Bachman Reflects (Continued from Page 60) If you get to bury one family member, you probably get to bury the remaining family members,” Bach man said. Personality also plays a significant role in auc tioneering success. Bachman said, “You got to know when to clown around and when not to. You got to ad lib in order to get the best price.” Bachman has seen many changes during his 39 years as an auctioneer. “Some things that weren’t selling for anything then bring fabulous prices today,” he said. Auctioneers learn what is valuable “by being around.” And, Bachman said, “The public lets you know when they bid (high).” Bachman considers himself a general auctioneer who easily switches between selling livestock and farms to charity events. “I love them all everyone is great. Everyone and every day is different. It’s always something new and challenging to work at and I get to meet a lot of people,” Bachman said. When he first starting auctioneering, he wrote down the name of the bidder and the bidder paid on the spot. In the 19705, it became common practice On Auctioneer) ns to assign numbers to registered bidders. It made the clerk’s job easier, but Bachman recalled that some of the old-timers resented needing to use numbers instead of their names. Bargains By The Boxful (Continued from Page 61) years ago, and went into buying and reselling 12 years ago. “When I was 16 years old, I was a nickel man at an auction,” Taylor said. That meant that any item that did not get a bid, Taylor automatically got it for a nickel. He soon discovered it could be quite a prof itable business. Now, he often works as the $S man for high end catalog shows, where he garners some great finds. “People at high end shows often don’t bother bid ding on middle or lower end merchandise, so I get it for $5,” he said. The best $5 buy he ever had was a box that con tained a bottle he resold for $l,lOO. That was four years ago. While it doesn’t happen often, Taylor said it is common to buy a number of items for $2O and resell for $BO-$9O. • APPRAISER • ANTIQUES • LIQUIDATIONS • PERSONAL • ESTATES PROPERTY • FARMS MJI - REAL ESTATE SSB • BUSINESS wSS BRADLEY K. SMITH I JURE . PA REAL ESTATE BROKER/APPRAISER/AUCTIONEER S Auctioneer 1890 DELTA ROAD, BROGUE, PA 17309 BUSINESS 717-927-6949 FAX 717-927-6852 LIC #B6O L (Turn to Page 65) AUCTION METHOD OF MARKETING "1991 PA STATE CHAMPION"
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