GSF Auction September '16

[Hoffs]

The next GSF auction will be taking place on Sunday 11th September at 3pm Eastern and this month's star lot is a rare rubble palm. Please see note in reply #2 regarding the September and October auctions.

Please scroll down to post two to see the full list of items in the sale.

Venue & auctioneer

The auction will take place at Gilfane Arena and Reuggan will be acting as auctioneer. The arena is located a little east of the Skara ferry in the central Gilfane area (see map). You can also get there via teleporters: the “Gilfane” teleporter at the Hub east of Umbra will bring you to the Citadel next door, and one directly to the Arena will be available from both the entrance of Vernia Market in New Magincia (the vendor house next to the flower garden) and the IPKU New Magincia hub.

The auction will be taking place on the top floor; follow the stairs up to the second floor then use one of the teleporters south of the fountain.

Auction staff will be wearing the Gilfane crimson and black colours.

Commission

As this GSF auction is not in support of any particular cause, the auction house is not deducting any commission on sales.

Auction house rules

All those attending the sale are asked to be considerate to other participants and not do anything to disrupt or unnecessarily delay proceedings, especially pointless spamming of text and/or spells. Those engaging in aggressive, disorderly and/or suspicious behaviour are liable to be removed from the building by officials. In addition, the following prohibitions are in effect:

a) No hiding or stealthing within the arena building, unless authorized to do so or in self-defence.

b) No casting of spells in the arena building unless in self-defence or authorized to do so. Exceptions are minor beneficial spells such as night sight, provided these are not spammed. The opening of gates is specifically banned; please go outside to do this.

c) No pets are permitted in the building.

d) No sitting in the priority seating (the thrones) without authorization.

e) No entering the secure area (grassy part of the arena) without authorization (such as when purchasing winning bids).

Bidding

Bids can be made at the live event by calling out the amount that you wish to bid. In the case of two identical bids, the one accepted will be the first that appears in the auctioneer's journal.

The auctioneer will try and keep bidding at set levels in relation to the current bid price, but this is not set in stone. However, bids of odd amounts or only marginally above the current high bid may either be rejected or rounded down. The general bid levels are as follows:

up to 100k: increments of 10k
up to 200k: increments of 20k
200k - 500k: increments of 50k
500k - 1 million: increments of 100k
1 - 2 million: increments of 200k
2 - 5 million: increments of 500k
5 - 20 million: increments of 1 million
20 - 50 million: increments of 2 million
over 50 million: increments of 5 million

Winning bidders

Although encouraged to stay until the end of the auction, winning bidders may claim their items at any time by approaching an assistant cashier (NOT the auctioneer, please). You should then follow their instructions to get to the secure checkout area. Sales will be made via a vendor.

If you have to leave the auction unexpectedly and do not have time to claim your items, please at least inform an official. Failure to claim items or give notice may lead to them being offered to the underbidder instead.

Reserve Price

Many items in the sale will carry a reserve price. If bids do not meet or exceed this reserve price, the lot will go unsold. Even if no reserve has been specified, the auctioneer may, at his discretion, decline to sell a lot if he does not believe that a reasonable bid has been offered.

Commission bids

We encourage as many people as possible to try and attend the auction but if you are unable to do so, and do not have anyone who can act on your behalf, then it is possible to send in a bid in advance of the sale, known as a commission bid. The commission bid represents the maximum amount your are prepared to pay for the item, and the auctioneer will bid on your behalf up to this amount.

The following rules apply to commission bids:

a) To make a commission bid, PM/ICQ Reuggan with “Commission bid” as the title. Include the lot number and description of the item(s) you wish to bid on, together with the maximum amount you are prepared to pay.

b) If we do not know you, then please tell us who you are in-game. Commission bids may be limited or even rejected from complete strangers without some sort of security.

c) In the event of identical commission bids, the one received first will take priority.

d) Commission bids are held in strict confidence and will not be revealed to anyone other than the auctioneer. However, the identity of any winning bidders may be entered into the public record.

e) Successful bidders will be notified of any items that they win. Please try and make arrangements to collect the items within forty-eight hours of the end of the sale. Failure to make adequate communications with the auctioneer may result in the items being withdrawn and offered instead to the underbidder.

Official accounts & settlement

A record of sale prices will appear here after the auction.

Settlement with those who have sold lots will be made as soon as practicable.

Confidentiality & liability

All reserve prices, commission bids and other privileged information from buyers & sellers will be kept in confidence by the auctioneer except in the event of a new auctioneer having to be appointed due to illness or force majeure.

Final responsibility for items being sold, monies raised thereon and the conduct of the auction, lies with the auctioneer.

Submitting items for sale

If you have items that you would like to have included in the October auction, please contact Reuggan.

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GSF September '16 Auction Items

Lot #
1	+25 stat scroll   1M - Sir AJ
2	120 Veterinary power scroll  lot unsold
3	120 Animal taming power scroll  750k - Kelmo
4	Tinkers' Guild sign  500k - Mansbeth
5	Assassin's Guild sign  1.25M - Mansbeth
6	Blacksmiths' Guild sign  750k - Mansbeth
7	Boomstick  20k - Pancho
8	Saddle (Doom)  200k - Dyno
9	Block and tackle  250k - Razz
10	Complete Valentine's Day 2012 box  150k - Grimlex
11	Harpsichord deed (bottom row middle one in link)  60k - Donie Brasco
12	Plucked chicken  1M - Kelmo
13	Legacy token  5M - Gu'Jek
14	Power scroll binding book  lot unsold
15	Resilient Bracer  300k - Gu'Jek
16	5 x Carvable pumpkins & carving kits  200k - Gu'Jek
17	Two Primeval Lich gravestone sets (two stones, four grave dirt)  500k - Gu'Jek
18	Six-piece Primeval Lich vat set  1.5M - Pancho
19	Enormous venus flytrap deed (middle one in link picture)  250k - Razz
20	Set of six Eodon tribal banners    *** FEATURED LOT ***  5m - Razz
21	Professor Elliot Rafkin Card of Semidar  350k - Freja
22	Six assorted stalagmites/flowstones  600k - Razz
23	Tome of Lost Knowledge (blessed Tokuno major)  3M - Starcon
24	Conjurer's Grimoire    *** FEATURED LOT ***  5.5M - Grimlex
25	2 x Heritage token  1.6M - Donie Brasco
26	Spring Décor token  3M - Sara Dale
27	Colorful Tapestry  300k - Dr. Alzheimer
28	Complete Cards of Semidar set    *** FEATURED LOT ***  4m - Razz
29	History of the Great Work volumes I-IV book set  400k - Gu'Jek
30	The Journal of Dr. Spector - collection I-IV book set  300k - Gu'Jek
31	Dragon easter egg (dyeable)  1M - Kelmo
32	Katalkotl’s Ring (skill not yet chosen)  *** FEATURED LOT ***  3m - Dr. Alzheimer
33	Clothing bless deed  1M - Kelmo
34	Your choice of one Veteran Reward up to (and including) thirteenth-year  lot unsold
35	Midnight Blue Haochi's Pigment bottle (46 charges)  1.5M - Gu'Jek
36	Personal Attendant token    *** FEATURED LOT ***  1.5M - Gu'Jek
37	12 x Corn stalk  150k - Razz
38	Pen of Wisdom (85 uses)  300k - Zardoz
39	Mana phasing orb [SR/HCI/LRC]  200k - Gu'Jek
40	Mana phasing orb [HPR/DCI/SDI]  300k - Gu'Jek
41	Mana phasing orb [MR/DCI/DI]  400k - Gu'Jek
42	Rubble palm    *** FEATURED LOT ***  15M - Becca

[Hoffs]

** Important **

Please note that Reuggan will be conducting this and next month's auction. All commission bids should therefore be sent to him and not me (you can PM him here or on Stratics). Similarly, contact Reuggan regarding items for the October auction, although you can still drop things off at the Gilfane Citadel or Vernia Market mailbox as normal.

[Leprechaun]

 * Bump*

[Reuggan]

The listing has been updated with the winning bidders and prices.

I couldn't have done it without the staff that we have every month:

Becca - porter
Boolean, Dyno,  Susie - security
CharGar, Sarah - cashier
Sara Dale - scribe

Looking at the next auction on the weekend of the 8th/9th October, depending on everyone's availability.

I have access to the Citadel mailbox and the New Mag mailbox, or you can drop items in my mailbox at 59 35N, 34 1W if you have something to sell in the October Auction.

[Eye of Hoffs]

Great job, Reuggan, thanks. But don't go praising the staff quite so much or they'll start demanding a raise.

[kelmo]

I think it went extremely well. I was not going to spend a copper that day, yet I went in and spent almost 4 mil. I did bid on some signs... Guild signs might be hot for a minute "til the market is saturated. That might be awhile as those signs are not so easy to get.

Security handled a spamming newbie really well, Hats off to them.

I am terrible sometimes with the "," or not the ",", But I enjoyed the general chat running dialouge, especially since I was 80% of it. *winks*

[LennyM95]

The Staff gets paid? Shouldn't security be considered staff?

[Razz]

And of course no one says anything about Razz's help throughout the auction. That's ok.... Feeling aren't hurt or anything.....

[Eye of Hoffs]

And of course no one says anything about Razz's help throughout the auction. That's ok.... Feeling aren't hurt or anything.....

Who are you in game??

[Reuggan]

If you sold anything in the auction, I will be trying to get with you this week to get you your gold. I don't play as much as Hoffs, so I might be a little harder to get a hold of. If you see me on, give me a shout.

[Reuggan]

The next auction will be Saturday, Oct. 8th. If you have any items to sell, place them in any of these three mailboxes: (Citadel mailbox, Vernia New Mag mailbox, or my mailbox (59 35N, 34 1W)), or if you catch me on, you can give them to me directly. The last day to submit an item is Sept. 30th, or when we hit 50 items. Thanks