GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.

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GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.

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  • Calendar
  • Club Activities
    • Lapidary Classes
    • Clubhouse Community
    • Display Exhibits
    • Semi-Annual Auction
    • Field Trips
  • Gem World
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • JUNIOR ROCKHOUNDS
  • Library
    • Crack N Cab Newsletter
    • Digital Library
    • Club Documentation
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Club Activities

Clubhouse Auction

NEXT CLUBHOUSE AUCTION: NOVEMBER 2025

Date: TBA!
Location: GMSS Clubhouse

209 Oswego Street, Liverpool, New York 13088

A Fun, Exciting Evening of Bidding Battles!

🤩 💎BRING LOTS OF $$$CASH! Our semi-annual auction gets gemstone fans, rock hounds and jewelry buffs together for an exciting evening of bidding and selling opportunities. Have a chance to purchase all kinds of rock hounding related items & specimens, or weed out your collection to a good cause: You can be a seller, a bidder or both. This event helps raise money for the club & lots of laughs!


To participate, scroll down for the full rules & details: 

Auction Selling Rules

  • Only club members can sell items!


  • Doors will be open by 6:00pm on day of auction - Please come early to obtain the two auction label forms and set your items up on the auction tables. 


  • Each item must have two completed auction labels. One is a description form for each item, which will be given to the successful bidder. (Mineral name and location collected) The second form will be given to the treasurer for the club records.


  • Limit three (3) items per person / six (6) per family. *No maximum limit for items donated to the club.


  • The club will retain 15% of the selling price. The full selling price of the donated items will be given to the club.


  • Sellers cannot bid on their own items.

  • Any material with a specified minimum bid that does not sell will be returned to the seller.

AUCTION Bidding Rules

  • Bidding starts at 7:30pm. (If you are selling items, please come early to obtain the two auction label forms and set your items up on the auction tables. See SELLING RULES ) 

  • Both members and guests can bid on auction items; Only members can sell items.


  • Sellers cannot bid on their own items.

  • This is LOUD & FAST-PACED AUCTION! Each bidder will be given a number on a sign to display.

  • The highest bidder wins the auctioned item. Runners will deliver each item to the winning bidder and collect the payment for that item. Bidders need not leave their chairs. 

  • 💵PLEASE BRING PLENTY OF CASH!

  • Items selling for more than $15.00 can be purchased by personal check. All other items will be cash only. We have no means for swiping credit cards.

Setting Up the Auction Table

It’s more than just rocks and gemstones on our auction tables! 

GMSS - Gem & Mineral Society of Syracuse, Inc.

209 Oswego Street, Liverpool NY 13088

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