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Dave Sherburne NY

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I went to an auction in central NY Friday nite. Never been to an auction by Tom Jones of West Winfield before, but it was close by, and had some tools that I didn't really need but I've got three grandsons who always need something. I took the oldest one with me and tried to get him to bid on a few things He missed out on a couple of good buys but he came home with a torque wrench $2 and three old Vise Grips for $7. I was quite pleased with the way the auctioneer handled the auction. He had the wrench sets wired together so you got one of each size instead of 3 or 4 of the same size. He didn't waste a lot of time begging for bids and he explained at the beginning how it was going to go. I think most buyers and the seller were satisfied. Another good honest auctioneer is Evans Auction Service, they operate the same way. AND neither have buyers premium.
 
On the good auctioneer list, put Nevin Tasto, Manchester, MD. He runs a good sale, and doesn't charge the thievery fee!
 
Tom Rawn central Ohio is a very honest auctioner.
has good fast moving sales, no buyers fee
I have bought from him and he has sold for me
the family has used him for auctions
just a great guy to deal with
seems like it is harder to find a good aution to go do anymore.
Ron
 
Lance Larson, Cordova, NE.

He's the one I mentioned in another thread that had done several auctions for our family.
 
I may decide to go to an auction based on the
auctioneers name! Good auctioneers get good
quality auctions, poor auctioneers mostly get
poor stuff to sell. When I read the listing i"ll
know if it"s good, or if they shoud have given
their stuff to Goodwill, based on the auctioneer!
 
Around here James R Cash runs by far the smoothest sales. Moves along in a pattern. Every thing is always together. No buyer's fee.

One thing that bothers me about alot of'm around here is they do not make it clear who has the bid. Saturday I was at a sale and several times they guy said sold when three or four folks thought they had bought it. There is one guy around here that has two or three consignment sales a year. Has a hired hand who sets every thing up and then works as a ring man and tells the auctioneer what is selling next. They put 5 acres worth of stuff on a two acre lot and you spend most of the day climb'n over stuff to go to the other side of the lot, they sell two things and then every one climbs back to the other side.
 
If there's any confusion you simply ask - am I in? The other part is - paying close attention. It's not uncommon to be standing next to a person and not know they are bidding - their "bid" is so subtle.

I do lots of stuff to ensure I know if my bids are being taken - usually moving around a bit while the bids are being taken or being by myself a bit out of the crowd helps. I’m real careful buying rack items anymore – to many people swarm the wagon to talk and block bidders so you can’t get close and lots of stuff gets moved from one box to the next changing their value. Knowing what is being sold helps to, nothing like having the auctioneer say “by the piece” and the winning bidder cries foul claiming he thought he was buying the lot.
 
Yep.

If I don't have eye contact with the auctioneer I will ask where the bid is. An auctioneer/ring man combination that do not make in plain for every one to see who has the bid it just makes every thing drag out longer, seems to mess up the rythem.

Around here it's the same folks at every sale who cry the "I thought I bought the lot" song.

Dave
 
Dave that is real funny you say that. I have been in the equipment bussiness for 38 years, do quite a few auctions in this part of the country and Cash is the only one I will not consign to or buy from. When we send somethint to his auctions he is always two or three weeks paying and has his favoriets when selling. Up there close to you is a man Russe Mills from Scotsbor Ky that we really like. guess it all just who you get use to.
 
Yes he does have his favorites, if your handle was MS instead of JM you'd really love him! :)

I have always wanted to go to one of Mills' sales but never seem to get down that way. I am good bit North East of Scottsville.

James R has done several close out/estate sales here the last few years. Herron doesn't seem to get as many farm equipment sales around here after his 3 year vaction he earned with his side job.

James R (around here) has by far the most organized sales. They have every thing in long rows, say upfront what the sale order is going to be, and they move on. They don't beg and beg to start out a 3pt home made hay fork at $500 like most of the auctioneers around here do.

Kurtz also put on a great sale but they don't do conignment sales any more and they don't have many estate sales with stuff small enough to be in my price range.

As for get'n paid, last time I consigned something to a Herron sale it was a month before I got my money.

Dave
 
I"ve always liked Nixon Auctioneers. They seem to get good quality auctions and the helpers don"t call out ghost bids and generally you can clearly see who they are calling bids from.
 
That has got to be funny that even people like you know.. Mark SMITH is one of my better friends.. His father and I go way back.. I think the worl of Mark but allways castise him for his relations with James R I am sure that was who you were talking about with the ms remark.
 
I don't know that he'd know me from Adam but my family has bought several big things from Mark and his dad over the years. I think the world of him too. Talked to him at a sale Saturday. If I spent a week truck'n things into James R's two consignment sales I am sure the Cash family would go out of their way to take care of me too.

Dave
 
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