Ab Antiquo

The silent and fledgling portions of the 2020 RB Auctions concluded tonight at 11:30 PM EST.

This year's auctions were under new management, with Smerberous and Addie taking up the mantle of auction heads with the assistance of Wyntr and GrimreaperMoon. Having taken over the auctions, this team made a number of changes which impacted the functioning of the event. The most notable changes this year are as follows:

• Staff do not take a cut, 100% of fund go to the participants
• A new section was opened, specifically designed to help fledglings
• The term 'slave' was not used - this year, the auctions had participants
• This year there was also a push to include more diverse skills and services

These changes seem to have been well received by those who participated; auction results can be found below.

Participant - Buyer - Price
Silent Auctions
Addie - Brom - 105k
akasha_vampira - Amaya_Shannis - 115k
Amaya_Shannis - BeatriceLeRoux - 60k
Asher Grace - Lullaby - 150k
Batrisha + SleepyRed - darkwolf - 400k
Brom - Wyntr - 100k
Dae Hyun - darkwolf - 25k
Dahlia- - Brom - 150k
Kalika - Brom - 100k
KingDrako - darkwolf - 25k
Kurayami Itami - Bastian - 100k
Lullaby - darkwolf - 455k
Magwayen - darkwolf - 300k
Maureen - darkwolf - 115k
Maven - Asher Grace - 85k
Nahm - Sunday-Go - 80k
-Ren- - Nahm - 35k
spookie - Sabrene (Lyrene) - 35k
-Tessa- - Zigma - 125k
xxsacrificexx - Lullaby - 220k
-------- Total: 2.78mil

Fledglings
Arachne - Asher Grace - 110k
AshesOfEden - Brom - 100k
David - Sunday-Go - 170k
Kitt - -Lyra- - 110k
Perry - Bastian - 150k
ShiverSpawn - Batrisha - 130k
Zoe - Leo - 300k
-------- Total: 1.07mil

Grand total: 3.85mil

Buyers are expected to finalize payment arrangements by February 14th, end of day. During last year's silent auctions, 2.21 million coins changed hands, making this year's silent auction a bigger success.

The live portion of the auctions will be held at the CoF Auction House on February 21st at 7 PM EST. Buyer signups remain open until one hour prior to the start of the live auction.

I didn't know about a lot of these changes, thanks for the informative reporting!

I love those updates and changes, and this looked successful! Congrats to everyone involved.