Ray Carman – Auctioneer

Hey guys. Sorry again this is text, but I promise video will return soon.

This week I was thinking about how things have come along in our industry. I can remember many times hearing my grandfather, Gene Carman Sr, speak of how his dad, Jim Carman, would stand for hours on a farm wagon and auction off the land and items. I really had no reference point to this other than spending some time in the back of a pickup while riding down a line of farm equipment to sale. Ever since I could remember, I had only seen our stands under a tent.

Well, this past year, we had an auction at which the owner supplied some great pictures for us of an auction that my grandfather had done around 1972 at the same place. What struck me so quickly was the fact that my grandfather, dad, and uncle were conducting the sale from a farm wagon, just like the ones I had heard in the stories. Take a look at these pictures:

But come to think of it, we still do alot of this in the same way. Yes, we have tents now, and we now have “sales stands”, however, at every auction, we are still standing before a crowd and offering items to them. Things may have changes, yet they remain the same as well!

Come see us soon as our Spring auction schedule gets ready to kick off!

Ray Carman

Trackback This Post | Subscribe to the comments through RSS Feed