Gen Con 2023

Gen Con 2023 Auction Report

Here’s some quick statistics :

Number of Items in the Auction 14,078
Number of Items Sold 12,513
Value of Items Sold $321,771
Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) 3,888
Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store 8,625
Percent items Registered in the last week 52%
Amount Raised for Charity Indy Reads and
Game Pathways
$20,556

We removed the approval process for this year to see how things would go.  We managed to get through all the items and most of the Consignment store items were also sold.


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Here’s a down-loadable spreadsheet of every item in the auction. Make sure to save with an extension of XLS.

Gen Con 2023 Schedule

Consignment Store

Thursday10am – 10pm
Friday 9am – 10pm
Saturday 9am – 7pm

Item Drop Off

Reminder: You will need your badge before you come to the auction!

Wednesday Noon – 6pm
Thursday 10am – 8pm
Friday 9am – 5pm
(Consignment store items only
– and dependent upon inventory)

Seller Payouts

Thursday 11am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups)
Friday 9am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups)
Saturday 9am – 6pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups)
Sunday 10am – 2pm (Final payouts & unsold item pickup)

Live Auction (Tentative)

This is the Day and Times when specific item types will be sold. It is important to remember that this is TENTATIVE. This tentative schedule is based on the items being pre-registered for the Live Auction. The actual schedule for the day will be posted outside the auction room – so be sure to check there each morning for the most up-to-date information.

Thursday (10 am – 10pm)

10 amBoardgames (Family)
11:30 amBoardgames (Historical)
1 pmWar Games                               
incl SPI, S&T, Wargamer, Against the Odds
2 pmRPG (TSR, D&D 1st & 2nd Ed)
3 pmBoardgames (Fantasy)
4 pmBoardgames (Party / Casual)
5 pmRPG’s (Fantasy)                          
incl Pathfinder, D&D 3,  3.5, & 4
6 pmWar Games                               
incl Avalon Hill, Milton Bradley
7 pmBoardgames (Sci-Fi)
7:30 pmRPG (Fantasy, supers, misc) 
9 pmBoardgames (Fantasy)               
incl supers, Heroquest, Dark World, D&D, Pathfinder

Friday (10 am – 11 pm)

10 amBoardgames (Family)
10:30 amBoardgames (Historical)
11 amRPG (Sci Fi)                            
incl FFG, Traveller, FASA, Starfinder
11:30 amBoardgames (Sci Fi)                
incl GDW, GMT, Metagaming
12:30 pmWargames                              
incl GMT, ASL
1:30 pmBoardgames (Fantasy)            
incl Fantasy Flight, Mythos
2:30 pmPre-Painted Plastic Minis       
incl Heroscape, Heroclix, X-Wing etc
3 pmMiniatures (unpainted)
5 pmGames Workshop
6:30 pmMiniatures (painted)
7 pmRPG’s (TSR, D&D 1st & 2nd)
8:00pm – ???Collector Section

Saturday (10 am – Midnight)

10 amBoardgames (Family)
11 amBoardgames (Trains)
11:30 amLCG / CCG / TCG
Collectible cards & dice
12:30 pmRPG’s (Mythos & supernatural themes)  
Chaosium, White Wolf, Modiphius, Pinnacle  
1:30 pmRPG’s                                              
incl D&D 5E, LOTR, NOVA
2 pmWargames                                              
incl NOVA, Iron Crown, TSR
2:30 pmBoardgames (Fantasy)                    
incl LOTR, supernatural themes
3 pmBoardgames (Misc)
3:30 pmBoardgames (Party/Casual)
4 pmTOVA (Toys, Oddities, Videogames, Art)
7:00 pm – ???Charity Auction (incl Ace of Aces)

Auction Location

We have a new location this year. Bigger and Better – and much easier for sellers to drop off their items.

We are now on the 2nd Floor of the Marriott hotel – in the Marriott Ballroom – sections 5 and 6.

Gen Con 2022

Gen Con 2022 Auction Report

Here’s some quick statistics :

Number of Items in the Auction 13,830
Number of Items Sold 10,067
Value of Items Sold $212,695.50
Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) 2707
Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store 7360
Percent items Registered in the last week 51%
Amount Raised for Charity The Patachou Foundation
$31,400

This is the first auction since Covid!  We added a new approval process to the live auction items.  When an item is pre-registered it must be accepted before the tag can be printed.


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Graph: The procrastination factor. Number of items registered by day.

Now there are two spikes in the graph – one where the Auction Stage registration was cutoff and another one for store items.


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Here’s a down-loadable spreadsheet of every item in the auction. Make sure to save with an extension of XLS.

Gen Con 2019

Gen Con 2019 Auction Report

Here’s some quick statistics :

Number of Items in the Auction 14,108
Number of Items Sold 10,696
Value of Items Sold $218,460.50
Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) 4,196
Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store 6,549
Percent items Registered in the last week 53%
Amount Raised for Charity (Split between Special Olympics of Indiana and Game to Grow)
$26,000

We added a fourth credit card machine and processed seller payouts and TAB pickups right at the computer station, like last year. This saved buyers and sellers from traipsing all the way across the room to pay or pickup their money.

In addition we added some wireless bar-code scanners and two laptop/tablet computers that were used to check out TAB buyers.


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Graph: The procrastination factor. Number of items registered by day.

(right click-save target as)
Here’s a down-loadable spreadsheet of every item in the auction. Make sure to save with an extension of XLS.

Second Helpings Charity – Thank you Note

We received a thank-you from Second Helpings (one of the two 2018 charities), thanking us for the money we raised during the Gen Con Charity Auction.

We’d like to give a big “Thank You” to everyone who participated in the Charity auction (whether you won an item or not).   You all have helped feed deserving families in central Indiana.

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