Lady auctioneer
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problems being a woman
auctioneer.
“A lot of people think it’s a
man’s job,” notes Carol in a
serious tone. “There are still
some people who are jealous
of women.”
But, regardless of the
occasional friction, Carol
finds her job rewarding.
“It's a very interesting
job. No two sales are the
same,” she says, “There’s
always something new to
learn about.”
According to this ex
perienced 1 auctioneer, the
learning aspect of the job is
one of the reasons she
started to call.
“It keeps you acquainted
with the world,” she notes.
“I don’t claim to know
everything. I just want to
learn as I go.”
But, of course, Carol says
that an auctioneer must stay
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abreast of the going prices
for all types of objects from
machinery to tools to
animals to antiques. That’s a
large job, but Carol manages
to stay on top of things. She
also has the philosophy of
catering to the public and
letting them start an object
at the price from which they
want to see it begin.
“I always say you can’t
start something too low, but
you can start it too high,”
she points out.
The intrifcacies of auc
tioneering are really dif
ficult for Carol to talk about,
because there are so many
variables involved.
“You have to know your
buyers,” she points out,
“And, you also have to stay
one step ahead of the
public.”
“I don’t know,” she
concludes. “It’s hard to say
how to be a good auc
tioneer.”
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Thcire is one thing she does
know'for sure, however.
“The public’s gat to like
you,” she states matter-of
factly. “If they don’t like
you, you don’t have a good
sale.”
“Some auctioneers are
boring, and if you let the
crowd die, you won’t make
any money. People have to
be able to say ‘I enjoy
following her sales. ’”
And, most likely, people
can say that about Carol. At
least she can say the
reverse.
“I just love the public” she
states flatly. “My husband is
the same way I am. We like
people.”
Carol’s husband is Hap
Burruss, a self employed
hay dealer. And, as is to be
expected, she met him at a
sale - a horse sale. However,
in this particular instance,
she wasn’t calling the sale;
instead, she buying.
“I went down to pick up
quiet horses,” she says with
a giant grin on her work-
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picked up a man,” she
laughs
At the age of 19 men were
the furthest thing from her
mind, but within a year, the
two were married. Today
they have three children -
Paul, age 11; Tammy, age 9;
and Linda, age 6. And, the
whole family gets in on the
hay buying, selling, and
hauling.
“In the Summer, the
children go with us 90 per
cent of the time,” says
Carol. “I think that a child
who travels can cope better
with life. From going with us
they know what’s right from
wrong.”
The hay dealing schedule
is a rigorous one. The day
usually begins at 5 or 5:30 m
the morning and, until the
hay is delivered and the
chores done, it may be as
late as 12:30 the next mor
ning before Carol gets to
bed.
The Burruss’s haul hay
every >day from Monday
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Carol makes sure she is
home in time to call at
Potties Auction House. One
day per month Potties has an
all day auction, and on that
day Carol doesn’t help with
hay hauling.
In between all this work,
Carol manages to also lead
two 4-H clubs - the 4-H Light
Horse and Pony Club of
Cumberland County and the
4-H Cumberland County
Swine Club.
The Burruss’s also have
pigs of their own, “because
of the children. They love
it.” All together they have
nine registered Spotted
Swine sows and a boar as
well as about 30 market
swine. They also have 12
registered Quarter Horses.
Hap Burruss also
refinishes furniture.
It’s a busy life, but a good
one, for Mrs. Carol Burruss,
auctioneer, wife, mother,
hay dealer, and 4-H leader.
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