JT Rowell, CAI, AARE, ATS, GPPA
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Willie Baker, CAI, AARE, AMM, CES, GPPA
With extensive experience in both the auction and real estate industries, Willie Baker serves as the President/CEO of Baker Auctions & Real Estate.
Don La Fortune
Since 1980, Donald and Linda owned and operated La Fortune Auction & Realty. Donald was very active in his community and involved in many organizations including Oconto Kiwanis Club, Oconto Copperfest Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Committee, National and Wisconsin Auctioneers Association, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Volunteer of Pensaukee Fire Department, and was a main contributor in restarting the satellite site for the CP telethon in Oconto.
Hall of Fame Auctioneer, Obituary
Edward J. “Ed” McNamara
In the 1950s, Ed founded what was later to be known as the Farmers Implement Company at Bloomington. In 1960, he sold his interest in Farmers Implement Company and moved to Lancaster, where he then founded E.J. McNamara Real Estate & Auction Service. He retired after 42 years as an auctioneer and real estate broker. Ed served as the president of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1974.
James ”Jim” J. Schabach
Jim was an antique dealer and auctioneer in northeast Wisconsin for many years and was the owner of Bargain Nook Liquidations in New Holstein. He was a member of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association.
John Schultz, CAI, AMM
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Harold J. Gavin
Harold was a partner with his brothers, Jim and Jack, in Gavin Brothers, Inc., and later with his nephew, Robert Gavin. His passion in life was being an auctioneer.
Hall of Fame Auctioneer, State Champion Auctioneer, Obituary
Howard Buckles
Howard served as a two-time president of the Iowa Auctioneers Association, President of the National Auctioneers Association in 1981, was twice Iowa State Champion Auctioneer and was inducted into the National Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Iowa and Missouri Auctioneers Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame Auctioneer, Obituary
Alvin ‘Wimpy’ Miller
Wimpy was a 1948 graduate of West Salem High School. After graduation, he chose the profession he had always dreamed of by attending the Reisch School of Auctioneering in Mason City, Iowa. Wimpy continued his auctioneering profession for the next 54 years until his unexpected death last Friday while conducting a sale in Viroqua.
State Champion Auctioneer, Third Generation Auctioneer, Professional Auctioneer
Wade C. Baer, CAI, AMM
Wade is licensed as an Auctioneer in Ohio, Pennsylvania & West Virginia. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Ohio. Wade is continuously working to improve as an Auctioneer and in turn the image of the auction profession. Wade is a third-generation auctioneer, real estate broker, a member of Baer Auctioneers – Realty, LLC. and Co-Owner / Auction Operations Manager for Rogers Community Auction, Inc.
Third Generation Auctioneer, Professional Auctioneer
Ian Kasper
Ian Kasper is a third-generation auctioneer and has been living and working in the greater Chicagoland area since 1995. In 2019, Ian received the Guinness World Record for selling the most items by a single auctioneer in 24 hours, for an auction in April 2018.
Fifth Generation Auctioneer, Professional Auctioneer
Brigitte Kruse
Fifth-generation auctioneer Dame Brigitte Kruse and her husband Mike Sislyan started Kruse GWS Auctions in 2009.
Bobby O’Neal
Bobby O’Neal is the owner of O’Neals Auctioneering & Appraisals. He began his Auction career in 1988 graduating from the Missouri Auction School which is known as the Harvard School of Auctioneering in St. Louis, MO.