I had a great experience with The Mudcat Auction. Charcloth was selling a resonator banjo because he wanted an open back. There was lots of feedback from members who knew a lot more about his Banjo than I did. Charcloth had set an amount that he wanted to receive, anything over that amount went to the Mudcat. So, I got a Bluegrass banjo that I am really happy with, Charcloth was able to buy his open back and Mudcat made somewhere in the neighbourhood of seventy or eighty dollars. I was made aware of the auction by a thread mentioning that the banjo was in the auction.

I think that some people think that the auction is only for items where all proceeds go to Mudcat. That is not the case, there are several options.