Auction Roundup
The PCS Auction on 2nd May 17 was again well attended with approx. 58 attendees (Yes I did do a rough head count this time) Let me say at the outset that the atmosphere was a bit flat and lacked the sense of excitement and anticipation which was palpable in the previous two auctions (this is of course my personal opinion) notwithstanding that the quality of the Lots offered was again excellent.
Due to difficulties formatting the tables for the forum view them in the pdf.
Here are the stats for those who like them. A total of 158 lots went under the hammer from an original list of 156. (Two SGFC donation Lots added at the last minute) Here is a break up of Lots by number and percentage of total. Interesting also that for the first time in the last 3 Auctions that three Lots (all plants) were passed in with no bids being received.
Type Number of Lots % of Total
Book/Mag 3 1.90
Catfish 19 12.03
Cichlids 45 28.48
Non Cichlids # 9 5.70
Other ** 16 10.13
Plants 55 34.81
Shrimp 9 5.70
Snails 2 1.27
Total Fish * 54 34.18
Total Fish&Catfish 73 46.20
Total 158 100.00
* Sub-total of all fish – not part of overall total.
# comprised of all Guppies.
** All items not categorised as above.
I found it interesting that Chichlids, Catfish and Cichlid Books/Mags, made up only 43% of Lots on offer. Non-Cichlids, Plants, Shrimp and Snails made up 47% of Lots on offer. The remaining 10% was made up of Other items (Food, pumps, accessories etc.).
As we are primarily a Cichlid Society I have included tables which are cichlid specific.
Breakup of Cichlid Lots.
Cichlid Lots Number of Lots % of Total
Tanganyikan 11 24.4
Malawi 30 66.7
Victoria 2 4.4
Central /Sth American 1 2.2
African 1 2.2
Total 45 100
Top selling Malawis:
Description Lot Price Ave each
1 x Pair Cheilochromis Euchilus (RARE) 6cm $40.00 $20.00
3 x Lethrinops sp. "Red Cap" (Itungi) 3-4cm $75.00 $25.00
3 x Placidochromis Phenochilus "Mdoka White Lip" 5-6cm $90.00 $30.00
4 x Protomelas Taeniolatus "Namalenje Island" German line" 4-5cm $80.00 $20.00
Top selling Tanganyikans:
Description Lot Price Ave each
1 x Pair Neolamprologus Brevis "Sunspot" 2-3cm $60.00 $30.00
10 x Tropheus Moorii Kasakalawe German line 4-5cm $260.00 $26.00
3 x Altolamprologus Calvus "Black" 3-4cm $70.00 $23.33
1 x Pair of Calinochromis sp. Ndobhoi 10-12cm $40.00 $20.00
4 x Cyphotilapia Frontosa (f1) "Kigoma" 5cm $80.00 $20.00
4 x Ophtalmotilapia Boops "Neon Streak" 5cm $130.00 $32.50
All of the others:
Description Lot Price Ave each
5 x Haplochromis sp. "Flameback" 3-4cm (Lake Victoria) $40.00 $40.00
1 x Pair Lithochromis Rubripinnis (RARE) 5cm (Lake Victoria) $45.00 $22.50
8 x Steatocranus casuarius "Blockheads" 7-10 cm (Congo basin) $160.00 $20.00
Again, a good number of donations made to raise money for the Stuart Grant Fund, 15 in total making up almost 9.5% of the Lots. Bigjohnnofish, Mac and Chen were the next largest contributors of Lots.
Name Lots %
Donations 15 9.49
bigjohnnofish 27 17.09
chen 19 12.03
sjconsen 11 6.96
stormfyre 10 6.33
bostave 16 10.13
bonnyboi 3 1.90
Mr White 3 1.90
Dicky7 3 1.90
poncho 6 3.80
Chris Perth 3 1.90
cameroncuz 12 7.59
Mac 19 12.03
Mattia 1 0.63
Mr Blue 7 4.43
Tancam31 3 1.90
Total 158 100.00
The most expensive individual fish of the night were two Lots of 2 x Leporacanthicus (L007) "vampire pleco" 4-6cm which went for $65 and $75 each, and a pair of Panaqolus sp."L397" 9-11cm MF which averaged $75 each.
The most expensive lot was $260 for 10 x Tropheus Moorii Kasakalawe German line 4-5cm i.e. $26 per fish – a good buy in my book as I expected that they would have gone for at least $300.
Apart from 1 bag of feeder guppies – the quality stock averaged just over $7 a fish with the highest being $12.50 per fish for a bag of 4 x Poecilia reticulata "purple moscows" 3-5cm MMFF
Description Lot Price Ave Each
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "blue lace" 3-5cm MF $35.00 $8.75
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "albino sunsets" 3-5cm MF $10.00 $2.50
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "red snakeskins" 3-5cm MF $20.00 $5.00
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "blonde endlers" 3-5cm MF $20.00 $5.00
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "blue scarlet endlers" 3-4cm MF $18.00 $4.50
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "purple moscows" 3-5cm MF $50.00 $12.50
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "blue grass" 3-5cm MFFF $50.00 $12.50
2 x pairs Poecilia reticulata "albino platinum" 3-5cm MF $30.00 $7.50
Shrimp were again popular and apart from ‘ninjas’ all got good prices with a bag of 8 x Caridina cantonensis Crystal Red shrimp (S grade) going for $100 or $12.50 per shrimp.
Description Lot Price Ave Each
5 x Caridina sp. Gulf1 "Red nose shrimp" 1cm $38.00 $7.60
8 x Caridina cantonensis Crystal Red shrimp (S grade) $100.00 $12.50
6 x Neocaridina davidi "Carbon rili schrimp" $30.00 $5.00
10 x Neocaridina davidi Blue velvet cherry shrimp $64.00 $6.40
10 x Neocaridina sp "Red cherry shrimp" $12.00 $1.20
10 x Neocaridina davidi Blue velvet with red spots shrimp $35.00 $3.50
10 x Neocaridina sp Cherry shrimp $5.00 $0.50
Plants – there were 55 Lots (an increase of 34% on last auction), again the star of the show was a Lot of 1 x Crinium Calamistratum which fetched $60 - $20 down on last Auction.
I post this for the people that were not able to get there, also if this is too difficult to read I have attached a pdf. 20170502 May Auction Roundup .pdf 80.39KB 12 downloads
Edited by Chris Perth, 03 May 2017 - 01:07 PM.