History of Auctions

American Farmers raised poultry for home consumption and limited trade for over 200 years. However, the farm poultry flock in the early days was a very small sideline of the individual farmer.

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The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) is the only national organization serving the Auction Industry in the United States.

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Imagine an Auction company that operated a store that conducted weekly Auctions of real estate, furniture, imported goods, household merchandise, stocks & bonds, loans, commercial inventory and equipment...

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A good lot of Auctioneer Poetry extracted from early Auctioneering Association publications...

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The horses utilized in "harness racing" whether pacers or trotters, are known as "Standardbreds." The origin of the Standardbred horses can be traced back to "Messenger, an English Thoroughbred foaled in 1780"...

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One hundred years ago, one of the most important attributes of a successful Auctioneer was a positive, charismatic, colorful personality. The late 19th Century and early 20th Century Auctioneer was an individual that stood out from the crowd, elevated b

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Did Ian Fleming have an English auctioneer in mind when he developed the character of James Bond? ....

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Fruit, being a perishable commodity, had to be transported, sold and distributed quickly to consumers to prevent spoiling. Much like the wholesale fish Auctions that took place on the docks the morning of the catch, setting the daily prices...

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Serious collectors put a lot of time, effort and dollars into building a quality specialized collection. It is not uncommon for a collector to invest many years or a lifetime in building, upgrading and culling the collection; elevating it to museum

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Auctions create action. The auctioneer assembles goods belonging to the seller in such a manner as to attract interest from buyers. No auction could survive without the buying public. Yes, I mean that crowd that...

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Cataloging auction inventory is not a new concept. Auction “Rooms” in many early American cities boasted catalogs for their offerings. Auction “Exchange Rooms” were located in Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, St. Louis and Chicago

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The auctioneers should be proud of the honorable history of their profession. Authorities have traced the history back almost to the days of Noah and Adam. Certainly the profession is older than Methuselah....

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With all the debate going on about the use of the buyer’s premium in America I thought it might be appropriate to reflect on what it is, where it came from and why it started....

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What do you call a person that pays thousands of dollars for an 1845 sticky one-inch piece of paper having a price of five cents on it? The answer is a philatelist, better known as a stamp collector. The smiling person that dropped the hammer on that ra

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The year was 1901. There were regulations, red tape and obstacles. “Cheap Johns” provided unfair competition to professional auctioneers. Non auctioneers were conducting foreclosure sales. In addition, transp

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