ECC Auction Pics 5/2/10

[spyder]

Start of Auction
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Bags and more bags of fish
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Crowd shot after Bill (fischfan13) talked for 2 hours to start the auction
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[Artie]

:becky::becky::becky:

[exasperatus2002]

lmao. Looked like a good time. Wish I could have attended but getting ready for my daughters bday party for 41 people has tied my hands.

[fischfan13]

These pictures are courtesy of TommyN3D.
There are still more pics out there and I believe some more will hit the site by the end of the week.

Thanks Tommy.

Alesia and Alan (BFG and NYC2Tanks) busy at work...well, maybe one of them is.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/springauction2010016.jpg

John and Jimmy (Bovsbaitboxes and S10Jimmy)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/springauction2010017.jpg

Alan playing with dots, while I try to explain to fishboy that his list of fish goes on the Pre-Reg form...not his lunch order.
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Alesia and Will (Heyguy74)
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Some of the 500+ lots that made it...
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Note to self: Buy stock in the companies that make fish bags
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[RedDevilRyan]

Nice pics! Bill, is Joseph going to be making an awesome ECC Auction video anytime soon? I saw him recording a bunch of stuff.

[Tony]

John and Jimmy (Bovsbaitboxes and S10Jimmy)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/springauction2010017.jpg


Is it just me or do they look like they're up to no good?

Nah, just kidding... was great meeting you guys. :)

Thanks again for the aristos, John!!! They tried to eat some of my fish, but after a bit of moving, tis all good. :ty:

[emartin]

Is it just me or do they look like they're up to no good?

Nah, just kidding... was great meeting you guys. :)

Thanks again for the aristos, John!!! They tried to eat some of my fish, but after a bit of moving, tis all good. :ty:

Voracious buggers aren't they?

I'm actually having second thoughts about keeping mine. I don't want to have to deal with adult peacocks/small haps constantly being hunted LOL!

[Flareside]

great pics guys! I couldnt attend- so keep 'em coming. Im sure there are more pics that can be put up

[Buckcich]

great pics guys! I couldnt attend- so keep 'em coming. Im sure there are more pics that can be put up

I'm not the photographer type, but.................. we sorryly miss Neoprodegy. Bill, is George Lucas ( aka Joseph) ready to unveil his last creation? I'm very curious!

[fischfan13]

I'm not the photographer type, but.................. we sorryly miss Neoprodegy. !


Please, some people chipped in and took pictures to help out the site. How about THANKING them instead of asking for someone who is not part of this site to take pictures.
Get over it, Li is a very busy man who owns businesses and lives 4 hours away and is now in Asia.
The membership of this site should be thanked, not insulted as was done here.

[fischfan13]

Before the auction:

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[fischfan13]

During the Auction...ya think the auctioneer would stand still.

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[Buckcich]

Please, some people chipped in and took pictures to help out the site. How about THANKING them instead of asking for someone who is not part of this site to take pictures.
Get over it, Li is a very busy man who owns businesses and lives 4 hours away and is now in Asia.
The membership of this site should be thanked, not insulted as was done here.

I didn't meant to offend ANYBOBY!!!!!!!!!! I apreciate that members of this club posted pictures ( like I said before, I'm not the photographer type, but I reconize good work). I WAS referenring to the work that Li put in the CCA recent annual auction. Within a day he had pictures posted of just about everybody that attended that event. THAT'S DEDICATION, maybe I had my hopes too high that a member of OUR club could duplicated what Li did or suplanted it. In any event, THANKS to all that posted pictures of the auction, you did WAY better tham myself..............

[BlondeFishGal]

Hey, nice work Fischkid13 (aka Joseph ..aka ECC's George Lucas) on those videos!

Too funny that on that first video (the pre-auction one) it seems that no matter what or where you were shooting, I could hear your dad's booming voice over everything in the background. :whistle:

Your videos rock! :high5:

:goodjob:

[fischfan13]

I didn't meant to offend ANYBOBY!!!!!!!!!! I apreciate that members of this club posted pictures ( like I said before, I'm not the photographer type, but I reconize good work). I WAS referenring to the work that Li put in the CCA recent annual auction. Within a day he had pictures posted of just about everybody that attended that event. THAT'S DEDICATION, maybe I had my hopes too high that a member of OUR club could duplicated what Li did or suplanted it. In any event, THANKS to all that posted pictures of the auction, you did WAY better tham myself..............


I am running out to get a $2000 camera.
Paul, please, for the benefit of our members, stop.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
CCA has no "annual auction", and you have no idea what you are talking about when you are talking about Li.

Back to topic...

[nick a]

Enjoyed the pics and the Vids very much! I really enjoy being able to put more faces to the names. Some of you I think I'd recognize right away if we were to meet up.

[deadhead]

Joseph,
You have a career in Hollywood waiting for you!

[BlondeFishGal]

Joseph,
You have a career in Hollywood waiting for you!

One of my fav things Joseph does in his videos is to make little comments of his own... He did it alot in the "Decemba to Rememba" ones and in one of the auction ones, Bill tells everyone to take their seats, and you hear Joseph say "I have no where to sit!"

Totally made me :becky:

[fischfan13]

Photos by fischkid13 (school work during the week takes precedence over website work)...

Heyguy74 and iamzrad...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/042-1.jpg

I need a brush and some chocolate milk...
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Ryan and Mom...
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Artie, trying to tell the sexes of what is in the bag...
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Right before being auctioned...
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You WILL take that bag for $1!
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[fischfan13]

CCA Royalty...
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Pat Kelly...
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Getting ready...
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[fischfan13]

BFG and Greenhacker...
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Ed Martin taking a survey on which color raffle tickets sell best...
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Tom, Sarah, Synos and Plecos...
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Steve from SouthCentralCichlids...
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Vendors setting up...
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Misterted meet Artie...Artie, meet Misterted...
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All bagged up and waiting for their new owners...
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[Reel Addiction]

Looks like a great time sorry I couldnt make it.

[emartin]

ECC Fall '09 Auction was the first auction I have ever attended. This Spring 2010 auction was the second (not counting "mini" auctions).

Aside from the ACA auction in 2011, I don't think I will ever attend any other auction for cichlids!

Definitely the best auctions I've been to...

Great people, great hospitality, great fish, great food, and great venders...

[BlondeFishGal]

Oh, man, can we do it again next weekend?! :becky:

Seeing all these great pictures and remembering all the fun we have, I want to do it again!!!

:fish: :fish: :fish:

[Artie]

Oh, man, can we do it again next weekend?! :becky:

Seeing all these great pictures and remembering all the fun we have, I want to do it again!!!

:fish: :fish: :fish:

Too soon Blondie my facial scars have not healed yet !!!!!!!!!!!:neener:

[Buckcich]

Bill, I like when you post photos, you allways have a legend under or above the photo, which makes us know (put a face to the site handler's name)who's who in the site. Thanks

[RDTigger]

Makes me wish there was a group as active down south...

[fischfan13]

You never know.
We are EastCoastCichlids, and it would be great to bring our Dog and Pony show further South one day.
As a matter of fact someone brought this same subject up to me the other day.

[AlishanAS]

Auction in Myrtle Beach. Not a bad thing..............

[RDTigger]

Erik Dykemyster is about 1.5 hours from Myrtle as well.

He had some ACA people from charlotte in for a visit yesterday when i stopped by to pick up a purchase.

[finman57]

Okay, Did I miss vid #2?

lol You know at the end of video one, I just could not focus on what I was doing? lol

[triscuit]

*Ehhh Hem* :mad2:

NORTH. You mean- bring ECC further NORTH.

[Flareside]

*Ehhh Hem*

NORTH. You mean- bring ECC further NORTH.

yeah.. what she said:coool!:

[TKC747]

I kinda like it where it is now but alternating both North and South would be great to get everyone involved in the ECC auction!

Tom C.

[BlondeFishGal]

I vote for the east coast ... of Italy!

:neener:

[TKC747]

I vote for the east coast ... of Italy!

:neener:

Should we all chip in for Lotto tickets? LOL or are you paying Alesia:neener:

Tom C.

[nick a]

Make it in 10 days on the WEST coast of Italy either in Cinque Terre or on the isle of Elba & I"ll attend :coool!:

[kaj41354]

Ok- now you folks have given me a visual of those folks from "down-south" with Bill and Kevin as auctioneers. The Top 10 things heard at a "Down-South" ECC Auction.

10. How much Ya'll git that pan fryer for?

next....

[triscuit]

Seriously, though- I suspect the auction preparation makes it nearly impossible to take on the road. However, the growing membership should make it easier to plan field trips, etc for a wider geographic area. There's not much outside of lobsters in aquaria up here, but I'd love to see the Georgia Aquarium some day. Also, to those who haven't been, the National Aquarium in Baltimore is phenomenal!

[BlondeFishGal]

Seriously, though- I suspect the auction preparation makes it nearly impossible to take on the road. However, the growing membership should make it easier to plan field trips, etc for a wider geographic area. There's not much outside of lobsters in aquaria up here, but I'd love to see the Georgia Aquarium some day. Also, to those who haven't been, the National Aquarium in Baltimore is phenomenal!

YAY...ROAD TRIPS!!!

:cara: :eclipsee_steering: :cara: