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2nd Annual MARS/Tyree Auction - Friday April 17th @ 7pm in Sacramento

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) and Underwater Paradise (Rob McKinney) will be joining together to bring you a night of the highest quality and finest corals found in California.

http://www.reeffarmers.com
http://www.yourreef.com
http://www.aqualifeaquarium.com
http://www.underwaterparadiseinc.com

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.

You can check out the thread on the MARS forum for updated information:

MARS Tyree Auction Thread

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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Details:
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 may register and purchase a paddle for a nominal fee ($5) at the event. 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.

Stay tuned for the complete list of auction corals and presales...
 
Yeah, we know Friday's suck for you all in the Bay. We did this on Saturday last year and the turnout was sub-par. Good for the buyers, not so good for the vendors. So, this year, we've upped the number of vendors and we're planning to draw a bigger crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to see over 100 in attendance. It would be a great excuse for a 3 day weekend... cough, cough...
 
Most of the auction list is up, the rest will be up soon. Couldn't leave you all in suspense for too long!

http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=946
 
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 (the eye candy is in the link above):

30,000 Leagues Acropora Lokani
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
Bubble Gum Monster - LE
Cali Tort, Acropora Tortuosa
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
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)
Pink Elephant FraggleReef Palythoa
Pink Sand Dollar Montipora Venosa - AE
Pink Smoothie Montipora digitata
Purple Death Zoanthids
Purple Monster, Acropora valida - LE
Rainbow Stylophora - AE
Romel's Rainbow Acropora
Steve Elias Loisettae Staghorn - LE
Strawberry Swirl Chalice
Sunset Montipora - LE
Toxic Candy Micromussa - AE
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)
 
All of the presale lists have been posted, and a new MARS limited edition zoanthid will be released at the auction, the MARS Blue Lantern.
 
I think I may have been the only BAR attendee, but was more than happy as my first event as a BAR member to raise my hand when asked if any BAR members had made it to the auction.
Didn't splurge on any corals, but my buddy made out like a bandit thanks to the MARS DBTC, he must have come home with 5-10 new additions for his tank.
A great time was had by all at the auction....
Thanks to the MARS guys and Steve tyree for the great event

~Bowla
 
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