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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2015, 09:16:01 PM »
Blair a little over 800 items price's not bad not as good
as MCA last auction not as big of a crowd.
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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2015, 10:43:27 PM »

and bags of OB Peacocks
I heard Jimmy alone took 20bags of OBs.  So, at least there was some good quality mixed in.

So much for the 5 of the same item limit  ::).  I bought a bag of 8 at the end for $3...co-workers are always looking for cheap fish to kill.

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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2015, 11:32:47 PM »
Blair a little over 800 items price's bad not as good
as MCA last auction not as big of a crowd.
800items is great. A LOT better than 500. ;)


and bags of OB Peacocks
I heard Jimmy alone took 20bags of OBs.  So, at least there was some good quality mixed in.

So much for the 5 of the same item limit  ::).  I bought a bag of 8 at the end for $3...co-workers are always looking for cheap fish to kill.



 Maybe I misheard & it was 20 fish?  Either way - when dealing with OB Hybrids you can always have the BBs, DB OBs,  reg OBs, etc.  So, it's easy to get past the 5bag limit using the color morph clause & you know Jimmy is picky as hell about his OBs.  He doesn't just buy any ones he sees & is selective of what he breeds.

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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2015, 11:42:43 PM »
Blair a little over 800 items price's bad not as good
as MCA last auction not as big of a crowd.
800items is great. A LOT better than 500. ;)


and bags of OB Peacocks
I heard Jimmy alone took 20bags of OBs.  So, at least there was some good quality mixed in.

So much for the 5 of the same item limit  ::).  I bought a bag of 8 at the end for $3...co-workers are always looking for cheap fish to kill.



 Maybe I misheard & it was 20 fish?  Either way - when dealing with OB Hybrids you can always have the BBs, DB OBs,  reg OBs, etc.  So, it's easy to get past the 5bag limit using the color morph clause & you know Jimmy is picky as hell about his OBs.  He doesn't just buy any ones he sees & is selective of what he breeds.
Exactly what I was thinking. When you breed hybrids, you can just make *@&# up to get past that 5 bag limit.  :P
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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2015, 11:47:47 PM »
Twas my first time attending and it was neat to see such a wide variety of fish. The number of african hybrids made my go "whoa" for a minute, then i remembered it's allowed.

Left with a couple more additions for the show tank, some E. melanogenys, and a small group of L. sp. "Red Cap".
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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2015, 12:30:18 AM »
Exactly,  Ron.

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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2015, 12:52:59 AM »
Its a bummer they allow the hybrids cause we all know damn well they will eventually end up and a MCA auction...

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« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2015, 12:59:59 PM »
Its a bummer they allow the hybrids cause we all know damn well they will eventually end up and a MCA auction...
We do a good job of weeding them out, Although a few bags have slipped through in the past.

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« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2015, 01:15:35 PM »
Oh I know but what I'm getting at is people will think that it's acceptable to breed and sell hybrids.

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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2015, 01:39:19 PM »
Solid auction overall. The crowd wasn't as large as the MCA auction two weeks prior but they had a nice selection of animals to choose from. Lots of OBs and Petricolas. I was sitting near that guy in the red shirt in the photo above and I think he was helping to bid up the prices on his friends stuff.  He would begin to shake his right leg when he was bidding on something he didn't want. (Not sure how I noticed that). It was quite amusing. He almost got caught taking a bag in his effort to drive the price up. I found that a bit unsportsmanlike but then... there are no friends at auctions. LOL Blair you were missed.

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Re: MCAS auction
« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2015, 03:40:08 PM »
Hahaha! Jay, that's funny how you learned his tell.