Club Activities
Semi-annual club auction
Auction Time & Place
NEXT AUCTION:
November 20, 2023
7:00-9:00PM
Location: GMSS Clubhouse
209 Oswego Street, Liverpool, New York 13088
A Fun, Exciting Evening of Bidding Battles!
🤩 💎BRING LOTS OF $$$CASH! Our semi-annual auction gets gemstone fans, rock hounds and jewelry buffs together for an exciting evening of bidding and selling opportunities. Have a chance to purchase all kinds of rock hounding related items & specimens, or weed out your collection to a good cause: You can be a seller, a bidder or both!
To Participate: Scroll down for complete auction rules & details.
quick links:
bidding rules here and selling rules here.
This event helps raise money for the club & lots of laughs!
Auction Selling Rules
- Only club members can sell items!
- Please come early to obtain the two auction label forms and set your items up on the auction tables. Doors will be open by 6:00.
- Each item must have two completed auction labels. One is a description form for each item, which will be given to the successful bidder. (Mineral name and location collected) The second form will be given to the treasurer for the club records.
- There is an upper limit of five (5) items per seller. There is no maximum limit for the number of items donated to the club.
- The club will retain 15% of the selling price. The full selling price of the donated items will be given to the club.
- Sellers cannot bid on their own items.
- Any material with a specified minimum bid that does not sell will be returned to the seller.
AUCTION Bidding Rules
- Both members and guests can bid on auction items; Only members can sell items.
- Sellers cannot bid on their own items.
- Bidding starts at 7:30. (If you are selling items, please come early to obtain the two auction label forms and set your items up on the auction tables. See SELLING RULES Here. )
- This is LOUD & FAST-PACED AUCTION! Each bidder will be given a number on a sign to display.
- The highest bidder wins the auctioned item. Runners will deliver each item to the winning bidder and collect the payment for that item. Bidders need not leave their chairs.
- 💵PLEASE BRING PLENTY OF CASH!
- Items selling for more than $15.00 can be purchased by personal check. All other items will be cash only. We have no means for swiping credit cards.
Setting Up the Auction Table
It’s more than just rocks and gemstones on our auction tables!
Gallery November 2022
GMSS - Gem & Mineral Society of Syracuse, Inc.
209 Oswego Street, Liverpool NY 13088
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