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Philip Gableman, CAI, GPPA, AMM

Active Auctioneer
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Peter Gehres, CAI, CES, CAS

Professional Auctioneer

Peter Gehres, CAI, CES, CAS

Peter D. Gehres, CAI, CES, CAS is the Chief Operating Officer of Jeff Martin Auctioneers, Inc, North America’s fastest-growing equipment auction company, with auction sites in 12 states and growing. He currently serves as a Director of the National Auctioneers Association and is the 2015 International Auctioneer Champion.

David F. Gerlach

Hall of Fame Auctioneer, Second Generation Auctioneer, Senior Bid Calling Champion, Obituary

David F. Gerlach

Following the footsteps of his father, David went to the World Wide College of Auctioneering to become an auctioneer, and in 1966 joined his father’s firm as both lawyer and auctioneer. Gerlach Companies, which was founded in 1941, is the oldest family run auctioneer and appraisal firm in Wisconsin. David’s son, Michael, has also followed his father’s footsteps as an auctioneer and appraiser in the family business. For the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association, he was a Board of Directors member from 1999 through 2003, and was President Elect in 2003, President in 2004, and Chairman of the Board in 2005. In 2008 David won the Senior Bid Calling Championship. On Monday, January 31, 2017 at the WAA winter conference, he will posthumously be inducted into the Wisconsin Auctioneer’s Association Hall of Fame, where his son Michael accepted the honor.

Laura Mantle-Grunden, CAI, CAS

Professional Auctioneer

Laura Mantle-Grunden, CAI, CAS

Laura became a licensed auctioneer at age 19 after 7 years of working auction setup and as a clerk and cashier around the state of Ohio. A graduate of The Ohio Auction School, she assists in over 200 auctions a year conducting benefit auctions, selling real estate at auction, working 3 auto auctions per week as well as serving as a contract auctioneer around the country

Ken Baer

Professional Auctioneer

Ken Baer

Ken is licensed as an Auctioneer in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania & West Virginia.  He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Ohio and has been the presiding Broker of Baer Auctioneers-Realty since 1999.

Bobby O’Neal

Professional Auctioneer

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.

John H. Paffel

Obituary

John H. Paffel

For many years John owned and operated a purebred holstein dairy farm in Comstock. Along with farming, John graduated from Reisch American School of Auctioneering in 1949 and was a well-known auctioneer in northern Wisconsin, until his retirement in 2006.

Carol Miller

Hall of Fame Auctioneer, Professional Auctioneer

Carol Miller

Carol has over 25 years of experience as a professional auctioneer. She is the Past President of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association, the first woman to win the Wisconsin State Auctioneers Championship and finished in the Top 7 Nationally in the International Auctioneers Competition.