Bayard Brattstrom, friend, teacher, author, and herpetologist, recently passed away leaving several items to the SSAR for their annual auction. Among those things were several dozen items of herpetologically-themed jewelry. It was decided that the jewelry would be sold separately from the regular auction, due to the difficult nature of displaying it properly, and it is now being offered to members of SSAR and attendees of the recent annual meetings.
The jewelry will be sold on a modified auction basis. Potential buyers/bidders will be shown photos of the jewelry, with as much information as is available about it, including list/market values where known. All items are sold as-is/used, but any known defects will be noted. Bids may be made via email on the items through the end of October 2024. At that time, all submitted bids will be compared and each item will sell to the person that bid the most on it, at a price of the submitted bid or $1 over the second-highest bid. Identical bids will go to the one received first.
Multiple items bought by the same person will be shipped together. Items will be sent via USPS, with the buyer paying actual shipping costs. Insurance cost will be added to any purchase of over $50.00. All purchases need to be pre-paid via PayPal, with a 3% fee or via cashier’s check or money order (10 day hold from date of receiving).
All proceeds from these sales will go towards the SSAR student travel grants for future meetings.
If you are interested in buying any of the jewelry items donated by the Brattstrom estate, please visit lansing.craigslist.org. Type Bayard’s Herp Jewelry in the search bar, and browse the 6 ads that should pop up. The market values listed are all 50% above actual market values, to give the herp community the best chance to buy one/some of Bayard’s things. When the auction is over, for the items that did not get bids, the prices will be moved to actual market values for any members of the public that want them. If you are interested in buying any of the jewelry items donated by the Brattstrom estate, please contact Theresa Moran (oldherper@tds.net) for information about the jewelry and photos of the items being offered.
Thank you for your interest in Bayard’s beautiful jewelry and for supporting the SSAR!
