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Susan Mouw

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This has been so successful the last couple of Nationals, we're doing it again this year!
 
The Countdown Begins!
The 2018 ABC National Silent Auction is coming soon
How it works - This is a sealed bid auction, which means that no one knows who has bid what until the auction is over. Some items are for onsite bidding only, which means you must be present at the site to bid, the items are present at the show, and you will be able to take your winning items home with you. For all live birds, they are also entered in the competition and can be moved once judging is over.

We will also have several items on which we are opening off-site bidding. These can be bid on by those present at the show, too, and are also sealed bids, so no one will know who has bid how much until the auction ends. You can bid as many times as you want. While onsite bidders will have up until the auction ends to enter a bid, offsite bidders must submit their bids to info@ameraucanabreedersclub.org by Friday, Oct 5th at 5PM EST. Send your bid with the following in the subject line: "Silent Auction Bid", and please include your name, street address, city/state/zip, and phone number, along with the item you are bidding on and the amount of your bid in the body of the email.

You must be a resident of the continental US for any items requiring shipment, or make arrangements for items to be shipped to a US address! No out of country shipping on any of these items. Shipping of live chicks and eggs for hatching will begin in the Spring 2018, and the ABC will assist in coordinating the communication between the winning bidder and the donor of the items. You do not need to be a member of the ABC to bid!

In the case of more than one bid having the same amount and being the highest bid, those bids with the highest bid on them will be folded up, put back in the envelope, and one bid will be drawn. So, for example, three people bid $50 on the same item and $50 is the highest bid on that item. Those three bids are folded up - so no one can see the names - and placed back into the envelope. Larry Clionski or Susan Mouw, or their appointed representative, will draw one of those bids and that becomes the winning bid.

All onsite winning bids must be completed and paid for before removing the items. All offsite winning bids will be notified by email and invoiced via Paypal the week following the National Meet.

All proceeds from this Silent Auction are used for next year's National Meet.

If you would like to donate an item for either the onsite or offsite auction, please send me an email to info@ameraucanabreedersclub.org.  Feel free to include pictures of what you're donating, or pictures of parents of future chicks/eggs.

Onsite Auction Items:
  • One started pair of black large fowl Ameraucanas, to be picked up at the National, donated by Susan Mouw

Offsite Auction Items  (Note: for chicks or eggs, these will be shipped in the 2019 spring hatching/breeding season):
  • 10 chicks from black x black lines, donated by Susan Mouw
  • 10 chicks from blue x blue lines (could be blue/black/splash), donated by Susan Mouw
  • 10 day old chicks buyer's choice of black, blue, splash and white, donated by Paul & Angela Smith

We are also working on a raffle item - a very nice item that would be handy in anyone's backyard. :)  More to come on that item soon!
« Last Edit: September 06, 2018, 04:52:37 PM by Susan Mouw »
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Re: ABC's 2018 National Onsite/Offsite Silent Auction! Edited with new Items!
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2018, 04:17:22 PM »
Take a look to see what and who is offering items for the auctions.  Drop a note to the contacts listed above if you would like to offer poultry items or birds for the National Show. Birds can be both entered into the show and be lncluded in the auction.
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