National Auctioneers Day - 4/18

The NAA is excited to announce that the association successfully introduced and passed S. Res. 86 in the United States Senate yesterday. The Senate Resolution designates April 18, 2009, National Auctioneers Day in the United States. S. Res. 86 was sponsored by Kansas U.S. Senator Sam Brownback.

See the resolution: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.RES.86:

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The Super Auction II is on!

The details for The Super Auction II are set and buyers and sellers will not be disappointed. The next Super Auction will feature nine auction companies from four states. The Super Auction is set for August 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM will return to the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Michigan for this unique and one of a kind event. The Super Auction will include something for everyone and promises to be a must attend event for collectors, dealers, and auction enthusiast from around the Midwest and across the country.

If you are interested in consigning to the second Super Auction please contact one of the participating auctioneers or thesuperauction@gmail.com

Auctioneers from The Super Auction to conduct Annual AAPA Auction

The American Art Pottery Association’s 29th annual convention will return to Philadelphia on April 22 – 26, 2009. The event’s success last year prompted a repeat visit, and 2009 will feature entirely new tours, seminars, and educational exhibits, many of which highlight the Arts and Crafts movement and its pottery. The convention will again be headquartered at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, located near I-95 and Route 1.

The convention will include an art pottery auction, two-day pottery show and sale, and author’s book signing event. The auction, featuring several hundred lots of vintage and contemporary art pottery, will be held Friday, April 24th at 5:00 PM at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast located at 2400 Old Lincoln Highway, Trevose, Pennsylvania. The auction will be conducted by Greg Belhorn and Peter Gehres of Belhorn Auction Services, LLC, of Columbus, Ohio. The auction preview, reception, and book signing event will begin at 3:30 PM. Greg Belhorn is also Secretary of the AAPA.

The convention will feature a keynote presentation at the annual reception and banquet on the evening of April 22nd will be given by Dr. Martin Eidelberg, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Rutgers University and noted author on American ceramics and glass. His topic will be “Arts and Crafts Pottery: What’s In A Name?”

The three seminars feature an impressive roster of speakers.

Suzanne Perrault, tile expert, author, Craftsman Auctions partner, and Antiques Roadshow appraiser, will lead a seminar on collecting, discussing why it doesn't have to be big, expensive, or a superstar to be worthy of collecting. Unusual and noteworthy objects can come in unassuming packages.

Prominent contemporary potters Paul Katrich (Katrich Studios), Scott Draves (Door Pottery), Eric Olsen (Common Ground Pottery), and Chris Powell (Chris Powell Pottery) will share insights about their work and the future of art pottery.

Jonathan Clancy, Ph.D., lecturer in American Fine & Decorative Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and co-author with Dr. Eidelberg of Beauty in Common Things, American Arts and Crafts Pottery from the Two Red Roses Foundation will give an overview of the Foundation’s collection, its significant pieces, and research discoveries.

The country’s greatest two-day pottery show and sale, featuring fifty pottery dealers from throughout America, will be held at the headquarters hotel on Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th. The sale will feature American and European art pottery, along with contemporary pottery. The special exhibit accompanying the show will be American Arts & Crafts pottery from the Two Red Roses Foundation collection. The event opens to convention registered members for a private viewing and sale on Saturday from 11:00 AM – 12 Noon. The show and sale will be open to the general public from Noon – 5:00 PM Saturday, and from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday. Admission is $6.00 per person for non-convention registered members and the general public. Activities scheduled as part of the show include hourly prizes and “Booth Chats” on both days, plus a pottery ID table on Sunday.

The 2009 convention will feature two tours. The Wednesday, April 22nd event will be a special behind-the-scenes tour of Craftsman Farms, where the 1911 New Jersey home of turn-of-the-20th century designer Gustav Stickley, now a National Historic Landmark, has become a museum dedicated to the American Arts and Crafts movement.

The Thursday, April 23rd bus tour will include a private viewing of the Gordon collection of Rookwood pottery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. After lunch at the museum, attendees will have free time to explore the museum, featuring separate special exhibits on Cezanne, Matisse, and 20th century Japanese crafts, or walk to nearby Fairmount Park and enjoy landmarks such as the Fairmount Waterworks and Boathouse Row.

Various convention attendance packages and day rates are available. All events are open to the public. For more information, visit www.AAPA.info.

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Belhorn & Gehres teach at The Ohio Auction School

Two auctioneers from The Super Auction are teaching this week at The Ohio Auction School. Greg Belhorn is teaching a session on Auctions in the 21st Century and a session on specialty and catalog auctions. Peter Gehres is teaching sessions on auction ethics, bid calling and the auction opening. Both Gehres and Belhorn are graduates of The Ohio Auction School. The Ohio Auction School offers two weeks (over 80 hours) of instruction on the auctioneering, all aspects of the auction business and bid calling. The course fulfills the auction school requirements for a number of states including Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Florida among others. Michigan does not currently require attending auction school to become an auctioneer however auction school is a great way, required or not, to establish one’s self in the auction business and learn the auction method of marketing.

For more on The Ohio Auction School visit: http://www.theohioauctionschool.com/

Jade Montrie, Auctioneer attends Certified Auctioneers Institute

Toledo, Ohio – Jade Montrie of Montrie's Auction Service recently completed his second year of courses for the highly honored National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Education Institute’s Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) designation. The CAI designation is the most respected education program in the country for exclusively for Auctioneers. The CAI program is an executive developmental program offering coursework in management skills, business ethics, finance, marketing, negotiation, and leadership. The nation’s most distinguished and respected leaders in the auction industry as well as university professors provide instruction to CAI students throughout the three year program. For over thirty years auctioneers across the USA, Canada and the world have journeyed at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to participate in the program.

Montrie is a first generation auctioneer, a board member of the Ohio Auctioneers Association, a member of Ohio Real Estate Auctions, LLC and his company serves Northwest Ohio and Southeastern Michigan. He is on track to complete his third and final year and earn his CAI designation in 2010.

Visit Montrie's Auction Service for upcoming auctions.

For more on the NAA and the Education programs please visit the NAA Educational Institute

Brian Braun, Auctioneer attends Certified Auctioneers Institute

Ann Arbor, Michigan – Brian Braun of Braun and Helmer Auction Service recently completed his second year of courses for the highly honored National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Education Institute’s Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) designation. The CAI designation is the most respected education program in the country for exclusively for Auctioneers. The CAI program is an executive developmental program offering coursework in management skills, business ethics, finance, marketing, negotiation, and leadership. The nation’s most distinguished and respected leaders in the auction industry as well as university professors provide instruction to CAI students throughout the three year program. For over thirty years auctioneers across the USA, Canada and the world have journeyed at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to participate in the program.

Braun is a second generation auctioneer, CAI is a family tradition with Braun’s father Lloyd Braun earning his CAI in 1981. Brian is on track to complete his third and final year and earn his CAI designation in 2010.

Visit Braun and Helmer Auction Services for upcoming auctions.

For more on the NAA and the Education programs please visit the NAA Educational Institute

David Helmer, Auctioneer attends Certified Auctioneers Institute

Saline, Michigan – David Helmer of Braun and Helmer Auction Service (and The Super Auction manager) recently completed his second year of courses for the highly honored National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Education Institute’s Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) designation. The CAI designation is the most respected education program in the country for exclusively for Auctioneers. The CAI program is an executive developmental program offering coursework in management skills, business ethics, finance, marketing, negotiation, and leadership. The nation’s most distinguished and respected leaders in the auction industry as well as university professors provide instruction to CAI students throughout the three year program. For over thirty years auctioneers across the USA, Canada and the world have journeyed at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to participate in the program.

Helmer is a second generation auctioneer, past president of the Michigan State Auctioneers Association and past Bid Calling and Ringman champion. CAI is a family tradition with Helmer’s father Jerry Helmer earning his CAI in 1981. David is on track to complete his third and final year and earn his CAI designation in 2010.

Visit Braun and Helmer Auction Services for upcoming auctions.

For more on the NAA and the Education programs please visit the NAA Educational Institute

Peter D. Gehres, Auctioneer earns the CAI Designation

Columbus, Ohio - Peter D. Gehres, Auctioneer of Belhorn Auction Services, LLC (and The Super Auction assistant manager) recently completed his third and final year of the highly honored National Auctioneers Association (NAA) Education Institute’s Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) designation. He will be officially awarded his designation this July (2009) in Kansas City, Missouri at the 60th annual NAA Conference and Show. The CAI designation is the most respected education program in the country for exclusively for Auctioneers. The CAI program is an executive developmental program offering coursework in management skills, business ethics, finance, marketing, negotiation, and leadership. The nation’s most distinguished and respected leaders in the auction industry as well as university professors provide instruction to CAI students throughout the three year program. For over thirty years auctioneers across the USA, Canada and the world have journeyed at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to participate in the program.

At the conclusion of this years progam Gehres was awarded the prestigious Pat Massart Leadership Award. The award honors the memory of Auctioneer Pat Massart and her steadfast commitment to the CAI program and the auction industry.

Gehres is a first generation auctioneer who selling both personal property and real estate for clients in Ohio and around the Midwest. Gehres teaches at The Ohio Auction School and is the owner of Auctions on Track an auction education and leadership training company that presents auction education and motivational programs to state auctioneers associations as well as other business and continuing educational classes. The CAI was Gehres’ second designation having been earned the Certified Estate Specialist designation in November of 2006. Gehres is a member of the National, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan State Auctioneers Associations.

Visit Belhorn Auction Services, LLC and Peter D. Gehres, Auctioneer for upcoming auctions.

For more on the NAA and the Education programs please visit the NAA Educational Institute