{"id":2192639,"date":"2025-12-09T18:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2192639"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:42:18","slug":"how-much-james-van-der-beek-made-after-selling-dawsons-creek-merch-for-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-much-james-van-der-beek-made-after-selling-dawsons-creek-merch-for-cancer-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"How much James Van Der Beek made after selling \u2018Dawson\u2019s Creek\u2019 merch for cancer fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fbeek-26.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A creek full of cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James Van Der Beek reportedly raised $47K for his cancer battle when he auctioned off his \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d merch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 48, teamed up with Propstore to give fans the chance to buy his memorabilia from the beloved teen drama in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/propstoreauction.com\/auctions\/info\/id\/462.\">Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction<\/a>, which took place Dec. 5 to Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-news\/james-van-der-beek-funds-auction-dawsons-creek-cancer-1236445120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-news\/james-van-der-beek-funds-auction-dawsons-creek-cancer-1236445120\/\">,<\/a> the auction raised nearly $50K.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Der Beek in a March 2025 Instagram post.  <span class=\"credit\">vanderjames\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Derk Beek, his wife Kimberly, and their six kids in June 2022.  <span class=\"credit\">vanderjames\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> James Van Der Beek and Joshua Jackson in \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Tristar\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The payday is going towards the actors\u2019 treatments, as Van Der Beek was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/30\/entertainment\/james-van-der-beek-gives-heartbreaking-cancer-update-kids-know-when-im-in-pain\/\">diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was healthy,\u201d Van Der Beek <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/james-van-der-beek-early-onset-colorectal-cancer-screening\">told Healthline in August<\/a>. \u201cI was doing the cold plunge. I was in amazing cardiovascular shape, and I had Stage 3 cancer, and I had no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The priciest item in the auction was a necklace that Dawson (Van Der Beek) gave to his sometimes love interest Joey (Katie Holmes) on the show, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2003.\u00a0The piece of jewelry went for $26,628.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek and Holmes starred in the show with Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The necklace sold for over $20,000. <span class=\"credit\">Propstore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes on \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00c3\u00c2\u00c3\u00c2\u00a9Columbia Tristar\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Decor from Dawson\u2019s bedroom on the show \u2013 such as an E.T. action figure \u2013 sold for $5,991, and a flannel shirt Dawson wore sold for $2,396.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek shares six children with his wife, Kimberly: Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 3.<\/p>\n<p>He told People, \u201cI\u2019ve been storing these treasures for years, waiting for the right time to do something with them, and with all of the recent unexpected twists and turns life has presented recently, it\u2019s clear that the time is now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Der Beek and Michelle Williams in \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Tristar\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly in Aug. 2024.  <span class=\"credit\">James Van Der Beek\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Van Der Beek sold \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d items like a shirt to raise money.  <span class=\"credit\">Propstore<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWhile I have some nostalgia tugging at me as I part with these items, it feels good to be able to offer them through Propstore\u2019s auction to share with those who have supported my work over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/22\/entertainment\/james-van-der-beek-abruptly-drops-out-of-dawsons-creek-reunion\/\">\u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d cast reunited in September <\/a>to help raise at a charity event set up by Williams. Although Van Der Beek had to miss the table read last-minute due to a stomach illness, his wife recently gushed that the actor is \u201cbouncing back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A creek full of cash.\u00a0 James Van Der Beek reportedly raised $47K for his cancer battle when he auctioned off his \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d merch.\u00a0 The actor, 48, teamed up with Propstore to give fans the chance to buy his memorabilia from the beloved teen drama in the Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction, which took place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2192640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[347142,326689,21741,350582,21913],"class_list":["post-2192639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-dawsons-creek","tag-entertainment","tag-james-van-der-beek","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/How-much-James-Van-Der-Beek-made-after-selling-\u2018Dawsons.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2192641,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192639\/revisions\/2192641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}