From farm auctions to Wisconsin champion, second generation auctioneer takes state title

Feb 6, 2019 | WAA Champions, Women Auctioneers

Carol Spaeth-Bauer | Wisconsin State Farmer

DOUSMAN, WI – Jenny Markham-Gehl cashiered $300,000 auctions when she was in eighth grade. It didn’t make any

difference what the weather was like or what they had going on, if there was an auction her dad Jim Markham was doing, Jenny and her brother Tim were expected to be there to help. There was no such thing as a day off. If an auction was booked, they were there to help — running tickets, holding up items for sale and eventually ringing. 

Growing up in an auction family poised Markham-Gehl for a career she loves and the recognition of being named Champion at the 2019 Wisconsin Auctioneer’s Championship Contest at the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association (WAA) annual convention in Stevens Point, WI on Jan. 27.

While Markham-Gehl grew up around farm and estate auctions in Dubuque County, Iowa, when she decided to take the leap to become an auctioneer, it was as a benefit auctioneer. 

Source: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2019/02/06/farm-auctions-wisconsin-champion-auctioneer/2753578002/

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