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(Player Event) The first ever Pitmuck Auction! Respond here to reserve auction slot!

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((IMPORTANT OOC NOTES: All items should be RP/novelty/silly items and not actual rares/valuables as they will NOT be secure. This is not like any auction you've probably ever attended--it's all in good fun and you can expect things to be weird and messy. Just enjoy it!))

Today I visited the auction house and to my horror found something pinned to the door. Surely this was not another threatening note about a kidnapped daughter!



To my relief, I found that it was not. Instead it was this message:



There was also some melted ice cream on the auction house steps. Clearly the work of a goblin.

But... an auction in Pitmuck? Details were scarce, so I tracked down the only goblin I knew who had the temerity to paste a poster for her own auction onto my auction house door--Soozie Squidglet. Well, temerity and lots of glue.



I found Soozie at the playground riding the merry go round and asked her about the sign. After a while I was able to gather the following details:

- The Pitmuck Auction will be held on Friday, January 23 at 8PM ET.

- Since Pitmuck does not have an auction house, the auction will be held on the lawn behind the playground.

- Soozie Squidglet and Squishy will be running it.

- All items/lots are DONATIONS. You will not get the money from your item--any profit will be split between the cities of Pitmuck, Vesper, and Minoc.

((All items should be RP/novelty/silly items and not actual rares/valuables as they will NOT be secure. Which leads into...))

- Donators can present their own items! Tell auction-goers all about your item and why it is worth buying! (I should note that the anonymity that most auctions have cannot be guaranteed here anyway as goblins are hopeless chatterboxes.)

- Each seller may contribute only ONE item/lot.

- There is a maximum of 20 lots for the entire auction. (This, apparently, is as high as goblins can count.) Please respond to this thread to reserve an auction slot! You can include a brief description of your item, but please save the full description for the auction itself.

- There will not be ATMs or vendors, so you will need to pay in cash or checks. Since there are only a max of 20 lots, you can wait and pay at the end.

- Non-paying bidders and other undesirables will probably be peed on. Such is goblinkind.

For those of you unfamiliar with Pitmuck, it can easily be reached by using the statue at the Pitmuck city banner along the southern Luna wall. It is, of course, the one that looks like an ice cream cone:



Soozie is really excited about this auction, and I offered to help by passing the word along. She said that if the auction was a success there might be more in the future. Hope to see you there!
 
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I'll get started by reserving 1 auction slot. 19 left!
 

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1 Slot for Niva the Savage
 

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Ashlynn also has 1 lot.

So we have:

Ivy
Nanoc
Phoenix
Niva the Savage
Ashlynn

15 lots left!
 

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Ivy
Nanoc
Phoenix
Niva the Savage
Ashlynn
Icky
Ozog

13 spots left!
 

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Auction tonight!
 

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I have to root around my house, but I could probably find something reasonably fun to donate... provided someone will be around to get it from me, as there's a nearly 0% chance of me attending, given that it does not begin until 2AM CET.
 

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I have to root around my house, but I could probably find something reasonably fun to donate... provided someone will be around to get it from me, as there's a nearly 0% chance of me attending, given that it does not begin until 2AM CET.
You can put it in the Vesper Auction House mailbox if you can't make it. The mailbox is on the auction floor. If you have any special instructions for how you would like it presented make sure to include them in a book. :)
 

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Ok, I put a lot into the Auction house mailbox. I am curious to see what people thing with respect to the actual rarity of the older item.

I found a warfork with DI 20% that I make between Nov 99, when the naming was added for GM smiths, and July 03, when the exceptional bonus was raised to 35%.

Just to complete the set, I also dropped one in there that I made today, so you have the ancient and the modern version of the same thing, tagged with the same name.

Enjoy.
 

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Mees has sumptin to auction, mees wants spot too!

Scabby
 

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Ivy
Nanoc
Phoenix
Niva the Savage
Ashlynn
Icky
Ozog
Tuan
Scabby
Nubby
Murdock Redbone
OC
Ric Flair
Pamela Anderson
 
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Thank you all for coming out! We compiled some stats for the auction for you number nerds:

Number of lots: 20
Total Sold ?? (goblins can't count)
Average ??
Largest Item: Pitmuck Pinworm Cure sold for 1 mill and a piece of licorice
Smallest Item: Coupon Book sold for 4 green toenails
Most fought over item: Goblin Playdoh sold for 15 invis pots
Most interesting item: Box of 38 bananas from Jhelom sold for 89 zoogie fungus


Edit - Fixed the Cavendish
 
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Squishy just handed me this remarkable finger painting made with his new goblin finger painting kit.
 

Ashlynn_L

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The bananas were from Jhelom. Nujelmian bananas are terrible. I'd never import any from there.
 

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Ivy requested a full list of items sold, and what they purchased for:

Item - Amount
Broken Statue - 5 ks
Finger Painting Set - 5 squishy turnips
Grow your own goblin kit - 2 pewter bowls, white pearl, pair of scissors
Bag of bad loot (35 scrolls) - 10 Zoogie Fungus
Box of 38 bananas from Jhelom - 89 Zoogie Fungus
Pitmuck Pinworm Cure - 1 mill and a piece of licorice
Room Deodorizer/Fart in a bottle - Tarot Cards
Coupon Book - 4 green toenails
30 Stories in a book - 1 ornithologist map, 1 bag of sending, 4 teleport scrolls
Goblin Play Doh - 15 invisibility pots
Two runes and a bag of sending - The word "boubala"
A pair of mittens and a handcuff for a one armed man - Scissors and partial spellbook
Bag of delightful treats - Mongbat and Boat
Damaged Poinsettia and 3 red leaves - 100 band aids
Spy ring, to spy on goblins - Hinge, Yeast, Arrow shaft
Mystery Bag - 100 Valorite Ingots and 1 big ruby
Goblin Chia Pet - Bamboo Flute and Magic Book
Dried Goblin Pee - 50 Garlic
Mystery Bag - 100 Valorite Ingots and 1 big ruby
 
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