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Topic : 2nd Annual MARS/Tyree Auction

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Posted By: P.Kelly on March 31, 2009, 10:30 pm

Marine Aquarist Roundtable of Sacramento (MARS) proudly presents, in partnership with Steve Tyree of Reeffarmers.com, the 2nd Annual MARS Auction 2009.

Who: MARS, Reeffarmers (Steve Tyree), Your Reef (John Dakan), Aqualife (Doug Warner), Underwater Paradise (Rob McKinney) and Tropical Coral Farms (Chris Chadwick) will be joining together to bring you a night of the highest quality and finest corals found in California. Also sponsoring the event is Fragarack.com, a new maker of Frag racks for your reef.

http://www.reeffarmers.com
http://www.yourreef.com
http://www.aqualifeaquarium.com
http://www.underwaterparadiseinc.com
http://www.fragarack.com (the final site will be done April 16th)

What: The 2nd annual MARS auction (2009) will bring you the opportunity to bid on some of the finest corals around. Primarily captive propagated corals, many Limited Edited, Auction Edition or otherwise very rare or exclusive coral fragments not often available, and almost never in one place at the same time. Bring your tax refund and stimulus checks, because there may be some deals to be had. We expect over 40 corals to be auctioned off in total in one night. Highlights are expected to include (subject to final confirmation):
Bazooka Joe chalice, Bubble Gum Monster chalice, Purple Monster
Acropora valida, Rainbow Stylophora, and the Ice Fire Echinata, plus many, many more.

When: Friday April 17th, 2009 at 7pm until the last item is sold, no later than 11pm (third Friday, normal MARS meeting time). Our vendors will be setting up beginning at 6pm, and previewing of any corals made available for display may be made available as early as 6:45pm. Registration will begin promptly at 7pm and the auction will begin no later than 7:30pm.

Where: 9500 Greenback Drive, Roundtable Pizza, Folsom, CA, 95630. (916) 989-1133. We suggest you arrive early to order your food and reserve a table. The room comfortably accommodates about 80 people, and lately we have been filling the room to standing-room-only. MARS members be sure to mention the club for your discount on your pizza order.

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Auction Format: High bid in an open format with minimum opening bids, no reserve. As for the rest of the details, more information will be forth coming over the next week. Here is what has been finalized thus far. All bidders must register prior to bidding and receive a paddle. MARS members in good standing are entitled to a FREE paddle. Members of the public are welcome and may register and purchase a paddle for a nominal fee ($5) at the event. The event will follow the standard live auction format. Each winning bid must be paid directly to the selling vendor in cash. There are a number of ATM machines within walking distance of the event location; however we suggest that you stop in advance.

Presales: In addition to the auction, some of the vendors will be conducting presales for certain corals, not available at the auction. The presale lists will be sent to club members as early as Sunday April 5th, 2009 along with more details. At this time, we understand that the presales will include some Reeffarmer.com and ORA corals. Each vendor will most likely have slightly different terms for handling presales, and MARS will be working with those vendors to clearly document the presale lists and terms prior to distribution.

Reeffarmers Presale:
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=996&title=Reeffarmers.com_Presale

Your Reef Presale:
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=1004

Underwater Paradise Presale:
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=1006&title=Underwater_Paradise_presale

Aqualife Presale
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=1020

Auction Corals: In alphabetical order, the corals that are planning to show up at the auction and go home to your tank are as follows:

30,000 Leagues Acropora Lokani
Atlantis Metershower Cyphastrea
Australian Acan Lord
Australian Pink Goniapora
Australian Scolymia (Neon Green and Orange)
Aqualife Pack (Yellow Eye Guy chalice, Off the Ladder chalice, Ingerophyllia chalice)
Bazooka Joe Watermelon Coral - LE
Becker Tortuosa Acropora
Bubble Gum Monster - LE
C-quarium Unknown
Cali Tort, Acropora Tortuosa
(Karl's) Candlelight Acropora
Cyphastrea Pack (Minefield Cyphastrea, Original Altantis Cyphastrea)
Emerald Mummy Eye chalice
~~Hugo's Nasuta Acropora~~
Ice Fire Echinata Acropora Echinata - AE (AKA Aquascene Echinata)
Lime in the Sky Acropora sp. - LE
MARS Blue Lantern Zoanthids
MARS Lokani
Martian Moon Favites pentagona - AE
Miami Hurricane Echinophyllia - AE (AKA Pumpkin Patch Chalice)
Minefield Cyphastrea - LE
Montipora Setosa - AE
Mummy Eye chalice (original)
Nuclear Abyss Chalice
Nuclear Green Zoanthids
ORA Frag Pack (Red Planet, Pearl Berry, Bird of Paradise)
Palmer's Blue Millepora
Pink Elephant FraggleReef Palythoa
Pink Sand Dollar Montipora Venosa - AE
~~Pink Smoothie Montipora digitata~~
Purple Death Zoanthids
Purple Monster, Acropora valida - LE
Red Hot Chilli Pepper Montipora/Seasons Greetings Montipora
Red Watermelon Alien Eye Chalice - LE
Rainbow Stylophora - AE
Romel's Rainbow Acropora
Rouge Millepora - LE
Steve Elias Loisettae Staghorn - LE
Strawberry Swirl Chalice
Sunset Montipora - LE
Toxic Candy Micromussa - AE
Toxic Rose Atlantis Aquarium Favia
Triple Threat Favia - LE
True Robokaki, Mycedium robokaki - LE
True Undata (montipora) - LE
Ultimate Blue Staghorn Acropora - LE
Underwater Paradise Glowstick Deepwater Acropora
Volcano Chalice Fragfarmers
Your Reef Eye Tyrant Chalice

*AE denotes Reeffarmers.com Auction Editions (may be offered for auction by other vendors)
*LE denotes Reefarmers.com Limited Editions (may be offered for auction by other vendors)

Alright, the list is complete ( I think?)

Edited by P.Kelly : April 17, 2009, 1:20 am

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Posted By: Auntbeez on April 1, 2009, 5:47 am | Post: 1

eagerly waiting

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Posted By: kparker on April 1, 2009, 7:25 am | Post: 2

Sounds good!

Posted By: scubajim on April 1, 2009, 11:57 am | Post: 3

sounds awesome. will we have to wait till all vendors are done with the raffles to pick up and pay for the corals?

Posted By: P.Kelly on April 1, 2009, 12:01 pm | Post: 4

Quote From : scubajim April 1, 2009, 11:57 am

sounds awesome. will we have to wait till all vendors are done with the raffles to pick up and pay for the corals?

That is a great question. I'll talk with the vendors, but I imagine that if it is possible for the vendors to handle distribution of presales during the registration period, it might work out. More details to come this weekend on presales, and I'll bring this up with the vendors.

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Posted By: mark_s on April 2, 2009, 8:54 pm | Post: 5

I had to look all these up, so thought I'd at least make it easier on everyone else. These photos are being posted with the permission of Steve Tyree, John Dakan and Peter Kelly but are not the actual pictures of the auction frags:

30,000 Leagues Acropora Lokani

The 30,000 Leagues Lokani also originated from Fragfarmer and it was noted for being similar to the original 20,000 Leagues Lokani. These corals are generally low light corals that can develop intense purple blue pigmentation when maintained under moderate to strong light. Polyps tentacles are also intensely colored with turquoise pigments. Branches are very smooth and similar to Acropora loripes branches. Water current should be moderate to weak.

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Australian Acan Lord #1

Captive propogated acan lord.

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Australian Acan Lord #2

Captive propogated acan lord.

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Australian Pink Goniapora

This picture does not quite do this piece justice. In person, this Goniapora is highlighter pink!

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Australian Scolymia (Neon Green and Orange)

Imported from Australia, very similar to the "bleeding scolys" sold by other vendors.

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Aqualife Pack (Yellow Eye Guy chalice, Off the Ladder chalice, Ingerophyllia chalice)

Three Aqualife original chalices in one pack.

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B azooka Joe Watermelon Coral - LE

The Bazooka Joe Watermelon Coral is a morph of the Watermelon variety of Echinophyllia-like LPS stony corals. The Bazooka Joe morph of Watermelon develops large round protruding corallites. There are also more blue pigments that occur on the main surface inbetween the pink/red pigmentation. The main parent colony has also developed very dense concentrations of corallites in the center (see images below). Reeffarmers acquired its seed fragment of this coral from John Dakan of YourReef.com located in Sacramento California.

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Bubble Gum Monster - LE

This Reverse Watermelon coral has bright pink corallite centers. Within these centers there are brighter spots of pink along with some orange pigmentation. The base of the coral contains large bright green bumps or tuberculae. Located between these bumps there is turquoise pigmentation. The amazing Reverse Watermelon corals contain pink to orange corallites and a bright green base pigmentation. One of the first to be distributed nationally was the Mummy Eye coral imaged below on the right. The Miami Hurricane/Pumpkin Patch coral was the next Reverse Watermelon to be distributed to the national market. The latest Reverse Watermelon is called the Bubble Gum Monster coral. The coral appears to develop its best combination of colors when exposed to weak to moderate light levels.

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Cali Tort, Acropora Tortuosa

This phenomenal acropora tortuosa has a brilliant green trunk blending into a stunning blue coralite. Polyps can vary from blue to green depending on lighting and chemistry. The Cali Tort prefers high light and strong current. Faster grower than most other popular torts.

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Emerald Mummy Eye chalice

The Emerald Mummy Eye Echino became available shortly after the original Mummy Eye (ME). It has been in captivity with limited release since then. The Emerald Mummy Eye is a deeper emerald green with Fire Orange Eyes which can appear neon red in shaded conditions.

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Hugo's Nasuta Acropora

This Hugo nasuta coral has some very interesting polyp tentacle pigments. The tentacles are colored dark purple/blue, while the main body of this branching Acropora is golden brown. The coral requires at least moderate light levels to maintain the polyp tentacle pigment. The coral originated from the private collection of snipersps (Hugo Zuniga). This coral is a rare an exotic coral that has been traded within captivity for a few years.

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Ice Fire Echinata Acropora Echinata - AE (AKA Aquascene Echinata)

The Ice Fire Echinata coral is one of the most incredibly pigmented Acropora echinata corals that we have seen in captivity. It has a brilliant blue pigmentation at the branch tips that extends downward toward blue cream colored branch stems. This is a true Acropora echinata species that has elongated corallites. Polyps can extend during the daytime photoperiod. The coral has been successfully maintained within captivity since the fall of 2004. Reeffarmers acquired their seed fragment and their First Edition fragment from Karl Unarce of Sacramento California. The coral requires at least moderate illumination to maintain its coloration.

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Image Copyright © 2008 by Karl Unarce All Rights Reserved. Image Provided by ReefFarmers

Lime in the Sky Acropora sp. - LE

This is another outstanding Acropora coral from Greg Carroll of Southern California (gcarroll). The thin branching staghorn has a very distinctive coloration pattern. Branch stems are bright blue, while corallites are bright lime green. This coloration combination is why Greg has called the coral 'Lime in the Sky'. The colony was imported in 2003 and may be from the Solomons. The coral has always had its distinctive lime in the sky coloration pattern. It needs moderate light levels, but will grow faster when exposed to strong light levels.

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Edited by P.Kelly : April 14, 2009, 9:19 pm

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Posted By: mark_s on April 2, 2009, 8:55 pm | Post: 6

Rouge Millepora - LE

This incredible Acropora millepora contains some of the most striking pinkish red pigments that we have seen within an Acropora coral. The pinkish Red has an overall rouge appearance. Corallite edges are the most intensely colored areas giving the coral surface a detailed pigmentation pattern. Polyps are colored pinkish to creamish white and can take on a more greenish coloration in some captive environments.

Miami Hurricane Echinophyllia - AE (AKA Pumpkin Patch Chalice)

This amazing Echinophyllia thick plating coral has an olive green base coloration that can at times appear slightly grayish. There also appear to be some blue gray pigments that mix with green pigments to produce the Olive Green overall appearence (see image above). The bright orange corallite coloration contrasts very strongly with the base coloration. What you basically see from far away is an olive greenish plate with patches or large spots of bright orange pigmentation. Reeffarmers acquired our seed fragments from Greg Carroll who has named this coral the Pumpkin Patch Echinophyllia. Obviously the orange spots represent large pumpkins sitting in a field or patch. Greg acquired the coral from Anthony Yang of aquadesignz.com. This coral is the same coral as the Auctioned Edition Miami Hurricane Echinophyllia coral.

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Minefield Cyphastrea - LE

The Cyphastrea genus corals have turned out to contain some very exotic and interesting color morphs. This Minefield Cyphastrea is a fine example of that. The base pigmentation is a solid steel blue. Corallite mouths are bright blue while corallite septa ridges are bright white blue. Corallites also contain some green pigment patterns. The density of corallites is low and they are spread out over the surface of this encrusting species. Reeffarmers acquired a seed fragment of this coral from Matt Juner of Reefready.net.

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Image Copyright © 2006 by Reefready.net All Rights Reserved. Image provided by ReefFarmers

Montipora Setosa - AE

This submassive and irregularly branching Montipora is a newer species morph for the captive market. The coral also has an intense Orange Cream Reddish pigmentation that contains some mauve coloration. The surface structure is very smooth and polyps are very tiny and they contain more reddish pigments. Because this is a submassive coral, at times it can appear as a brilliant solid orange red Montipora confusa type of coral. The original colony of this coral also could develop lime green pigments in certain areas. What even makes this coral more unique is that it can also form irregular branches. The original colony was imported from Kupang Indonesia in May 2006 and was acquired by Fragfarmers.com . Eric calls this coral a Montipora setosa and that is also the name the coral will be marketed under by Reeffarmers.

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Mummy Eye chalice (original)

The "original" Mummy Eye Echino.

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Nuclear Abyss Chalice

While not as brightly colored as some of the Watermelon chalices this piece speaks for itself. Absolutely glowing yellow/green eyes with a body that fades in and out of dark and light blues and purples. This piece is a UWP exclusive and is sure to be an eye catcher.

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Pink Elephant FraggleReef Palythoa

A Reeffarmers LE Evaluation Soft Coral, best kept in weak to moderate light and moderate current.

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Pink Sand Dollar Montipora Venosa - AE

The Pink Sandollar coral was one of the original corals within the exotic collection of corals maintained by Rich Stephens (Sandollar). Reeffarmers acquired our seed fragment from Fragfarmers who has been marketing the coral as the Pink Sandollar. Eric believes that the species is a Montipora venosa. When we acquired our original small fragment, the base of the coral was light blue in coloration. This color has morphed to a light green base with the edges of the coral being pigmented blue. The main exotic attraction of this coral however, is the unique bright pink red polyps that extend during the daytime photoperiod. The polyp mouths are bright pink, while the tips of the tentacles are a bright whitish pink. Overall the polyps have a deep Pink/Red pigmentation (see closeup image below). The coral probably needs intense illumination to develop the blue base coloration. The Pink Red Polyps pigmentation only requires moderate illumination levels.

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Pink Smoothie Montipora digitata

This exotic branching Montipora has a distinguished captive history and was one of the first exotic corals grown and distributed by John Susbila (Tubs). This branching Montipora digitata has bright pink/orange polyps. Branches are a cream color that develop bluish pigments under strong light.

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Purple Monster, Acropora valida - LE

The 'Purple Monster' Coral was originally imported back in 1995 from the Solomons. It was a very unique and distinctive coral having a christmas tree form composed of smooth thick branches. This coral was placed within Steve Tyree's 180 gallon reef. It was featured in an MFM article way back in 1996. The name was coined by Steve Shvetstoff while he was living in the Oakland area of California.

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Rainbow Stylophora - AE

The Rainbow Stylophora is one of the most colorful Stylophora corals that we have ever seen within the captive reef market. Its incredible rainbow pigmentation pattern (see image above) fully developed while the coral was being maintained within the captive reef system of David Wang. The corals polyps are baby blue, while its main body has pigmentation that ranges from violet to pink to red to yellow to green. It appears that this coral will develop its best rainbow coloration under moderate to weak lighting.

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Romel's Rainbow Acropora

This is the infamous slow growing Rainbow Acropora that we believe originated from Rommel in Northern California. Fragments from this coral tend to be tiny in size due to its slow growth rates. This Acropora develops a rainbow of pigmentation.

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Steve Elias Loisettae Staghorn - LE

This Acropora loisettae was originally imported from Bali in 2001/2002. It was originally housed within the old retail reef shop 'Piece of the Reef'. Within the Bali area there are also some of the more exotic coral species due to the fact that Bali is located within the Indo-Malayan center of diversity for Reef Building Stony Corals. This particular species is only naturally located within this Indo-Malayan center of diversity. It has not been reported to exist within the Solomons, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu or Micronesia. Within Steve's reef the coral turned a solid turquoise blue color. Under sub-optimal conditions the coral has brilliant blue tips.

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Strawberry Swirl Chalice

This piece is poppin!! Red's, pinks with white lines and green eyes

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Sunset Montipora - LE

This brilliantly colored coral has a base intense orange pigmentation with very large polyps that are colored bright fluorescing green. The coral is currently being called the 'Sunset Monti' within the collectors market. It also has some very unique additional characteristics. Polyps are twice the size of average Montipora polyps and they extend regularly during the day.

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Posted By: mark_s on April 2, 2009, 8:56 pm | Post: 7

Toxic Candy Micromussa - AE

The Toxic Candy Micromussa coral has pigmentation patterns that are similar to the pigment patterns of the Angel Eye Micromussa. Corallite centers are solid bright pink. Around the corallite center there is a ring of bright green pigments. The outer area of the polyp has a dark brown to black appearence. The very edge of the polyp has bright green pigments. The main difference between the Toxic Candy and the Angel Eye is that the Toxic Candy polyps expand away from the corallite skeletal base and there are much larger in size. This means that the solid pink area of the corallite center is much larger.

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Triple Threat Favia - LE

The Triple Threat Favia was found by Mingwei and Joleen from Atlantis Aquarium http://www.atlantisaquarium.net. This exotic Favia contains some very rare pigmentation combinations. The base of the coral is a solid steel blue, while the medium corallites are solid deep red colored. That is a very rare color combo for a Favia. A third pigment color appears as green stripes that run from the corallite ridges to the inner corallite area. These green stripes appear to develop under brighter light levels. They also represent the third pigment which probably explains why Mingwei has called this coral the Triple Threat Favia. The coral appears to only require weak to moderate light levels to maintain its steel blue and deep red pigments.

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True Robokaki, Mycedium robokaki - LE

The corallite 'eyes' on this particular Mycedium robokaki stand out strongly and clearly on the corals surface. Jason's actual parent colony within his amazing reef appears to be a 'plate with eyes'. The corallite mouth or eye pupil is bright red/orange. The inner eye or corallite area is colored turquoise. This inner eye is surrounded by a dark green corallite ridge that almost appears to form the ridges and brows of an eye socket. In between the eyes this morph of M. robokaki has a bright green pigmentation that also appears to form some textured patterns on its surface. Jason acquired his original Mycedium robokaki as a small fragment of a coral believed to be from the South China Sea area of the Indo-Pacific. This coral has a basic pigmentation pattern similar to the Mycedium robokaki displayed in Image 3 on Page 346 in Volume 2 of Corals of the World by Veron.

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Ultimate Blue Staghorn Acropora - LE

This Blue Staghorn is one of the most Exotic Baby Blue Acropora staghorns that Reeffarmers has ever seen. The branch stems develop an intense baby blue coloration. Corallites range in coloration from brown to purple, but can also develop green edges or rings under certain lighting conditions. See image below. Polyps can develop a baby blue or teal coloration. The coral was found by Greg Carroll of southern California (gcarroll). Initially it was mostly colored brown, but developed intense pigmentation patterns within Greg's captive reef
system. Greg acquired the original colony from Black Coral Hawaii.

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Underwater Paradise Glowstick Deepwater Acropora

This is an Awesome Deep Water Acropora, believed to be a Jacquelineae.

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Volcano Chalice Fragfarmers

A Reeffarmers Future Limited Edition Stony Coral, requiring weak to moderate light and moderate current.

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Your Reef Eye Tyrant Chalice

We don't have a description on this coral, but come on, who needs one!

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Edited by P.Kelly : April 4, 2009, 3:36 pm

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Posted By: kevin95695 on April 2, 2009, 9:07 pm | Post: 8

I just wet myself.

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Why's everybody look at me funny when I say ima do it again?
Did I say that out loud?

Posted By: P.Kelly on April 2, 2009, 10:50 pm | Post: 9

Thanks Mark for doing all the heavy lifting. I went back and did a little clean-up and added some descriptions for you, like we talked about.

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Posted By: tangov559 on April 2, 2009, 11:03 pm | Post: 10

how does this work anyways?

Posted By: P.Kelly on April 2, 2009, 11:10 pm | Post: 11

Quote From : tangov559 April 2, 2009, 11:03 pm

how does this work anyways?

It is an auction. If you want to buy any of the corals that are being auctioned off, show up no later than 6:45pm on Friday April 17th, at the address listed. If you are not a MARS member, when you register, there will be a $5 paddle fee to register. Once you register, some of the vendors will have their corals available for previewing in small tanks setup. Others will have pictures posted on the overhead projector.

No later than 7:30 the auction will begin and each lot (coral) will be auction off just like on TV during the car auctions, except a little slower. The highest bidder will go speak with the vendor, make payment on the spot in cash and take receipt of their new coral.

Each vendor will be donating 2 corals to MARS. These corals will be clearly identified during the auction. 100% of the proceeds from these corals goes to MARS, a non-profit organization to help us promote, create, and enlarge the hobby of keeping, propagating,
appreciating and exhibiting marine organisms; to disseminate
information about the above to the public!

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Posted By: underwaterparadise on April 3, 2009, 7:37 am | Post: 12

WOW, great job with all the pics and descriptions. I'm impressed!!!

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Posted By: Borchers on April 3, 2009, 8:13 am | Post: 13

I can hardly contain myself

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Posted By: camlov2 on April 3, 2009, 9:08 am | Post: 14

this question might have a very open ended answer but here goes...

what size pieces and what prices have been realized in the past auctions?

I ask because I see 7-8 pieces I could see myself bidding on :neu:

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Hopefully I leave with 1 piece.

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Posted By: cichlid9 on April 3, 2009, 10:19 am | Post: 15

Mark, thanks for posting all of that information about the corals for auction, you did a great job. :happy:

Posted By: P.Kelly on April 3, 2009, 10:37 am | Post: 16

Quote From : camlov2 April 3, 2009, 9:08 am

what size pieces and what prices have been realized in the past auctions?

Hopefully I leave with 1 piece.

It is hard to say. Unless the vendors choose to chime in here, the first chance you may get to see these actual pieces is on the night of the auction. I've not been to a Coral Farmer's Market (CFM) but I would expect Tyree's pieces to be similar in size. I also missed last year's MARS auction due to a personal conflict, but I would expect Your Reef's pieces to be similar in size. Price will be based upon market conditions on the night of the auction and the interest of the parties with money to spend. In other words, it depends on how many people bid and how much they think each piece is worth.

You can leave with as many pieces as you want!

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Posted By: dlee300z on April 3, 2009, 10:51 am | Post: 17

Is there a set opening bid for each coral like a minimum price the coral will go for is it where if you are the highest bidder you just win it?

This seems so tempting.

Posted By: P.Kelly on April 3, 2009, 10:54 am | Post: 18

Quote From : dlee300z April 3, 2009, 10:51 am

Is there a set opening bid for each coral like a minimum price the coral will go for is it where if you are the highest bidder you just win it?

This has not been finalized yet. I hope to have this detail resolved by next Monday.

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Posted By: underwaterparadise on April 3, 2009, 1:11 pm | Post: 19

I will get together with Pete prior to listing any Starting bid prices for my pieces. Here are the approx. sizes.

Purple Monster- 3/4-1"
Ice/Fire AKA Aquascene Echinata- 1/2-3/4" multi branched
30k Lokani- 1-1.25"
YR Eye tyrant Chalice- 2 eyes just a lil smaller then a nickel
Toxic Candy Micro- 2 polyps
Nuclear Abyss chalice- About 2 inches with 5 eyes
Strawberry Swirl Chalice- size of a nickel with 2 eyes
Minefiled Cyphastrea- About the size of a quater completey encrusted the whole plug and needs something else to grow on ;)
Glow Stick Acro- 1-1.5"
cali tort- 2"

Hope That helps
Rob

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