Live Game Auctions

Gen Con Live Game Auction at Gen Con 2008 August 14-16

The 40^th annual Gen Con Live Game Auction is being held at the annual Gen Con Indy Convention/

Want to pre-register your items? Visit here: Pre-registration Login

Special Items:

Got a very special item you plan to put into the Gen Con Auction? Email Jon Huston and he may add it to this area

Charity Event:

On Saturday at 6:00 PM, the Gen Con Live Game Auction hosted a charity auction in honor of Gary Gygax. His family has said one of his favored charity is the Fisher House Foundation, “Fisher House™ Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury. The homes are normally located within walking distance of the treatment facility or have transportation available. .

To find out more about the Fisher House Foundation, please see their website: www.fisherhouse.org

There has been some controversy regarding the original choice for the charity. Follow this link to see the official GenCon comments regarding the choice.

We will also accept items from gamers and manufacturers for this charity event. Just drop them off and we'll take care of everything else.

Schedule: Rooms 121-124

Items accepted:	Wednesday noon – 6:00 PM Thursday 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Consignment Store:	Thursday 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM Friday 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Live Auction:	Thursday 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Friday 9:00 AM – Midnight (or later!) Saturday 9:00 AM – Midnight (or later!)
Final Payment and Item Return:	Sunday 10 AM - 2:00 PM

Participating in the auction or buying from the consignment store requires wearing your Gen Con badge

Volunteering:

The auction is run by a staff of volunteers. These volunteers are allowed to buy items from the consignment store and bid on live auction items. They get no discounts.

Volunteers are reimbursed with free badges to the convention, and possible free food, and lodging, depending on how many hours they work. We always need more volunteers. If you would like to volunteer, email to Katie, our manager.

Fees for Sellers:

A seller/buyer card costs $1

You can pre-register your items or register them on our computers at the auction.

If pre-registered on website - $0.35 per item/lot if for store, $0.85 per item/lot if for live auction

If registered at show - $0.50 per item/lot if for store, $1.00 per item/lot if for live auction

15% of the final sale price is deducted to cover auction expenses.

Consignment store items can not be priced for more than $40.00. Live auction items have no price restriction.

Sellers can request a partial payment for all items sold so far at any time the cash register is open.

Final payouts for sellers are Sunday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Any payouts not paid out by this time, will be mailed a check within 7 days. Any unsold items not picked up by 2:00 PM Sunday become property of the auction.

Fees and Method of Payment for Buyers:

A buyer/seller card costs $1

All 4 major credit cards or cash are accepted. There is a 3% reserve (a kind of tax) charged on all purchases. To encourage cash purchases (which we need to pay sellers), there is a 3% discount for payment in cash. Checks are not accepted. Traveller’s cheques are accepted.

Buyer Registration: To bid in the live auction you must register and get a buyer card at a cost of $1.00. No registration is needed to buy items in the consignment store.

A buyer tab can be purchased for $50.00. This represents a $50.00 deposit on all items to be purchased, and allows the buyer to accumulate a stack of items before making payment. This deposit may not be returned until the buyer asks to close his tab. At that time, the deposit will be applied to all items currently unpaid for, and then the remainder paid over to the buyer and the tab cancelled.

Rules:

We will refuse mildewed items, counterfeit items, and items of no interest to gamers. An R2D2 model kit? Allowed. A bust of John Adams? Not Allowed. A picture book of 3000 Military Ships? Allowed. A picture book of flowers of the Amazon? Not allowed.

Sponsorship:

Auction is sponsored by and run by The Partnership (Bruce Carson and TrollAndToad.com ) and managed by Catherine Fountaine. Software provided by Bruce Carson. Website designed by Jonathan Huston and Bruce Carson.

Auctioneers:

Descriptions of items (color commentary) will be made by Larry Zoet, Jon Huston, and other volunteers.