Staged by our amateur auctioneers, this indoor February event provides ample
opportunity for NJACE members to get hot deals on Corvair parts plus a few
laughs! New and used Corvair parts
are sold to the highest
bidder, with the club slicing off a percentage of the proceeds.
Click here for pics from the February
7, 2009 auction.
Here is how we conduct our
auction every year, in February.
All Corvair enthusiasts are welcome and
invited! Any and all Corvair items will be sold to the highest bidders. You
can set a minimum acceptable bid for your parts, or no minimum bid at all!
NJACE will collect a 10% commission on the sale of parts. You may also
donate items for the full benefit of the club. All you need to bring is
parts and/or cash, and a folding chair on which to sit.
If you're selling, the best way to go is to
organize your parts at home, so that you can quickly fill out the Lot Cards
that will be used at the auction. On the Lot Cards, you will identify
yourself, the parts, and any minimum acceptable bid you wish to establish.
On the morning of the auction there will be
time to set up your parts and tag them if you have not yet done so. By
organizing in advance at home, setup will be easier. If you don't want to
be bothered tagging your parts and you just want to donate them to the club,
bring 'em and we'll handle everything for you. (Parts donations have
typically been one of our club's largest fund-raisers each year.)
What kind of parts sell well? Obviously,
clean parts in good condition, parts that are less common, and new-old-stock
parts. Greasy, broken junk has little or no value, and the auction will
prove this to you if you don't believe it. L eave the bent, rusty, broken
stuff at home. We encourage the selling of parts in "lots." For example,
sell an instrument cluster and a glovebox door together, not as separate
items. And we discourage the selling of too many of the same thing. For
example, if you have six pairs of cylinder heads to sell, consider offering
only one pair at the auction.
Once setup is complete, the auctioneers will
start picking parts and auctioning them off. Whatever is set for an item's
minimum bid is will be the least bid accepted (and bids will be taken in
even dollar amounts as to make bookkeeping easier). If you're buying, you
will have a Bidder Number which will be used to record your purchase
whenever you're the successful bidder. You'll receive your purchases on the
spot, but you'll need to pay for them (by cash or check, cash preferred)
before leaving.
For this reason we ask that you be prepared
to stay for the full auction, so that the bookkeepers can record all the
sales and tally the results without interruption. There will be a lunch
break, and club will provide pizza and soda at no charge. (Who said that
there's no such thing as a free lunch?)
If you don't have any parts to sell come
anyway -- there are always great bargains to be had and there are always
plenty of laughs. The auction is a great way to see a lot of unusual parts
and enjoy the competitive bidding. If you're looking for something in
particular chances are good that you'll find it there. The best part about
the auction is a chance to get together with a great bunch of people. The
auction is fast paced and a lot of fun.
