I will second that opinion and extend it by saying I think the QUALITY of the plants was the highest ever as well. Never have there been so many plants that I really wanted myself. We have great specimens of the plants brought too. As usual, kudos to Phil for doing such a great job and moving the party along at a pace that kept things interesting! Shango On 2/11/09 12:05 AM, "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > I just an report to the board of the auction stats, and also wanted to > share with the rest of the membership that... Tonight's plant auction was > a RECORD-BREAKER for the 10 years I've been keeping computer tabs (and > most likely the previous 10 before it). Record number of items (~400), > record number of bidders (56), record $ in bids, and record $ in splits > paid to members. > > I don't think I've ever seen Standing Room Only at a plant auction. > > Thanks to everyone who promoted the meeting, helped tonight, and of course > to everyone who bought plants! > > Now I'm off to ponder which tank I'm going to put my new Cryptocoryne > moehlmanii and ciliata specimens tomorrow. Muhahaha! > > - Erik > (Plant Auction chair) -- Shango Los ::Development:: Listing and Marketing Specialist, Partner Alchemy Real Estate Marketing and Development ::Internet:: Fourthfold Visions, LLC www.OutdoorLovemap.com :: Fine Art Portfolio:: www.ShangoLos.com ::Twitter:: https://twitter.com/shangolos _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member