Orchid Society of Great Britain Orchid Auction

Sat Jan 04 2025 at 01:00 pm UTC+00:00

Cole Court Lodge, Twickenham, TW1 1, United Kingdom | Twickenham

The Orchid Society of Great Britain
Publisher/HostThe Orchid Society of Great Britain
Orchid Society of Great Britain Orchid Auction
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The annual Auction will be held on Saturday 4th January 2025 at Cole Court in Twickenham. Put the date in your diaries! The Auction is a very entertaining meeting that's enjoyed by all. It is also a good reason for getting out on, what can be a cold and, otherwise, uninspiring day. For those who are new to this, here are a few notes on how the Auction works:
The doors will open for the meeting at 1pm; plants arriving for auctioning will be registered and allocated a number. Members can bring up to 8 lots, and joint members up to 12. The plants are then placed on the auction tables. Members who come to buy, rather than to sell, will register and be handed a personal number; any plants they buy will be assigned to that number.
The Auction will start at 2pm. Each plant will be held up for all to see and a little information will be shared about it. A very reasonable starting price will be suggested and bidding will commence.
After the sale of the final plant, a lot of arithmetic will be carried out by our Treasurer to total up each purchaser’s spend and to ascertain each seller’s takings, not forgetting that 10% of each plant sale goes to the O.S.G.B. Everyone else gets a tea break at this point! The sellers expect to go home with their takings, so we try to run a cash auction as far as possible; please visit a cash point if you can before you come to the Auction. However, we will also be able to take credit/debit card payments by Zettle if you have been unable to get hold of any cash, or have brought insufficient with you!
The Auction is a fantastic means for O.S.G.B. members to ‘swap’ plants. If you can’t grow an orchid as well as it should be grown, bring it to the Auction; you can bet that someone else would like to give it a go. You might also be surprised at how much your plant is sold for; the average sale price per lot at the last auction was £18. If you come to the Auction, you are sure to pick up a bargain or two; lot prices can start as low as £2. Several of the orchids seen in our previous Auctions are now not commercially available; so, coming to the Auction gives you the chance to pick up a rarity that you may not otherwise be able to obtain.
The OSGB Orchid Auction is for OSGB members only, to join as a member - please visit our website: https://www.osgb.org.uk/membership
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