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Everyone pitched in to help. Michael and Kevin played auctioneer, while Kenna and Corey acted as runners. I was the unofficial event photographer.
Bidding was frantic for certain rare items.
There was a good turnout. The auction lasted six hours!
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There were plenty of fishes up for auction. These several tables represent only half of them. Plus, there were plants and equipment on the block.
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I kept trying to get a good picture of a member of our group bidding and never could quite catch it. I did catch a photo of this unknown woman bidding. She made it easy. I don't know what she was bidding on, but she wanted it badly enough to keep that card in the air, without lowering it, until she won.
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Michael pitched in and took a turn as auctioneer. It is clear that he has done this before. He was fast and fluent! Corey also participated as runner. I couldn't believe that these bags of three water lilies were going for around a buck a lily! I wish I had a pond!
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Kenna volunteered to be a runner. Here she holds what may be the only Metaframe tank that Corey didn't come home with. Or did he?
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It was also clear that Kevin had played auctioneer before. He did a great job pawning off convict cichlids to suckers at high prices. He was so into it that he came home and hooked up a friend with some, too!
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Michael the auctioneer at work. Auctioneers rotated on one-hour shifts.
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Our friend, Mike Meyer of HAAS, took a shift as auctioneer.
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Hopefully, our club will draw turnouts like this someday. And this was later in the day, when some had already left.
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We had a great time there, and fun conversations on the trips up and back. Until next time...
