BUXTON, N.D. -- There is more to an auctioneer's chant than you might think, 28-year auctioneering veteran Darrel Yoder says. Things like clarity, fill-in words and momentum all add up to that ...

The auctioneer chant is nothing short of an art form, pulling in the casual passerby and luring dedicated followers to each event. Scott Schuster's chant is a familiar one in the Grand Forks, N.D., ...

Instead of nursery rhymes, Julia Sparks may have been lulled to sleep by the quick chant of an auctioneer calling for the highest bid. With professional and championship auctioneer parents, it was ...

Boxes containing bottles of Kroger salad dressing, cases of Clorox bleach and stacks of coiled air hoses lined the perimeters of Action Auction in West Monroe. About 50 people sat in an open space ...

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa -- If the walls could talk at the Best Western hotel, they couldn't get a word in edgewise. The World Wide College of Auctioneering is back in session. "Rubber baby buggy bumpers," ...

Welcome to the Western College of Auctioneering in Bozeman, Mont., a major training ground for a profession that is critical ...

Missouri Rep. Billy Long left behind a career as an auctioneer when he took up his post in Congress in 2011. Nevertheless, old habits die hard. In the midst of a hearing with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ...

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