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Auction Roundup 05/02/2017
Firstly my apologies for being so tardy in getting this month’s roundup to you – unfortunately I have been time poor of late and was unable to attend the auction myself, so a special thanks to the Committee for making the results available to me, and even though I had them the day after the auction, I have only just had a chance to collate them.
Also the formatting is out of whack so I have also attached the file for download.
The PCS Auction was held on 5th Fen 2018 I can’t give you any idea of the number of attendees as I was not there. Judging from the results the prices for the more prestige stock seemed to be quite good, however generally prices were at the low end. PLEASE NOTE: numbers and percentages in brackets refer to the previous auction and are provided for comparison.
And here are the stats. The full list of 150 lots went under the hammer. (There did not appear to be any scratched/lots withdrawn) Here is a break up of Lots by number and percentage of total. There were 5 Lots passed in, being two Fish, two Catfish and one Plant lot, where no bids being received or did not meet Reserve.
Type Number of Lots % of Total
Book/Mag 1 0.67
Catfish 17 11.33
Cichlids 57 38.00
Non Cichlids 22 14.67
Other** 13 8.67
Plants 29 19.33
Shrimp 10 6.67
Snails 1 0.67
Total Fish* 79 52.67
Total Fish&Catfish 96 64.00
Total 150 100.00
* Sub-total of all fish – not part of overall total.
** All items not categorised as above.
Cichlids, Catfish and Cichlid Books/Mags, made up 50% (62% ) of Lots on offer and Non-Cichlids, Plants, Shrimp and Snails made up 41% (32% ) of Lots on offer. The remaining 9% was made up of Other items (Food, pumps, accessories etc.).
Being a Cichlid Society I have included tables which are cichlid specific.
Breakup of Cichlid Lots.
Cichlid Lots
Number of Lots
% of Total
Tanganyikan
26
45.6
Malawi
23
40.4
Victoria
3
5.3
Central /Sth American
3
5.3
African
2
3.5
Total
57
100
Top selling Malawis: (based on cost per fish)
4 x Gephyrochromis lawsi @ 3cm
$60.00
$ 15.00
3 x Metriaclima sp. "msobo" @ 4-5cm
$45.00
$ 15.00
3 x Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" (super red top) @ 4cm
$45.00
$ 15.00
4 x Aulonocranus dewindti @ 3-4cm
$120.00
$ 30.00
10 x Tropheus Moorii "Kasakalawe" @ 6-8cm
$200.00
$ 20.00
4 x Stigmatochromis pleurospilus @ 3-4cm
$50.00
$ 12.50
1 x pair Cheilochromis Euchilus @ 6-7cm
$45.00
$ 22.50
1 x Male Protomelas sp. "Steveni Taiwan" (Taiwanee Reef) @ 9cm
$20.00
$ 20.00
Top selling Tanganyikans:
1 X Altolamprologus calvus 'Black' @ 7cm
$35.00
$ 35.00
10 x F1 Tropheus sp. "Mpimbwe" (Orange cheek) @ 6-8cm
$200.00
$ 20.00
1 x Lamprologus' ocellatus 'Gold' (german import) @ 2.5cm
$30.00
$ 30.00
3 x Lamprologus ocellatus "Gold" @ 4cm
$80.00
$ 26.67
10 x F1 Tropheus sp. Lunatus Mkuyu @ 4-6cm
$200.00
$ 20.00
3 x Xenotilapia bathyphilus Kekese @ 3-4cm
$100.00
$ 33.33
10 x Tropheus sp. "Red" Chimba @ 4-6cm
$200.00
$ 20.00
3 x Enantiopus sp. "Kilesa" @ 10cm
$70.00
$ 23.33
3 x Xenotilapia bathyphilus Kekese @ 3-4cm
$80.00
$ 26.67
4 x Cyprichromis Leptosoma "Utinta" @ 4cm
$110.00
$ 27.50
All of the others:
3 x Hemichromis bimaculatus @ 4-5cm (Neon Blue Juwel cichlid)
$30.00
$ 10.00
1 x Pair Vjeja Argentea @ 7cm
$65.00
$ 32.50
A Massive amount of donations for the Stuart Grant Fund with 17 Lots compared to 5 last auction.
Bigjohnnofish, Chen and Spilo again topped the list, providing just over 52% of the Lots on offer. Tang Lots topped the list being 46% of the total Cichlid Lots on offer.
Name
Lots
%
chen
29
19.33
bigjohnnofish
27
18.00
Spilo
23
15.33
Mac
17
11.33
Donations
17
11.33
Horseman
9
6.00
stormfyre
7
4.67
Bonneyboi
7
4.67
Mr Blue
6
4.00
Mr White
3
2.00
Sendmeister
3
2.00
Lewy71
1
0.67
extend
1
0.67
The most expensive individual fish of the night were 5 x Lampryctis tanganicanus @ 3cm (Tanganyikan killifish) for $180 or $36 each, and 1 x Pair Vjeja Argentea @ 7cm which went for $65 or $32.50 each.
The most expensive individual lots of the night were the Tropheus varieties which all went for @200.00 a bag or $20.00 per fish.
10 x F1 Tropheus sp. "Mpimbwe" (Orange cheek) @ 6-8cm
10 x F1 Tropheus sp. Lunatus Mkuyu @ 4-6cm
10 x Tropheus Moorii "Kasakalawe" @ 6-8cm
10 x Tropheus sp. "Red" Chimba @ 4-6cm
The Guppy returns!
With some 20 Lots on offer, stock averaged just over $3.00 ($7.80) a fish with the highest being $25.00 ($12.50) per fish for a bag of 1 x pair Poecilia reticulata "albino red moscow" @ 3-5cm MF Despite this sale average price was down by 62% on the previous auction – probably not as many quality lots or an over supply?
1 x pair Poecilia reticulata "albino platinum" @ 3-4cm MF
$10.00
$ 5.00
2 x pairs Poecilia reticalata (Japanese blue swords)
$30.00
$ 7.50
1 x pair Poecilia reticulata "albino platinum" @ 3-4cm MF
$10.00
$ 5.00
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "purple moscow" @ 3-5cm MF
$25.00
$ 6.25
1 x bag of Poecilia reticulata "feeder guppies" @ 1-3cm
$10.00
$ 10.00
1 x pair Poecilia reticulata "albino red moscow" @ 3-5cm MF
$25.00
$ 12.50
There were 10 Shrimp Lots – the best of which was a bag of 3 x Caridina dennerli "Sulawesi White Glove Shrimp" @ 1-2cm for $25.00 or $8.33per shrimp – I personally would have expected these to have achieved higher than they did?
3 x Caridina dennerli "Sulawesi White Glove Shrimp" @ 1-2cm
$25.00
$ 8.33
4 x Neocaridina davidi var "Blue Cherry Shrimp" @ 1-2cm
$20.00
$ 5.00
3 x Caridina dennerli "Sulawesi White Glove Shrimp" @ 1-2cm
$20.00
$ 6.67
Plants – again there were 29 lots – same as last auction. Star of the show were two lots of 1 x Echinodorus Barthii (Red Melon Sword) for $30 – one lot was passed in. and average was again about $19 per plant, excluding mosses.
1 x Echinodorus Barthii (Red Melon Sword)
$30.00
1 x Windelov java fern
$25.00
1 x large anubius nana attached to rock
$25.00
1 x Echinodorus Barthii (Red Melon Sword)
$30.00
1 x Barclaya longifolia red
$25.00
1 x bag of "vallis" snail free
$25.00
Again Thank you to the Committee for providing their Sale data so that I could continue to do the Auction Roundup in absentia.
