As we were doing seller payouts, two people approached me and dropped off this note of appreciation.
Thank you note
Gen Con 2025
Gen Con 2025 Auction Report
Here’s some quick statistics :
| Number of Items in the Auction | 17,302 |
| Number of Items Sold | 14,235 |
| Value of Items Sold | $411,089 |
| Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) | 2,963 |
| Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store | 11,270 |
| Percent items Registered in the last week | 45% |
| Amount Raised for Women4Change Indiana and Brown Toy Box | $25,200 |
Tentative 2025 Live Auction schedule
| Thursday 10 am to 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board Games: Family / Sci-fi / Fantasy games |
| 12:00 pm | Wargames: (SPI / S&T / general) |
| 1:00 pm | TSR RPGs: OD&D, AD&D, 2nd edition |
| 2:00 pm | Special event: The Tracy Hickman Collection |
| 3:00 pm | Sci-fi RPGs |
| 4:00 pm | Fantasy RPGs, including Mythos |
| 5:00 pm | Wargames: (AH / MB / general) |
| 7:00 pm | Board games: Sci-fi / Fantasy |
| 8:00 pm | Crowdfunding spectacular |
| 10:00 pm | Auction After Dark |
| Friday 10 am – 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board Games: General |
| 12:00 pm | Wargames: GMT / ASL / General |
| 2:00 pm | Miniatures: Pre-painted / Unpainted |
| 4:00 pm | Upainted miniatures and Games Workshop |
| 5:00 pm | Games Workshop |
| 6:00 pm | Games Workshop and painted miniatures |
| 7:00 pm | D&D 3.0 and up, plus general RPGs |
| 8:00 pm | Collector Section |
| Saturday 10 am to 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board games: General |
| 11:00 am | Board games: General / Train Games / LCG |
| 12:00 pm | CCGs |
| 1:00 pm | CCGs and Board Games: General |
| 2:00 pm | Any remaining RPGs and Board Games |
| 4:00 pm | TOVA (Toys, Oddities, Video games, Art) |
| 7:00 pm | Charity Auction (including Ace of Aces) |
Waiver Process
Agreement:
In exchange for a faster auction check-in process you agree to the following:
- You shall advise us of any known items that were pre-registered but are not being dropped off.
- You recognize that we are not scanning each item individually.
- Should an item appear to be missing at the end of the auction, not being recorded as sold and not being among the items returned to the seller, the auction will be held harmless against the loss, since we cannot verify that the item was turned over to us.
- You are trusting the auction to do everything it can to prevent items from being misplaced.
Waiver forms can be signed onsite if electing to use this option.
We are extending registration deadlines by 1 day
Maybe we were looking at the wrong calendar year.
Maybe we were thinking it was a leap year.
Regardless – our intent each year is to give you all an entire weekend to get your items registered ahead of Gen Con.
- Live Auction registration is now extended to end of day (23.59.59) on July 20, 2025.
- Store registration is now extended to end of day (23.59.59) on July 27, 2025.
Please remember also that no one will be permitted to enter a registration line unless all items are tagged and ready to be processed.
We look forward to seeing you all in Indianapolis.
July 20 is the Live Auction Deadline
Procrastination factor: Threat Level Midnight
Item Review Has Begun
We have started reviewing live auction items. As a reminder, you will not be able to print an auction item tag until our team has approved your item to be included.
If your item is rejected, please do not continue to relist the item.
A reminder that deadlines to submit items are:
- Auction: July 20
19,2025 - Store: July 27
26, 2025
Please join our discord server – this will be the easiest way to get a quick answer to any questions.
Review Process will begin soon
As many of you know, we were busy with bringing the Consignment Store back to Origins last week. After a successful show and fun weekend in Columbus, we are now turning our attention back to Gen Con.
For those of you waiting for us to review and approve your items, this will begin very soon. We apologize for the delay.
A few things to remember with our registration site:
- If you have a duplicate listing, just overwrite it with a new item if possible. Our system does not allow for deleting items registered for a few reasons.
- If you are still left with a duplicate item, please simply mark it as DELETE or something similar in the title line so it will be easy to ignore when you are onsite checking your items.
If you have questions, the best way to get them to us is via our discord server: https://discord.com/invite/cqd4kRRJUV
Origins 2025 – That’s a Wrap
This was the first year for the Consignment Shop/Store. In the past (going back 10 years plus), there had been various versions of silent auctions, live auctions, and similar flea market type shops.
The location was away from the main convention center in the South building and many have commented on this being inconvenient. It was very convenient for access to the nearby parking garages and around the corner from the Food Court.
The event was well attended and we believe primarily positive vibes was experienced by all (sellers, buyers, volunteers running the event).
If there is a survey or some form of feedback that is offered by GAMA, please respond with any comments regarding things that went well and what could be done better in future years.
All of us at Big Mallet Auctions want to thank everyone who participated, and we look forward to seeing many of you at Gen Con in July/August and next year at Origins 51.
Cheers!
Registration is now closed for Origins 2025
We appreciate all the sellers that have registered and plan to bring their items for the Consignment Store at Origins Game Fair. If you missed out, please plan on checking back next year.
Reminder for our onsite hours:
Location: Ohio Center B&C (https://www.originsgamefair.com/show-map)
- THU, 12pm – 5pm, Item drop off for sellers
- FRI, 10am – 8pm, Store open
- SAT, 10am – 8pm, Store open
- SUN, 10am – 2pm, Seller payout and item pick up
