and 29th November 2006. The sale of the 77 items raised a staggering GBP £119,890 (USD $233,786 - Euros 177,437). The ten paintings alone raised over £55,000 and the two bicycles over £10,000! The sale included such things as his armchair he used to sit in at 6 St Margaret's Square, his home-made bread bin, tools, notebooks and binders, bikes, books and his surviving paintings! The sale catalogue described Barrett - who quit Pink Floyd in 1968 - as a man with a "total disinterest in materialism". What is believed to be the final painting he did and did not destroy fetched £9,500! It was signed and dated with Jan 06. You can view a full list of all the lots on this page or download an MS Excel Spreadsheet with final sale prices in Pounds Sterling £, US Dollars $ and Euros. Feel free to discuss the sales on the forum on this thread. Lots and Final Prices in Various Currencies | Lot | Item Description | GBP £ | USD $ | Euro | | Lot 737 | Still life with lemons and green bottles on a shelf signed RB Jan ?06 | £9,500 | $18,525 | € 14,060 | | Lot 741 | Still life of Dried Flowers painted at Camberwell School of Art | £8,500 | $16,575 | € 12,580 | | Lot 720 | Summer Landscape oil painting | £6,500 | $12,675 | € 9,620 | | Lot 688 | Abstract painting ? mixed media | £6,000 | $11,700 | € 8,880 | | Lot 711 | 2 x ink stylised landscapes | £6,000 | $11,700 | € 8,880 | | Lot 718 | Abstract of Gog Magog Hills | £6,000 | $11,700 | € 8,880 | | Lot 744 | Syds Bike with basket, bell that rings and things to make it look good | £5,500 | $10,725 | € 8,140 | | Lot 710 | Pie Chart showing Summer and Winter solstice | £5,000 | $9,750 | € 7,400 | | Lot 743 | Syds earlier bike painted blue | £5,000 | $9,750 | € 7,400 | | Lot 733 | A painted stool | £4,400 | $8,580 | € 6,512 | | Lot 719 | Earth and Sky watercolour | £4,200 | $8,190 | € 6,216 | | Lot 725 | A collection of 23 art reference books | £4,000 | $7,800 | € 5,920 | | Lot 735 | A modern junior classical acoustic guitar | £4,000 | $7,800 | € 5,920 | | Lot 672 | Landscape, Cambridgeshire, mixed media | £3,800 | $7,410 | € 5,624 | | Lot 740 | Syds principal scrap book | £2,200 | $4,290 | € 3,256 | | Lot 701 | Two A4 ring binders of notes | £2,000 | $3,900 | € 2,960 | | Lot 717 | Syds art materials | £1,800 | $3,510 | € 2,664 | | Lot 683 | An A5 spiral bound notebook and another smaller notebook each containing notes on history | £1,700 | $3,315 | € 2,516 | | Lot 729 | The remainder of Syds library | £1,700 | $3,315 | € 2,516 | | Lot 727 | A psychedelic cushion | £1,600 | $3,120 | € 2,368 | | Lot 700 | An A4 ringe binder of notes | £1,500 | $2,925 | € 2,220 | | Lot 728 | Collection of 8 maps and travel related books | £1,400 | $2,730 | € 2,072 | | Lot 738 | A homemade bread bin with clothes pegs | £1,400 | $2,730 | € 2,072 | | Lot 673 | Two A5 spiral notebooks | £1,300 | $2,535 | € 1,924 | | Lot 690 | Syds Chair ? a cream leather reclining armchair | £1,100 | $2,145 | € 1,628 | | Lot 732 | A pair of homemade speaker cases | £1,100 | $2,145 | € 1,628 | | Lot 677 | A modern desk lamp | £900 | $1,755 | € 1,332 | | Lot 724 | A copy of The Compact Oxford English Dictionary | £900 | $1,755 | € 1,332 | | Lot 682 | Syds artificial Christmas tree and decorations | £800 | $1,560 | € 1,184 | | Lot 684 | Sharp micro system in original packaging with ?Roger?s old HiFi? written on the box | £750 | $1,463 | € 1,110 | | Lot 699 | A Caucasian wool kilim carpet | £700 | $1,365 | € 1,036 | | Lot 712 | A homemade trinket box | £700 | $1,365 | € 1,036 | | Lot 721 | An adapted and stained side table | £700 | $1,365 | € 1,036 | | Lot 736 | A pair of homemade and painted speaker cases | £700 | $1,365 | € 1,036 | | Lot 692 | Syds basic tool kit | £650 | $1,268 | € 962 | | Lot 707 | A garden bench | £650 | $1,268 | € 962 | | Lot 674 | A pair of homemade curtains printed with dancing animals | £600 | $1,170 | € 888 | | Lot 703 | A small modern rug | £600 | $1,170 | € 888 | | Lot 716 | A homemade and painted workbox | £600 | $1,170 | € 888 | | Lot 723 | A homemade and painted table | £600 | $1,170 | € 888 | | Lot 671 | A modern personalized Sanyo Micro Component system | £550 | $1,073 | € 814 | | Lot 698 | A pair of easy chairs | £550 | $1,073 | € 814 | | Lot 714 | Syds easel | £550 | $1,073 | € 814 | | Lot 678 | A homemade side table or footstool | £480 | $936 | € 710 | | Lot 680 | A homemade side table | £480 | $936 | € 710 | | Lot 715 | A homemade and painted letter rack | £480 | $936 | € 710 | | Lot 739 | Syds scrap book generally empty bar 5 pages | £480 | $936 | € 710 | | Lot 689 | Homemade light box | £460 | $897 | € 681 | | Lot 709 | A homemade and painted side table | £460 | $897 | € 681 | | Lot 713 | A Work Mate | £460 | $897 | € 681 | | Lot 731 | An adapted and painted laminate chest of 5 drawers | £440 | $858 | € 651 | | Lot 667 | Homemade painted table | £420 | $819 | € 622 | | Lot 669 | A modern 3 drawer chest | £420 | $819 | € 622 | | Lot 681 | A homemade pine coffee table | £420 | $819 | € 622 | | Lot 734 | A telephone table | £420 | $819 | € 622 | | Lot 668 | A modern painted kitchen chair | £400 | $780 | € 592 | | Lot 706 | A modern wheelbarrow | £400 | $780 | € 592 | | Lot 675 | An adapted kitchen cupboard | £380 | $741 | € 562 | | Lot 676 | A painted chest of 5 drawers | £360 | $702 | € 533 | | Lot 670 | A painted and adapted chest of three drawers | £340 | $663 | € 503 | | Lot 687 | A modern painted chest of 3 drawers | £340 | $663 | € 503 | | Lot 726 | A homemade white painted wall cabinet | £340 | $663 | € 503 | | Lot 694 | A homemade and painted cupboard | £300 | $585 | € 444 | | Lot 705 | A homemade and painted open fronted cupboard | £300 | $585 | € 444 | | Lot 691 | A modified pine bedside chest of drawers | £280 | $546 | € 414 | | Lot 704 | A homemade painted walking stick stand | £280 | $546 | € 414 | | Lot 685 | A modern painted and modified chest of 3 drawers | £240 | $468 | € 355 | | Lot 686 | A modern painted and modified chest of 5 drawers | £220 | $429 | € 326 | | Lot 702 | An adapted kitchen unit of 3 drawers | £200 | $390 | € 296 | | Lot 730 | A painted and adapted bedside unit | £200 | $390 | € 296 | | Lot 679 | A homemade plywood shelving unit | £190 | $371 | € 281 | | Lot 693 | A modern low set of pine open bookshelves | £180 | $351 | € 266 | | Lot 695 | A homemade and painted open fronted box | £180 | $351 | € 266 | | Lot 696 | Syds homemade single bed frame | £170 | $332 | € 252 | | Lot 697 | A homemade blanket box | £170 | $332 | € 252 | | Lot 722 | An Ikea Billy bookcase | £160 | $312 | € 237 | | Lot 708 | A homemade and stained garden table base (no top) and a bird table | £140 | $273 | € 207 | | | | | | |
Sources: [ NPF, Cheffins, Astral Piper]
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