2014
Marion Township Heritage Days & Auction
June 7th
HOWELL, MICHIGAN
STEAM ENGINE SHOW *
ANTIQUE CAR SHOW * PEDDLERS MARKET * MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT * LIVE AUCTION
(Saturday Only) * FOOD & GREAT WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN!
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American
Eagle Auction & Appraisal Company is pleased to once again be a part of the
2014 Marion Township Heritage Days festival on Saturday, June 7th.
Last year, hundreds of auction enthusiasts and first time auction attendees
witnessed and participated as an auction buyer for the first time.
The
Marion Township Heritage Days and a live auction is a perfect match considering
that auctions are one of the worlds oldest professions!
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AUCTIONS. AN
AMERICAN HERITAGE -
Did you know that auctions date all the way back to the Roman Empire in 500 B.C.? Auctions
in America date back to the Pilgrims arrival on the Eastern Shores in
the 1600s and grew in popularity during colonization with the sale of crops,
imports, clapboard, livestock, tools, tobacco, slaves and even entire farms.
During
the Civil War era, auctioneers were commonly referred to as Colonel and even
today, auctioneers are still referred to as Colonel especially in the southern
states. Where this all started was an
auctioneer was used to sell Civil War surplus.
However, only officers of the Colonel rank could conduct them, spawning
the use of the term Colonel.
Auctioneer
Mike Brandly tells the historical narrative that, As the Civil War progressed,
many troop battalions make a practice of seizing property of land owners and
merchants as they marched. Contraband
would be collected and carried to a favorable area, and then the Colonel or
commanding officer would sell the goods at public auction. Even after the Civil War, military Colonels
traveled to sell surplus goods and seized goods. Auctioneers followed some of
the same trails and dressed similar to army Colonels to such an extent that the
public began to recognize auctioneers as Colonel.
AN OPPORTNITY. WHY
YOU SHOULD SELL AT THE HERITAGE DAYS AUCTION? In
short, Exposure. Exposure. Exposure! Based on last years auction results, the
Marion Township Heritage Days Auction was wildly successful! This is due in part to the popularity of this
long standing community event. The
auction is aggressively promoted where American Eagle Auction & Appraisal
Company saturates the market with a national advertising campaign which enables
buyers from all over the world the opportunity to bid on your items being
offered at public auction!
Our company has won over 35 MAA auction
advertising and marketing awards over the years including 2005 Michigan Auction
of the Year! Your merchandise will be
featured in print advertising in auction publications, local newspaper
advertising, multiple websites including our top ranked website, social media
and the list goes on and on. No other
venue will picture and promote YOUR items to a larger audience.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO BE A SELLER For starters, call us directly at
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(734) 223-3277 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting. We will be accepting
select goods for public auction including but not limited to, automobiles, farm
and lawn tractors, boats, coin collections, blacksmith goods, Hit and Miss
Engines, Commercial Equipment, certain antiques and collectibles, special
collections including military related items, taxidermy and much more!
Kenny Lindsay, CAI
Certified Professional Auctioneer
President of the Michigan State Auctioneers Association
2005 Michigan Auction-of-the-Year Champion
The Certified Auctioneers Institute is a 3 year executive level program held exclusively at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
CAI is the most esteemed and highest designation possible in the auction profession. Only approximately 1,100 auctioneers worldwide have achieved this elite designation in the world.
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