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Martin & Martin Auctioneers Inc. Hosts One-Owner Auction

Bidders that participated in the sale came from 21 states and four countries.

Thu August 25, 2016 - Northeast Edition #17
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(L-R) are Terry Parks, Chuck Cole, Danny Lusk, Bobby Justice, Matt McGaffee and Brian Blankenship.
(L-R) are Terry Parks, Chuck Cole, Danny Lusk, Bobby Justice, Matt McGaffee and Brian Blankenship.
(L-R) are Terry Parks, Chuck Cole, Danny Lusk, Bobby Justice, Matt McGaffee and Brian Blankenship. Joseph Pelaez (L), EquipmentFacts.com, and Kevin McGee, Martin & Martin, prepare for the auction. (L-R): Robert and Sonya Keenan talk with Matt McGaffee of Martin & Martin. (L-R) are Richard Smith, T.J. Freije and Mike Bonnett. The one-owner sale featured approximately 100 heavy haul road tractors and dump trailers. Rob Newsome, territory manager covering W. Va., Va., and parts of N.C., Martin & Martin Auctioneers, was on site for his first Martin & Martin auction.

Martin & Martin Auctioneers Inc. held its one-owner absolute fleet reduction auction on July 26 in Princeton, W.Va. The one-owner sale featured approximately 100 heavy haul road tractors and dump trailers. Bidders that participated in the sale came from 21 states and four countries. TJ Freije, Martin & Martin auctioneer, conducted the sale. This was his first auction since being named the winner of the men's division of the National Auctioneers Association's 29th International Auctioneers Championship (IAC).

Both Freije, CAI, and Beth Rose, CAI, AARE, of Maumee, Ohio, winner of the women's division, received a $5,000 cash award, trophy and championship ring for their winning efforts through the preliminary bid-calling round, an interview round consisting of three questions and a final round of bid-calling that included the top 15 men and seven women.

Freije has competed in the IAC every year since 2006. He is a third-generation auction professional and won the Indiana state bid-calling championship in 2005.

For more information about the competition, visit www.auctioneers.org.

For more information about Martin & Martin, visit www.mmaauction.com.


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