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Auction Rules
600's Toys 700's Clothing & Jewelry 800's Classroom Donations 900's The Home 950's Sports Fun
Live Auction Items
1. The Silent Auction and Dessert Auction will begin at 6:30pm. Tables will close at various times throughout the evening. The Dessert Auction will close first. The winner of the dessert may choose to consume the dessert that evening or take it home. No bidding is allowed after the closing. The last section of the Silent Auction bidding will close at 9:00pm. The Live Auction will begin immediately following the Silent Auction.
2. In the event of a dispute, the Richardfest and Auction chairs shall act as final authority and shall determine the final winning bidder.
3. All Silent and Live items and services must be paid for in full this evening in cash, by check or by Master Card or Visa. Checks should be made out to “Richard P.T.O”. Cash and Checks are preferred.
4. A checkout table will tabulate your purchases total. You will be given a receipt for items purchased after you have paid. This receipt needs to be presented to the item packagers in order to pick up purchased items.
5. All items are sold “As Is”. While every reasonable effort is made to describe each item correctly, all items are sold “as is” or “where is”. Richard Elementary makes no expressed or implied warranties on auction items. Dollar values are estimates provided by the donors and are not warranted by Richard Elementary, Richard P.T.O. or Grosse Pointe Public Schools for tax purposes or market value.
6. Service items are sold subject to the terms and conditions stipulated by the donor. All services are to be used within the time limits stated or within one year of the Auction. Please note specifications and limitations carefully. No item is returnable, refundable or exchangeable.
7. All auction items must be removed from the War Memorial by the end of the evening.
Silent Auction Rules
1. Each item in the Silent Auction has a corresponding Bid Sheet. Persons desiring to bid may do so by writing their bid number and the amount of the bid on the sheet.
2 You may bid on each item as many times as you wish. After you have written your bid, you may not stand in front of the bid sheet for an unreasonable amount of time. All bidders must be allowed reasonable access to the Bid Sheets.
3 Minimum bids and minimum raises on all items are specified on the Bid Sheets. Each new bid must be written on the next blank line available on the Bid Sheet. Bids will be disqualified if minimum raises are not sufficient. Bid Sheets may not be removed from tables.
4. Every bid is a binding commitment.
5. Bids will be disqualified if a bidder’s number is written illegibly. In the event of a dispute, the Richardfest and Auction Chairs shall act as the final authority and shall determine the winning bidder.
6. The last legitimate and legible bid written before the announced closing time of a section will constitute the winning bid. The bid circled in red by a Richard Auction committee official will constitute the winning bid.
7 Silent Auction will close in stages:
7:30pm - Dessert Auction - 100’s
8:00pm Orange - 200’s Red - 600’s Purple - 800’s
8:20pm Yellow - 300’s Green - 500’s
8:40pm Bright Pink - 400’s Blue - 700’s
9:00pm Pink - 900’s White - 950’s
8. No bidding will be allowed after the section is closed.
9. All Silent Auction bidding will end by 9:00pm.
Silent Auction Categories
100 - Dessert Auction
200 - Art Gallery 300 - Entertainment 400 - Professional Services
500 - Culinary Delights 600 - Toys 700 – Jewelry & Clothing
800 – Class Gifts 960 – The Home 963 - Sports Fun
Live Auction Rules - Marty Bufalini
1. The Live Auction will begin at approximately 9:00pm and will continue until all items have been auctioned.
2. Your bidder number is officially registered with your name. Use this number when you bid.
3 All sales are final upon the pronouncement of the auctioneer of the word “sold”. Any item not sold at a satisfactory price may be withdrawn and returned to the donor at the option of the Auctioneer and the Auction Officials.
4. A volunteer runner will bring a contract to the successful bidder to be signed. The volunteer runner will then deliver the contract to the Cashier’s Table.
5. The list of items offered for sale may be altered or rearranged at the discretion of an Auction Official.
6. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the Auctioneer shall have sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and re-sell the article in dispute.
