Another year of wild and crazy GMS fun kicked off with a lively auction! Tables were loaded with geological goodies for bidders to drool over. There were some exciting bidding wars as the lots eventually moved from the auction table into happy winners' hands. Lots of bargains were had, especially for the juniors. With junior starting bids at just 25 cents, the solitary junior in attendance got some incredible specimens for mere pennies!

A successful event like this one would not be possible without a lot of volunteers. Many thanks to Kim Cochran for getting all of the lots pulled from the club collection, prepared for the auction, and hauled to the club building. As always, he worked hard as auctioneer as he tracked bids and entertained everyone with his explanations of specimens. Thank you to Juergen Poppelreuter for matching lot numbers to items and arranging lots on tables as well as running items to winning bidders. Thanks to Dennis Buchannan for being a runner too, and Sue Gorday for keeping track of winning bids on paper so we could double-check the spreadsheet I was managing.

Lori Carter, Webmaster