Schrader recognized for excellence in auction marketing COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Auctioneers from throughout the state of Indiana converged in Indianapolis on Nov. 15 for the 2018 Indiana Auctioneers Assoc. Yearly Convention. As part of the convention, an awards luncheon was held to honor winners of the 2018 Auction Marketing Competition. Auctioneers throughout the state were recognized for their innovation and expertise in marketing their properties. All entries were judged by a panel of experienced graphic design, printing and publication specialists. Winners were named in categories including Brochure & Catalog design, Website design, Photography, Newspaper/Magazine Print, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Wild Card and Best of Show. In the Brochure & Catalog design category alone, Schrader Auction Co. won eight of the nine sub-categories. Schrader also won the Auction Marketing Campaign of the Year, Best of Show and the Wild Card categories. Rick Williams, from Elwood, auction manager for Schrader, won the Auction Marketing Campaign of the Year with a 28-page full-color catalog. SHOWING AWARDS, from left, are designer Leslie Basinger, Gene Klingaman, the late Rex D. Schrader and Sale Manager Rick Williams. (Photo provided) The Wendt Group wins Ohio’s ‘Auction of the Year’ again (photo in 6449) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Auctioneers Assoc. (OAA) has recognized The Wendt Group’s exceptional marketing work by naming the company winner of its prestigious Auction of the Year in both 2017 and now 2018 at the annual Auctioneers Assoc. Conference. The 2018 marketing contest included entries from across the state. Wendt took home not only the top prize, but also best of show and 12 additional awards in Brochure Design, Newspaper Advertising, Public Relations, Auction Promotion, Photography and Digital & Social Media. The Wendt Group consists of full-service real estate professionals serving Ohio, Indiana and the Midwest, offering auction and traditional brokerage services. It specializes in farmland, recreational land and farm equipment, and is currently booking auctions for 2019. To learn more about The Wendt Group’s award-winning real estate and auction services, call 614-626-7653 or visit thewendtgroup.com DEE FLETCHER (right) presents Kevin Wendt with the Ohio Auction of the Year Award. (Photo provided) Ohio auctioneer receives Hall of Fame recognition (mug in 6451) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Auctioneers Assoc. (OAA) recognized Bart K. Sheridan of Cedarville, Ohio, as one of its 2019 inductees into the OAA Hall of Fame at its annual Conference and Show on Jan. 5. Sheridan’s longtime auctioneer friends and competitors John Muncy of New Lebanon and Kevin Wendt of Plain City shared the microphone as they gave Sheridan’s biography and the accomplishments that paved the way for the recognition. His father, longtime auctioneer and the 1996 OAA Hall of Fame inductee Keith Sheridan, was in attendance and provided the final introduction comments by video. Sheridan has been a professional auctioneer for 24 years, preceded by growing up an auctioneer’s family. He received his bachelor of accountancy degree in 1989 from Miami University before practicing as a CPA in New Jersey and Ohio. He began his career as an auctioneer and real estate broker in 1995 shortly after returning to Ohio from New Jersey with his wife, Sandy, and his children. The newest inductee earned his CAI designation in 2001 and served as OAA president in 2006 and also as its treasurer from 1998-2003. Then-Gov. John Kasich appointed him to the Ohio Auctioneers Commission in 2013, where he served for four years. He is also involved extensively in local Greene County church, civic, and government activities. Sheridan is a licensed Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker and with his brother, Matt, owns and operates Sheridan & Associates of Cedarville, specializing in the sale of agricultural and antique assets throughout southwestern and central Ohio. Civil War home, farmland brings nearly $900K at auction DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. — A 120.57-acre gently rolling, mostly cropland farm with a Civil War-era frame home sold at auction recently for $888,520, or $7,369 per acre. The home – with 14.4 acres, a tobacco barn and a tool shed – brought $152,000, for an average of $10,556 per acre. The remaining unimproved land sold for $736,520, or $ 6,937 per acre. This auction was conducted by James R. Knott, auctioneer with Kurtz Auction & Realty Co. To learn more, email him at john@kurtzauction.com or call 800-264-1204, and visit www.kurtzauction.com |
