A little update of the weekends adventure, wrap up with last event and a quick review of a new toy I got;). Cheers to you all on a successful weekend of auctions and events!

Do you always use the fabled and iconic chant when conducting an auction? Well I discovered, about 20 years ago, that when selling art, antiques and collectibles many people can’t follow you so I learned to call bids conversationally. If you’re wondering, I still use “the chant” selling livestock, fairs and galas just not antiques. You might give it a try. Ummm, by tge wsy if you think it’s to slow I averaged 93 lots an hour when this was done.

I am curious how you are pricing events? Fixed price vs %? I personally am a fan of fixed pricing. Basically I can assign a fee for my services in a menu fashion starting with just bid calling or just emcee or both. Add in ring people as required by crowd or venue size. A secondary question would be around base price then add on services? The reason I ask, is that I want to be more than just an auctioneer to the organization. I want to be involved in the show planning, possibly some item curation that I can bring to the table, run of show and item placement in the auction, do we just do a paddle raise, do we do a fun heads or tails to get people engaged, etc, etc. I believe a full on consultancy has a value prior to adding any services for event night. My view is to not be the last person they call two days before the event to show up, have dinner and jump into an ill planned program. My belief is that leaves a bad taste in the organization’s mouth, bad impression on the donor/attendees and ultimately the feeling that the auctioneer failed. The last thing that I would want to have happen in a business where my reputation is my business. A lot to chew on here…thoughts?

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Happy Birthday @Bobby D. Ehlert!!! Have an amazingly blessed weekend!!!