The NEC 2025 annual auction

An in-person auction, created by admin

General information

Doors open 9 am, auction starts 11am sharp.  Sellers, please drop off your items as early as possible.

Rules

• There is a limit of 5 dry good lots and a limit of 3 lots per species (or strain or morph or color) per vendor. Anything outside of these limits will be considered a donation to the NEC.

• Nothing deemed illegal by the state of MA will be accepted for auction.
• Dry goods must be clean and in working order, no broken items or cracked tanks; no used light bulbs or gravel.
• Any items that do not sell must be picked up at the end of the auction or they become the property of the NEC.
• Vendors must mark each lot with the lot number, their name, number of fish and species name.
• All fish lots must be properly double-bagged; a fee of $2.00 will be charged if we have to re-bag your fish.
• Vendor proceeds will be mailed no later than 3 weeks after the auction.
• The Auction Committee and auctioneer have the right to refuse any lot due to size, defects, sickness, inadequate bagging or any other disqualifying reason. The NEC will not be responsible for any items after they have left the auction hall, however, if within 24 hours, a buyer brings a lot to the attention of the Auction Chairs that is obviously sick or deformed, the buyer will be refunded and the vendor’s cut will be subtracted from their proceeds.
• All bidders must register at the auction table for a bidder number.
• All bidders must produce a driver’s license or valid government ID at the registration desk for security purposes; the ID information will be entered on the bidder form. Before leaving for the day, buyers must pay for their lots at the registration desk with cash, paypal, or by check (no starter checks) and the bidder card must be turned in.
• The auctioneer has the FINAL WORD on all bids and the auction Chairs will have the final word on all other matters.

The following rules will be automatically enforced by this site:

• This is an in-person auction
• You can submit lots starting Sept. 1, 2025, 11 a.m.
• You can submit up to 30 lots. Additional lots accepted only as a donation.
• For lots you pre-register on auction.fish, you will be charged 30% of the winning price per lot you sell
• For lots registered by auction staff on site, you will be charged 50% of the winning price per lot you sell

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