Seller sheets can be downloaded as a pdf here.
SELAS will not accept responsibility for any item’s safe keeping nor its condition before or after the sale.
- TIME
- Auction Registration begins at 9 AM.
- Auction starts promptly at 11 AM.
- Save time by filling out your seller sheet before you arrive!
- ITEMS
- Only fish or aquarium related products are allowed in the auction.
- All items must be properly bagged.
- Proper fish bags must be used.
- Zip-locks and baggies are unacceptable.
- Live animals must be properly bagged with air and water. Please double bag.
- Larger fish may be kept in buckets or other suitable containers, but the bucket becomes property of the buyer.
- Items such as driftwood or decorations do not need to be bagged; however, they must be labeled appropriately.
- Items not properly bagged will be rebagged by SELAS volunteers. There will be a $2 fee for items that need to be rebagged. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.
- LABELS / SELLER SHEETS
- All Sellers must fill out a seller sheet.
- Your Seller ID are your initials. For example, if your name is Homer Jay Simpson, your Seller ID would be HJS.
- All items that you are selling must be listed on your seller sheet.
- All items must be labeled with your Seller ID and Item Number.
- Your labels should match the numbers on your seller sheet.
- You may put a reserve price on your item.
- Below are examples of acceptable labels:
- SELLER STICKERS
- Blue – This is the first color that is auctioned off. This includes SELAS donations and Move-Up items.
- Red / Yellow – These are the standard auction items. For each item that a person is entering into the auction, that item will get a sticker and be placed on the corresponding color table.
- Green – Late arrivals will get a green sticker and go last in the auction. A $2 fee can be paid to move the items up.
- FEES
- You must have a bidder card to bid.
- Move Ups – If a seller or buyer wishes to move an item up to the beginning of the auction (or to an earlier place in the auction if the auction has already started), a fee of $2 cash must be paid.
- AUCTION PAYMENT
- When a bidder is ready to leave, that person must turn in their bidder card to the cashier. The cashier will print out a receipt. The bidder must pay the total amount that is owed at that time.
- Acceptable forms of payment are cash and credit cards.
- SELLER PAYMENT
- Final prices paid at the auction will be split between SELAS and the seller.
- The first dollar, goes to SELAS, after that there is a split of 80% going to the seller and 20% going to SELAS.
- Sellers will receive a check in the mail approximately 2 -3 weeks after the auction (make sure that your address is correct on the seller sheet).