July 28, 2008 (Kansas City, Mo.) – In 1925, Roscoe Chamberlain founded United Farm Agency with the mission of providing city dwellers a ‘roadmap to the country.’ As a means of introducing country real estate for sale to potential city buyers in an age when travel was the only option for research, he created the nation’s first-ever real estate catalog to showcase these dream country properties. That original 1928 edition of the United Farm Agency catalog is currently housed in the Smithsonian Institute.

The company, today known as United Country Real Estate, continues the legacy of the United Farm catalog, which has remained in continuous publication since 1928. This year, United Country celebrates the 80th anniversary of the famous catalog. To commemorate the occasion, United Country has recreated the original 1928 issue.

“Flipping through the 1928 edition, you get a glimpse into the days when $1,500 could buy you 180 acres in rural Arkansas, two cows, 30 hens and a sow – tools and hay included. While many things have changed since those days, the lure of small-town America  is alive and well, and United Country continues helping people realize the freedom of owning a piece of the American dream,” said Dan Duffy, chief executive officer of United Country.

Building on the company’s longstanding reputation as a real estate marketing innovator, the company has recently introduced a new series of magalog publications including American Treasures (featuring vintage and historical properties from coast to coast), Mountain (a selection of properties located in the mountains, hills and bluffs of America), Coastal & Waterfront (properties on or near the coast, rivers or lakes) and Premier Properties (showcasing prestigious country properties across the nation).

Journalists can request complimentary copies of United Country publications by phone at 800-444-5044 ext. 224 or e-mail at kbarcus@unitedcountry.com.

United Country Real Estate
United Country Real Estate is the only national real estate franchise system specializing in properties in and around the small cities and towns of America. Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company has been an innovator in rural real estate marketing since 1925. United Country supports nearly 700 offices nationwide with a unique, comprehensive marketing program that includes the leading website in the rural real estate market ( www.unitedcountry.com), proprietary real estate catalogs, an extensive buyer database and national advertising of properties to over 90 million homes a week. United Country has been named as a Top 25 Franchise by the Wall Street Journal and among Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500®. In January 2007, the company introduced United Country Auction Services, becoming the nation’s largest integrated network of traditional real estate agents and real estate auctioneers.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2008

ALL OUT AUCTIONS & ANTIQUES
July 26, 2008

CONTACT:
NATHAN BURCH
(321) 984-8484

A collection of sports and entertainment memorabilia and autographs that has been thirty five years in the making will cross the block at All Out Auctions & Antiques on July 26.

The collection includes over 350 items and contains classics such as a 1953 Seeburg Model G juke box and a number of vintage electric guitars. And that’s just to get started. Then the serious stuff will appear.

There is a letter from John Lennon that appears to be to Waylon Jennings from 1971, an unused Elvis ticket to a concert he never made in Huntington, WV on September 20, 1977, face value $15.00 and more than 100 photos signed by sports figures and celebrities including Elvis, Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams, Jr., George Strait, Johnny Cash, Fats Domoino, Eric Clapton, Reba McEntyre, Jim Kiick, Mercury Morris, Buddy Baker, Raymond Berry, Johnny Unitas, Merle Haggard, Yogi Berra, Johnny Unitas and many more.

Autographed sports memorabilia will include pennants, hats, T shirts, helmets, a speed bag and a batting helmet signed by such sports legends as Joe Namath, Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, Duke Snyder, Cal Ripken, Jr., Tiger Woods Pete Rose plus many more.

The sale will also feature more than 65 baseballs with the guaranteed signatures of Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Pee Wee Reese, Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, George Brett and Lenny Dyskstra along with several team signed balls.

The sale will be conducted at the All Out Auctions Gallery located at 5015 Babcock St. Palm Bay, FL 32905. Absentee bids will be accepted as will phone bids at (321) 984-8484. Online bids are available on Auctionzip.com using auctioneer ID # 5309, www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=472920. For more information visit the website at http://www.alloutauctions.com/, email to mailto:nathan@alloutauctions.com or call All Out Auctions owner Nathan Burch at (321) 984-8484.

written by:

Fred Taylor

http://www.furnituredetective.com/

800-387-6377

Photo captions for All Out Auctions & Antiques

One lot will consist of 111 Elvis albums.

A class ice 1953 Model G Seeburg juke box.

John Lennon’s signed letter, 1971.

A ticket for a concert Elvis never made, September 20, 1977.

A single plaque with autographed photos of Willie Mays, Pete Rose and Nolan Ryan

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Published on Friday, July 04, 2008 in the Farm Forum

WORTHING (AP) - Some 4,500 head moved through the Sioux Falls Regional Livestock auction Saturday, but the cattle weren’t the center of the show.

The 33 auctioneers soliciting bids from buyers were participating in 45th annual World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, held during an actual cattle sale at the Worthing market.

The market owners and professional livestock dealers judging the contestants were looking for auctioneers’ vocal clarity and quality and their ability to catch bids and keep the sale moving. The judges also look to see if they would hire the auctioneer to work for them.

Robert Schnell, a former Lemmon auctioneer who won the 1968 title in Seffner, Fla., said the job involves a lot of flair and showmanship, but first and foremost an auctioneer is a salesman.

”It behooves you to know something about it,” said Schnell, who now lives in Rapid City. ”You should be somewhat of an expert in the cattle business or in the livestock business.

”You should know cattle, you should know values and of course and you should know people, because you’re selling for people and you’re selling to the buyers.”

The annual Livestock Marketing Association event, which is held in a different location each year, includes an industry trade show and other related events.

Thirty-two of the 33 contestants earned spots during earlier competitions and the reigning International Auctioneer Champion is traditionally given an automatic slot in the championship.

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Wolff Auctioneers have been very pleased with the response we have received by utilizing Global Auction Guide in conjunction with our other advertising that we do. Wolff Auctioneers believe that this allows our company to compete with other Auction firms on a global level.
Delton Wolff - Wolff Auctioneers Ltd. Dapp Alberta Canada

Popularity: 51% [?]

SAN FRANCISCO - Purple Wave, the “click and mortar” auction company, today announced it has appointed Mark S. Strauch as President and CEO. Strauch has served on the company’s board of directors since August 2007 and was formerly the President and CEO of San Francisco-based software company Business Engine. Strauch’s appointment comes at a good time as Purple Wave expands rapidly, having posted 104% sequential quarter growth in its first quarter. For the full year of 2008, the company is on track for over 300% growth.

“We are thrilled to have Mark onboard to drive the amazing expansion in our business,” said founder Aaron McKee. “He has been instrumental as an advisor and board member and now as CEO, his reputation and leadership experience will allow us to achieve our ambitious goal of building the largest local market in the world.”

Purple Wave has successfully pioneered a unique model that blends the scalability and reach of an e-commerce business with a growing number of physical auction locations that provide a full-service liquidation network. Just two weeks ago, the company announced it has recently expanded its operation to cover 6 U.S. states, opening new offices in Reno NV, Dallas TX, Kansas City MO, Wichita KS, Hays KS, and Pueblo CO. Purple Wave goes beyond integrating live and Internet bidding, and is investing heavily in live video, mobile bidding and social networking. By combining these elements into one platform, Purple Wave can maximize the reach of a growing community of value-seeking buyers which is attractive to corporate, government and small business sellers of all kinds.

“I fell in love with this business as an investor and am excited to have the opportunity to join this strong team and lead Purple Wave to the next level,” said Strauch. “Purple Wave is fundamentally redefining the $265 billion auction market by bringing technology, professionalism, and scale to a very traditional industry that in the past has relied heavily on live auction methods. Our unique online-offline model connects end-user buyers with business and government sellers better than existing providers in the market today. Plus, it’s an entertaining way to buy.”

Purple Wave’s emergence is due in no small part to the backing of prominent angel investors Yossi Vardi and Steven Sherman, who have evangelized the company and its innovative model. Mr. Sherman is a successful entrepreneur in his own right, as he has founded and taken public several technology companies. For his part, Mr. Vardi is widely regarded as an Internet visionary, having introduced instant messaging to the world when his company Mirabilis (creators of ICQ) was acquired by AOL in 1998.

“To say that Yossi and Steven are huge assets to this business is an understatement. They are extremely well known in the technology industry. Their involvement has been - and will continue to be - instrumental to our growth. Their vision, their passion, their energy, and their relationships have brought unprecedented opportunities to Purple Wave. When you combine their influence with the respect and trust the company - and Aaron McKee in particular - has built over time, what you have is a powerful recipe for success,” notes Strauch.

About Purple Wave, Inc.

Purple Wave is one of the nation’s leading auction firms, specializing in real estate, equipment, vehicle, personal property and specialty property sales. Purple Wave operates as a sellers agent through unreserved public auctions — a broad range of assets such as high value personal property, industrial equipment, motor vehicles, and real estate. Unlike eBay or other do-it-yourself online marketplaces, Purple Wave specializes in assets that are difficult to transport and require a local turnkey service from listing to marketing to transaction settlement.

Purple Wave’s mission is to build “the largest local market in the world” by combining a central e-commerce destination at http://www.purplewave.com with a growing network of live auction locations across the United States. Resulting in an innovative model where customer acquisition is largely offline and our monetization is largely online.

Web site: http://www.purplewave.com/

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Barrett Jackson Auction - Betting the Farm

The inside scoop on what’s involved with selling a car at the Barrett-Jackson auction.

From Popular Hot Rodding.Com 

writer: Steven Rupp
photographer: Steven Rupp, courtesy of Barrett-Jackson

It’s the automotive equivalent to the circus coming to town. Every January, sellers, buyers, and window shoppers descend upon Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction. Why? It’s the biggest event of its type around. This year, 1,163 vehicles went before the gavel and over 280,000 visitors were there to see it happen. It’s a car show with a catch: You can have any car for your very own, provided you have a bidder’s card, and enough cash.

The Air Ride Mustang started life as an ‘05 SEMA project before being worked over and stickered up for the television show. It puts down over 420 rwhp, thanks to the Vortech supercharger. Fourteen-inch six-piston Baer brakes also provide plenty of stopping power. Of course, it rides on an Air Ride Technologies suspension and there’s over 350 hours into the one-off aluminum body fasciae, dropped rocker panels, aluminum grille, custom hood vents, and other custom touches.

The real drama of the event is on the seller’s side, because Scottsdale is a “no reserve” auction. The sellers are really rolling the dice, since there’s no minimum that a car can sell for. Your $50,000 ride could bring $80,000, or it could theoretically net you a dollar. The good news for sellers was that Barrett-Jackson was thick with genuine buyers, over 8,000 of them. And these weren’t just wishers and dreamers; each one had to pay $500 for the chance to bid. Whether a car brings in the long green simply depends on if the car catches a buyer’s attention. Actually, a ride needs to be wanted by at least two bidders for the price to ratchet up.

We decided to follow a car through the process and see what’s really involved in selling a car this way. When we found out Air Ride Technologies was selling their Forza Motorsports ‘05 Mustang, we contacted them. We knew they wouldn’t mind us peering over their shoulders for a few days. Bret Voelkel of Air Ride Technologies told PHR: “The Barrett-Jackson auction is a huge, unique marriage of money, cars, and fun. The adrenaline runs high because it is a no-reserve auction, and whatever the car brings, it brings. It’s the ultimate affirmation of the level of car that you have brought. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart or the easily offended!” This ‘05 ‘Stang they decided to sell was originally built as a SEMA project for the Ford Motor Company, and was used to develop Air Ride Technologies’ kits. Later, it was used to compete, and win, the Forza Motorsports Showdown that aired on the Speed Channel in the spring of ‘07. So this wasn’t your garden variety Mustang GT, it had some celebrity to it, but what would that translate into come auction time?

The first fee for a Barrett-Jackson seller is the one to be included in the event. In the case of Air Ride’s Mustang, it was $1,500, since they got a prime time slot. Every car pays an amount based on the lot number assigned. That price does get you a bidder’s card (in case you want to replace what you’re selling), a drink card to help lubricate your desire to buy, and a guest pass. Once the car is delivered to Barrett-Jackson, it’s checked in and the VIN number is checked against the title. With the keys and titles safely in Barrett-Jackson’s control, this is considered the point of no return.

The Forza Mustang was cool enough to secure a display slot in the big tent with all the heavy hitters. Nonetheless, most cars ended up outside, on the grass, and under smaller tents. Where you’re located is completely at the discretion of Barrett-Jackson, and is based on which cars they think have the possibility of going big. The buyers get to check out the car and see if they want to bid or not, so it’s important for the seller to be on hand to “pitch” the car. In Air Ride’s case, they had flyers on hand detailing the car, banners from the TV show, the big trophy, and a bigger check.

Also on hand to help promote the car to potential bidders was the team from the show. Britt Marolf, Angela Cope, and Brad Coomer answered questions, posed for pictures, and even signed a few autographs. It’s all part of getting the car noticed and hopefully generating some excitement that will carry into the bidding arena.

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From The Lake Sun Leader 

By Norine Albers/A look back
Published: Monday, July 7, 2008 12:06 AM CDT

This sale bill for a farm auction south of Macks Creek was published in the Reveille 60 years ago.

One of the most exhilarating feelings is to poke around in an old, weathered barn to see what history has left behind that will be sold to the highest bidder on auction day. The environment of nostalgia and aroma lend to the history of the moment.

What is going on is a country auction sale of estate items belonging to a patriarch and matriarch of a long settled county family who no longer are in need of their belongings.

Although, it sounds like a cruel tribute to the owners of the estate, it is not. Items up for auction are no longer needed on this farm.

Winning bidders carry away a part of history to share with others. Whether the high bidder is a collector, reseller, family or friend of the family, the history will live on. The story of its origin is carried away with each item.

The eventual retail buyer is appreciative that a piece of history was preserved and will be passed on for others to enjoy.

Auctions have long prevailed as a preferred method of selling. The lore of the auctioneer’s melodious voice has touched the ears of attendees of all sorts of bidders for an untold number of years.

‘The auction method of marketing has been and will continue to be one of the best ways for people to sell their property,’ auctioneer Gregg Sellers said. ‘I have always been in a business that helps people, this is no exception. Besides ‘ it’s fun.’ Norine Albers/For the Lake Sun

Auctioneering is usually a family endeavor. An auctioneer, cashier, recorder, ring men, auctioneer alternate and a food service are needed for an auction.

An 1894 sale bill states that there would be for auction one filly, three milch cows, one Jersey, all giving milk. Three good brood sows, one farm wagon, one spring wagon, one two-seated carriage, one cart, one two-seated sleigh, one stirring plow, and work and carriage harnesses. Straw in rick, sheep troughs and racks, four ladders, two hundred apple and potato boxes made to hold one bushel, grindstone, work bench, and household items.

For 34 years, Ordell Jones Auction Service was well known and respected throughout local counties. Mr. Jones is retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

In a recent interview by Dwight Weaver for the Camden County Historical Journal, Ordell had this to say in regard to his beginnings as an auctioneer: ‘I didn’t have the money to go to auction school. I just practiced on my own. In all of my years auctioneering, I had lots of different people help me out. All of the fellows who helped had gone to auction school. The one person who helped me more than any other was Doug Scott. He was like a partner for 15 years.’

Weaver stated that Ordell ‘was hard working, straightforward, and honest. He never misled buyers about the condition of the items he sold.’

Sellers Auction in Montreal is maintaining the country auction tradition.

‘Born Sellers’ is their motto. The auction house finds homes for historic and household items.

‘I grew up going to auctions with my mom and dad; from estate sales where my mom would get her ‘treasure’ boxes, to livestock auctions where my dad would buy that year’s steers, usually, without my mom ever knowing he was bidding,’ auctioneer Gregg Sellers said.

‘From an early time, I was amazed at the rapid, rhythmic chant of the livestock auctioneer. As I grew older my favorite song became ‘The Auctioneer’ by Lee Roy VanDyke,’ Sellers said. ‘It wasn’t long before I couldn’t stand it any longer. In 2005, I went to the Missouri Auction School in St. Louis. I came home and had a piece of paper that said I was an auctioneer, now what?’

The phone wasn’t ringing, so I started a little consignment auction in a building we owned in Montreal, he said. The building was built as a gas station in 1983 and ran by my family and myself. My family has been involved in everything I’ve done. The auction business is certainly no exception. My wife Patricia, my mom Hazel, and my brother Kenny, are the backbone of the business along with aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces.

The day of the auctions, Sheriff John Page and Buffalo Prairie Baptist Church Pastor John Book help out in the ring.

‘Without family and friends, I wouldn’t have an auction business,’ Sellers said.

On a personal note, Sellers noted the auction business has brought his family back together again.

Auctions always leave their impression on guests, including these gems:

‘ ‘I was the ONLY dealer at an estate auction.’

‘ ‘We were bidding on a set of Luray china in the snow and I won the bid at eleven dollars!’

‘ ‘Bidders were buying the old quilts to use to keep warm during the auction.’

‘ ‘Look at that ugly lamp. Nobody will bid on that thing. A twenty-five cent bid? That’s MY husband!’

‘ ‘I come for the hugs and the hot dogs.’

‘ ‘Who is buying all that stuff? My wife is!’

‘ The auctioneer dashed a fine piece of glassware to the floor (upon receiving a very low bid) exclaiming, ‘Is that all it’s worth?’

‘ A baby stroller was sold for two dollars. It had ‘all four wheels.’

‘ ‘Oh, your supper is in the oven and you want to bid? Go turn off your oven and come back for the item you want to bid on, we’ll wait for you.’

‘ ‘Buy that big ol’ Case; we’ll deliver it to you.’

No matter what the auction find may be, the high bidder is pleased with his auction find and newly won merchandise.

Whether it be an ashtray made out of bull’s horns, a vintage Westmoreland milk glass elegant cake stand or a box of nails.’

Contact the writer at norine@lakesunleader.com

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ABERDEEN-AUCTIONS
Sale August 2-3, 2008

CONTACT:
ALEX TURCHAK
(727) 656-2974

Not all of them of course but at least a significant sampling of Russian fine art, sculpture and decorative silver art will be in the United States in August at Aberdeen Auctions in St. Petersburg (Florida).

(ST. PETERSBURG, FL) Aberdeen-Auctions of St. Petersburg, FL will serve up a banquet of art with Russian and European flavors on August 2 – 3 consisting of over 450 items of paintings, drawings, sculptures, bronze works, silver, jewelry, porcelain, folk art and Russian icons.

Among the featured works will be four watercolors by Russian artist Ivan Yakelovich Bilibin (1876-1942). He was renowned as an illustrator of Slavic folklore and Russian fairy tales as well as stage design. He was a member of Mir iskusstva (World of Art) and after pursuing his career in Egypt and France, returned to Russia in 1936 and died in the siege of Leningrad in World War II. The four watercolor works are illustrations of Russian folk tales “Baba-Yaga”, “Three Bogatyrs”, and tales by Pushkin “The Tale of the Tsar Sultan” and “The Tale of Golden Cockrel.” All four works are signed in Cyrillic and dated 1899 and 1907.

Other Russian artists in the inventory include Y. P. Annenkov, D. D. Burlak, A.A. Exter, N. feshin, N. S. Goncharova, A. V. Hansen, B. I. Khodasevich, G. A. Lapchine, G. Pogedaieff, P. Tchelichev and M. Voloshin.

The Russian flavor will be enhanced by Russian icons from the 17th through the 19th centuries, bronze sculptures of Cossacks from the last quarter of the 19th century by Evgenii Evgenievich Lanceray (1875-1946) and a bronze candlestick decorated with Russian symbols by N. Stange, c. 1876. Stange also exhibited other nickel plated bronze items in the Russian style at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 along with this candlestick.

Other works from some of Russia’s famous silversmiths, including I. Khlebnikov, P. Ovchinnikov, A. Lubavin and Gustav Klingert will cross the block along with a Russian gilded silver and enamel photograph frame by A. Kuzmichev, c. 1888, with Cyrillc maker’s mark “AK”, essayer mark “AP” and a Moscow hallmark. Kuzmichev also made some items for the Tiffany Company. There will be a porcelain mantle clock by Alexander Popov, a pair of Russian porcelain vases from the Imperial Manufactory, period of Alexander II and Russian porcelain tea sets from the first years of the Soviet era.

Other European works will consist of Old Masters of the 17th and 218th century and works by Mattie Dube, an American working in Paris (1861- 1944), Alfons Karpinski (Polish, 1875-1961), Arthur Lajos Halmi (Hungarian 1866-1939), George Morland (English 1763-1804) and Pal Fried (Hungarian/American 1893-1976).

Preview for the sale will be on August 1 from 12:00 to 6:00PM at the Gallery at 212 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. The sale, beginning at 10:00AM EST on August 2 and continuing at 10:00AM August 3 , will be carried live online by LiveAuctioneers.com. For more information call (727) 656-2974, email aberdeenauctions@gmail.com or visit the website at http://www.aberdeen-auctions.com/.

written by:

Fred Taylor

http://www.furnituredetective.com/

800-387-6377

PHOTO CAPTIONS FOR ABERDEEN

Watercolor by I. Y. Bilibin, an illustration for the Russian tale by Pushkin “The Tale of Golden Cockrel, signed with Cyrillic and dated 1907.

Estimate: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00

Ivan Iakovlevich Illustration of a Russian folktale “Baba-Yaga” signed with Cyrillic.
Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00

A Bronze Group of a peasant boy on horseback with two horses by Evgeni Lanceray(1848-1886), inscribed with signature and with foundry mark. Height 7in or 17.5 cm.

Estimate: $11,000.00 - $13,000.00

Portrait of an Old woman, charcoal on paper, sign lower right by Nicolai Fechin (Russian, 1881-1955)

Estimate: $10,000.00 - $13,000.00

Hannan Restored to Health Painting by Scottish Artist Robert Gavin (1827-83). Former Sotheby’s sale. Listed artist. Oil on canvas. 19¾ x 28½in.

Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00

Oil on canvas “Coast View” by Aleksey Vasilievich Hanzen (Russian, 1876-1937), signed lower right

Estimate: $28,000.00 - $30,000.00

A Russian Silver and Enamel Bowl, Ovchinnikov, Moscow, circa 1910
enameled with colorful foliage, gild interior. Height with hands 6¾in or 17 cm, width 8½in or 21cm.
Estimate: $8,000.00 - $10,000.00

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