Written By: Kendall Thiel Navigating the future as the theme of the 2018 WAA convention held in January almost 150 people navigated to Stevens Point for the annual convention. Sunday kicked off with the second annual “ANTIQUE/VINTAGE ROAD SHOW AND SOCIAL” which...
Written By: Christianne Williams The Wisconsin Auctioneers Association held their 2018 Annual Convention with the theme of “Navigating the Future!” The WAA Convention on Sunday morning opened their doors to the general public and did an “Appraisal Fair” on items...
Carol Wagenson of New Lisbon, WI was recently elected President of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association at their 2017 Convention that was held in Stevens Point, WI in January. Wagenson, a native of New Lisbon, has been conducting professional auctions for over...
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...
Written By: Jeff Hines This was a great year to showcase our State Bid Calling competition held in Stevens Point this past January 28th. We had 17 competitors competing for one of 10 spots to go onto the State Fair held in West Allis this August 7th, 2018. The...
Julianne J. Gill (Julie) was born January 29th, 1951 on the coldest day of the year (-35 degrees), in Monroe, WI. She didn’t speak a word until she was 2 years old, but hasn’t stopped talking since, according to her father, Don Teasdale. She attended...
Mark P. Mitchell, age 48, of Bonduel, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 in Green Bay. Mark was born in Green Bay on October 8, 1969 the son of James “Jim” and Nancy (Wudtke) Mitchell. On September 19, 1998, Mark was united in marriage to Jennifer...
2017 WI State Champion Auctioneer The Wisconsin Auctioneers Association held their annual WI State Champion Auctioneer Contest at the WI State Fair and David Allen of Cross Plains, WI received the wining scores from the 5 judges. The journey began in January with a...
Written By: Gloria Hafemeister, Correspondent WEST ALLIS - The Wisconsin State Fairgoers had an opportunity to witness hear a lot of fast-talking during competition for the state Auctioneer contest at the fair on August 8. David Allen of Cross Plains rose to the...
