Dragon Auction September 6th &7th 2025
Dragon Bonsai Auction - 6th and 7th September 2025
The annual action will be held at the Resource Centre in Glanamman on the Sunday.
You can book in items for the Auction from 09.30AM on Saturday 6th, and up to 10.00 AM on the day of the auction ( Sunday 7th )
Important Information.
You must have a buyer / sellers card to be able to bid or sell an item. Even if you are only selling, you must have a card & have registered with us before 10:00am on the Sunday.
Once we have booked items in, they will be tagged with an item ID number - and will then be put on display for viewing.
When you are booking in any tree / book / tools etc for the Auction - you can set a reserve price. You can also have a no-reserve, where the Auctioneer will advise you of a suitable starting price. Remember that if you want to sell - a reasonable reserve price really helps the bidding to get off to a good start.
THE AUCTION IS CASH ONLY - THERE IS NO CARD / BANK TRANSFER FACILITY . There are cashpoints near by at some local stores and petrol stations. Please ensure you have adequate funds before bidding - as we have to complete all the sales and payouts by 5.oo PM on the Sunday. ALL Financial transactions are done with our team on the auction desk - please don't try and pay anyone outside of this process.
The sale will commence at 11.oo AM on Sunday 7th. Once the sale has started, we can't add any more items or give out bidding cards. There will be an opportunity to do this when we break for lunch at around 12:00pm.
We auction the items in random order - and 10% of the hammer price is deducted from your pay-out. If you can only stay for the morning session, please let us know - and we will do our very best to get your items in the 1st session.
When the auction ends, we will then start on cashing out and providing all sellers / buyers with a print out of all items they have sold / purchased. The sheet will also show the 10% deduction from your final sales total.
You can then take this to the auction team porters who will pick the items for you. Please allow them time to do this - as we can have over 300 lots to get through. Only the auction staff will be allowed to access the area where sold / unsold items are. We respectfully ask that no one else tries to collect anything they have purchased . You must have the printed sheet with you to give to the staff.
You can cash out during the lunch break, but after that - your card will be taken back in, and you will not be able to bid on any of the afternoon session items.
We always try and get the people who have the longest to travel home sorted 1st, so please be patient.
Multiple lots.
If you have more than one item to go as one lot ( like a collection of small trees / pots / books / tools etc ) these must be in one single box. Please try - if you can - to bring these already packed in one box / tray. If you are viewing these - please put things back in the box / tray if you have taken them out to look at.
Very Large Items.
These may be left in a secure area after being booked in and tagged - and not carried in to the auction room / area when bidding starts. We have limited space for the sale items, and our staff need to be able to safely manage moving these in & out of the building .
Accommodation and Food
As with previous Auctions - you can stay over for the Saturday night. Please contact Chris Thomas on the mobile number if you need to book accommodation.
The cost will be £25 per person. We will be providing a light lunch and other snacks / drinks during the break - which you can pay for at the kitchen desk.
If you are there on the Saturday evening, there are a couple of take-aways very near by. There will be tea / coffee and soft drinks available for you. We normally do a run to a local chippy around 6.30 - 7.00pm.