2nd Annual CORA Auction - June 16th 2007

seandanekind

Active member
Hey all-

Sorry to intrude, but CVRC is invited!!!


The main intent of the auction is for hobbyists to sell captive propagated corals and used drygoods.

Some vendors will be donating farmed and aquacultured frags to the auction.

CORA membership is not required, but always encouraged.

Last year we had about 100 items. This year we'll try to double that!!!


SELLERS:

Show up at 11:00 AM and register your stuff.

We'll auction it off - Starting at 12 Noon.
.... If you're there, you can breifly describe the item to the crowd.
.... We'll probably bring the camera and projector so the crowd can see small frags.

CORA keeps $1 per entry + 10% of the sale price.

Within 17 days, we'll mail you a check for the rest!!!!

Non-frag livestock (such as macro algae, pods, fish or large colonies you no longer want) are allowed.

Freshwater livestock and equipment is not ruled out, but there's no guarantee how it will sell since this is a mostly saltwater crowd.

For drygoods, please don't use the auction to "unload junk" from your fishroom.

For expensive drygoods... We charge $5 per item to set a minimum price - although no one did that last year.




BUYERS:

Show up at 12 Noon and Bring Cash.

Bid on the Frags and Drygoods you want.

If you need to leave early, you can pay $1 to prioritize an item - but that does not guarantee you'll win the bidding.

Take your loot home and enjoy.



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Complete Rules can be found here:
http://corareef.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10601
 
Great to hear guys :thumbsup:

I remember our old auctions they were HUGE, Im sure the 2nd annual will be much larger than you realize.
 
Yeah... Hopefully. Thanks for the encouragement.

We're just trying to build it year after year.

My FW club in Cincy actually works to limit the bag count to under 1000 - they've noticed that the optimal number is about 700 bags. They can usually auction off up to 120 bags per hour, but after 6+ hours, the crowd of buyers starts to dwindle and the per bag sell price declines. Not to mention that the help gets a little tired... Once it gets that large, limiting the auction actually help the sellers ands the club.

I hope the CORA auction gets that popular. we were really just looking for a fun way to trade frags between the spring and fall fragswaps here in Ohio.
 
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