Auctioneers helping auctioneers
In our article today, we hope to expand on the “lending a hand” component of auctioneers helping auctioneers. For purposes …
In our article today, we hope to expand on the “lending a hand” component of auctioneers helping auctioneers. For purposes …
There has been considerable discussion among auctioneers about the IRS Form 1099. Much of this recent discussion is a result …
I was discussing with a 50-year veteran auctioneer various topics the other day, and near the end of our conversation, …
We wrote some time ago about how the faster you sell them … the higher the prices. However, is it …
While most all auctioneers have worked with other auctioneers, by either hiring other auctioneers to assist them, or being hired to assist another, true auctioneer collaboration is rare. Such is The Super Auction where a single event combines auctioneers from throughout the Midwest.
At The Super Auction, held twice annually, each auctioneer participant contributes one or more auction rings of their own items (each ring is 100-150 items, or approximately 1 hour in length). The Super Auction provides each participating auctioneer an area to display their items, and also provides registration and cashiering services; the individual auctioneers provide their own clerks and ringman.
Confronted with a large auction in terms of number of items, many auctioneers choose to have more than one ring (more than one auctioneer) selling at the same time. Our question here is, “Should auctioneers sell in more than one ring?”
Who are the 3 essential auction staff, besides the auctioneer? What do these three auction staff do?
Is attending an auction school prudent for someone wishing to become an auctioneer? We think it could be the single most important investment they can make.