Congratulations to our 2025 Hall of Fame Inductee, Carol Wagenson! Carol holds the Certified Auction Institute (CAI) designation from the National Auctioneers Association. Carol is also a Wisconsin State Champion Auctioneer (2012) and has competed in the...
This fall marked 50 years of auctioneering for Chilton’s Jerry Thiel. Thiel & Thiel Auctions of Chilton has an amazing history, dating back to 1919; however, Jerry has been doing it full time for 50 years as of Oct. 1. Thiel & Thiel Auctions is one of the...
2023 Hall of Fame inductee Daniel Trace (left) is presented with the award by Mike Calvert. (Submitted photo) Harrisburg, Pa. — This year marks 75 years of the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association and is celebrated January 10 through January 13 at its annual...
We want to thank everyone who attended conference this year! We had a wonderful time and it was great seeing everyone again! Our WAA members are what makes conference so great! We made wonderful memories and shared many laughs in between CE Classes and motivational...
On July 15, 2021, during the President’s Gala of the 72nd Annual International Auctioneers Conference & Show, three auctioneers were inducted into the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Hall of Fame. OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS (July 20, 2021) - During this...
Collins – Victor V. Voigt, age 93, a resident of Collins, entered eternal life late Saturday evening, October 3, 2020 at Azura Memory Care Assisted Living in Manitowoc. Vic was born on April 20, 1927 on the home farm in the town of Rockland, Manitowoc County. He...
The golden voice of a prominent auctioneer in Monroe County is now silent. Robert Brandau has passed away. Robert “Bob” R. Brandau, 90, of South Ridge peacefully passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, surrounded by his family, on the home farm where he was born. Bob was...
Written By: Paul Bunczak This year’s 2019 WAA Auxiliary Hall of Fame Inductee, Elaine Bunczak from Rosholt, WI, grew up on a small dairy farm in northern Wisconsin. After high school, she went to college and became a teacher. Along the way, she met a young man...
Rich Ranft has been inducted into the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame in 2018. Rich’s grandparents owned a farm and he spent a lot of time growing up on the farm and working in the family auction business. In 1980 Rich bought the family auction...
