Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring
Meets 7:00 pm, 1st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC
LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.
Our August meeting was devoted entirely to our annual swap meet and appraisal auction. Lee Woodside was again our auctioneer and a lot of cool magic props and books found new homes.
The appraisal auction format means that there are no minimum opening bids, which often slow down an auction. Instead, when the gavel falls, the seller has the option of actually selling the item or paying the high bidder fifty cents for “appraising” his item. Amazingly, no one opted to use this option. Every item was sold.
We were pleased that a boy with an interest in magic was in attendance along with his dad. One of our more generous members bid on several kid-friendly tricks and presented them to the young man to encourage his journey into the world of legerdemain.
Lee Woodside