Auctioneer Quotes

We're very excited about bringing a professional auctioneer of Tom's caliber to Taste of Vail this year. It's the measure of our commitment to Vail Valley Charities. - Mickey Werner

The city auctions always lost money. We'd get a small turnout of people bidding, and we had to hire auctioneers and pay city employees to handle the goods. - Bill Mann

The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling. - Jack White

The auctioneer called and said he couldn't do it, because there was nothing of value on the property to recoup his costs... We are proceeding to clean it up and have told Mr. Peterson not to impede or get in the way of the hauling. - Keith Richardson

Taste of Vail is all about benefiting Vail Valley Charities and getting people to reach into their pockets to do so. I've been on a crusade for eight years for a real live auction, with a real auctioneer, to generate the interest Vail Valley Charities deserve. Now, I believe this is the right venue, with the right means. - Mickey Werner

My dad always wanted to be the best auctioneer in the Harleysville area. Now the Harleysville area is the world. With the electronic media, the world has opened us up. - Sandy Alderfer

I've been on a crusade for eight years for a real live auction, with a real auctioneer, to generate the interest Vail Valley Charities deserve. Now, I believe this is the right venue, with the right means. These record proceeds validate our decision to go with live auctions. It's proven to be the way to raise more money. - Mickey Werner

It's not ethical. As auctioneer you sit on the fence between buyers and sellers. We get hundreds of absentee bids and I would hate people to think, 'Oh, he's taken a higher bid. - John Williams

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. - Oscar Wilde