Doors open at 11am. Auction starts at 1pm
$10 admission which includes 1 paddle, extra paddles available for purchase at the door.
The direct sales vendors will have items up for "auction". These items will be on display after the doors
open - you can see what will be up for auction and decide which items you're interested in.
Once the auction begins, the announcer or one of the helpers will hold up the item that's up for bid and
will announce whether the item is a "one quarter" bid, "two quarter" bid, “three quarter” bid or “4
quarter” bid. If you're interested in bidding, you'll put one or two quarters (whatever was announced)
for EACH paddle you intend to bid with. So if you have two paddles, want to bid with both to double
your chances, and the item is a "one quarter" bid, you'll put .50 in the bucket and raise your paddle(s). A worker will be walking from table to table with a bucket to collect bids.
The announcer will then draw a number to find a winner. If they draw your number and you had bid on the item, hooray! You just won an awesome item at a great price! If they draw your number and you did NOT bid, just call out "no bid!" and they'll continue to draw numbers until they find a winner.
There may be various raffles and cash and carry items available through the evening - the announcer and workers will help explain how those work. Be sure to bring quarters, but if you forget or run out,
there will be a limited amount of rolled quarters available for purchase at the event. If it all sounds complicated, relax. Everything will be explained again once you get to the auction. You'll catch on in no time and should have a great time!
Vendors (including food vendors) are set up around the perimeter and will have items available for purchase during this event!!
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