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auction stats
In answer to Rick's question "How'd we do?" here are some comparative
statistics:
2003 2002 2001 2000
lots 336 322 289 310 (411)
bidders 49 71 54 57
gross $2148 $2517 $2923 $2485
-splits $611 $486 $869 $672
net $1537 $2031 $2054 $1754
Definitely the lowest year in quite a bit, though we pushed an insane
amount of lots through. I liked that there was so much in member splits.
The focus of the auction continues to move from nearly all store-supplied
items the way it was 10 years ago, to an opportunity for members to sell
their stuff. That's pretty cool.
Lots of plants. Consider that as one of 3-4 auctioneers, I spent the
entire night auctioning nothing but plants. That means perhaps 1/3 of the
auction was plants!
One silver lining of the low income is that lots of folks got some
great deals. In past years, one of the reasons for higher prices has been
the presence of bidders who will bid a certain amount on every item...
there were no people like that last night.
My only wish for next year is that we have more folks who can turn into
runners at the end to help people with their items. That was the one
bottleneck. Actually, check-in was also a problem, because initially we
had too many auctioneers and not enough computer folks (there should be a
fourth person running late checkin). On the bright side, there was good
"substitution" with computer people later in the evening (I personally
subbed all three stations at different times!).
- Erik
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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com
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