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What does it take to be a certified auctioneer? I see that Melissa K. at Stack's became one

Does anyone know what is involved in becoming a certified auctioneer? Are there state licensing requirements (I believe there are)? Do you have to take some form of test or work under a full time auctioneer for experience? Do you just have to have the ability to speak quickly and do math in your head? What are the requirements?
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,513 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When can I see her in action? Do you have an inside scoop for us?
  • I believe it varies from state to state.


  • << <i>When can I see her in action? Do you have an inside scoop for us? >>



    Melissa has been auctioning coins for ANR for a long time now -
  • StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In most of New York State, I don't believe you need a license, but in NYC you need a license and be bonded. Here is their webpage:
    NYC Auctioneer Rules/Regulations/Application

    It varies state-by-state and city-by-city, and I believe even by what you sell (I think agriculture auctions <livestock> need special licenses)

    Not sure how up-to-date this is, but this is a link to different state POCs
    State Auctioneer License POCs
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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>When can I see her in action? Do you have an inside scoop for us? >>



    Melissa has been auctioning coins for ANR for a long time now - >>




    She has only been recently listed in the auctioneer section of their publications. Maybe she get certified in NY after the Stack's merger?
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    Didn't wanna get me no trade
    Never want to be like papa
    Working for the boss every night and day
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  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    Apparently there are individual state laws governing the requirements for becoming an auctioneer, and they vary state to state. Generally, if an auction is open to the public, as opposed to being a closed auction for members only (e.g., the EAC auctions), then there must be a duly licensed auctioneer conducting the sale. A very good friend of mine calls the auctions for Bowers & Merena, among others. He is licensed in Ohio and several other states, but in their recent Baltimore auction, because he was not specifically licensed in Maryland, they had to pay for a Maryland licensed auctioneer to sit through the sale, although he really did nothing. I am not sure what testing requirements there are, but auctioneering is not nearly as easy as it may appear.
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    To be certified, you have to know how to yodel.

    Of course on the Forum, most of the members are

    certifiable.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,732 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>To be certified, you have to know how to yodel. >>



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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,513 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Apparently there are individual state laws governing the requirements for becoming an auctioneer, and they vary state to state. Generally, if an auction is open to the public, as opposed to being a closed auction for members only (e.g., the EAC auctions), then there must be a duly licensed auctioneer conducting the sale. A very good friend of mine calls the auctions for Bowers & Merena, among others. He is licensed in Ohio and several other states, but in their recent Baltimore auction, because he was not specifically licensed in Maryland, they had to pay for a Maryland licensed auctioneer to sit through the sale, although he really did nothing. I am not sure what testing requirements there are, but auctioneering is not nearly as easy as it may appear. >>



    Leave it to MrHalfDime to link a certain Ohio-licensed auctioneer with the lovely Ms. K. The world does revolve around the man who works in Cincinnati, I'm convinced it must be true.
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The world does revolve around the man who works in Cincinnati, I'm convinced it must be true. >>

    Garaunteed! He could and should write a book on the life and stories of being in the inner circle of numismatics. Would be a great read image


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    << <i>To be certified, you have to know how to yodel. >>



    image Thanks for making me spill my coffee. >>




    By yodel do you mean what I call the "machine gun style" of auctioneering?

    There are auctioneering schools where I think that technique is taught, most coin auctions I have been
    to are not like that, fast moving perhaps but not to that extent.

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