Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Put Up His Blood on eBay to Fund His MMO Project
Garriott was selling his blood by the vial for $5k (around £3.8k). You would have received it in a reliquary and also loads of in-game items for Garriott's current project Shroud of the Avatar.
The blood reliquaries have been pulled from eBay. There's no trace of them nor any specific reason they were removed, although as Kotaku pointed out, selling blood is against eBay rules under the 'Human remains and body parts policy'.
They are now for sale on the Shroud of the Avatar store - and three out of five have sold!
Of the three that sold, two contained Richard 'Lord British' Garriot's blood and one contained executive producer Starr 'Darkstarr' Long's blood (who is a famed veteran developer that was also instrumental in making Ultima Online happen).
The cheapest you can buy the blood reliquary bundles is $6000. Two were sold for $6000 and one at $8000, and 10 per cent of the sale price goes to charity. Those are eye-watering figures but they're nothing new to Shroud of the Avatar, which has a property market already commanding thousands of dollars. The reliquary purchases come with much more than the art pieces containing the two men's blood.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-08-richard-garriott-selling-vials-of-his-blood-on-ebay
