Gen Con Live Game Auction at Gen Con 2010

The 42nd 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:

Normally we run a charity auction segment. Not this year...We're running two segments! We have the normal charity auction (Saturday evening), and a special Gary Gygax charity (Friday evening). The Gygax charity is a sale of some of Gary's personal items, put in to the auction by his widow, Gail. All the proceeds of this segment will go to producing a memorial to Gary in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Gary's home for many years and the place where Dungeons and Dragons was born).

We'll be posting information about the actual items in the Gygax charity when we get more information.

For more info visit the charity page. You can also check out information from the past charity auctions we've run.

We accept items from convention attendees for the charity auction as well. Just drop them by the auction room any time that items are accepted (see below for the schedule), and we'll take care of the rest!

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 – 11:00 PM (or later!)
Saturday 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Final Payment and Item Return: Sunday 10:00 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.

You can pre-register your items here or you can 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 $50.00. 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, up until 8:00 PM Saturday. After that we're doing charity and all the registers will be switched over to handle those items.

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

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

Bidder Registration: To bid in the live auction you must register and get a bidder card at a cost of $1.00. No registration is needed to buy items in the consignment store except a valid convention badge.

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. Then the remainder, if any, will be paid over to the buyer and the tab will be cancelled.

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.

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.

We are no longer accepting any items for auction that look like real weapons, or could actually hurt someone badly. A foam hammer or plastic light saber is fine. But a metal sword or replica revolver is not.

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:

Items will be auctioned by Josh Berling, Soren Haurberg, Jon Huston, and other volunteers.