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The auction chant is a repetition of two numbers at a time which indicate the monetary amount involved with the sale of an item. The first number is the amount of money which is currently being offered by a bidder for a given item. The second number is what the next bid needs to be in order to become
Lee Aubrey “Speed” Riggs (February 18, 1907 – February 1, 1987) [1] was an American tobacco auctioneer in Durham, North Carolina, United States.For more than three decades, Riggs appeared on the radio shows Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade and The Lucky Strike Program with Jack Benny for the American Tobacco Company as the voice of Lucky Strike cigarettes.
The practice of auctioneering involves more than the well-known auction chant heard at most auctions in the U.S. . In addition to learning the chant, a typical auction school will provide instruction on the legal requirements involved with auctioneering as well as instruction on how to conduct various types of auctions (livestock, real estate, government, etc.) and how to start and operate a ...
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Becoming mesmerized by the auction chant, he decides he wants to be an auctioneer, regularly practising the chant behind the family barn. Though his parents are initially displeased with his career choice, they eventually relent, but (not wanting their family name to be tarnished because of poor auctioneering skills) they send him to auction ...
PHOTO: Olivier Rioux, 7-foot-9 NCAA college basketball player at Forida, poses after practice, Oct. 18, 2024 in Gainesville, Fla. (John Raoux/AP) Golden hinted that the plan to redshirt Rioux ...
Lonny McCurdy started auctioneering at age 14, and now after almost a lifetime in the business, the 78-year-old has been awarded that industry’s highest honor.
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