During my twenty some odd years of working auctions of many types I have been asked over and over “What is in the sale?”, “Are there going to be any widgets or what not in the sale?”, “If a widget comes up for sale at auction be sure and let me know”. There are multitudes of different Buyers searching for different items that are particular to their interests or specific needs. The problem is that there are millions upon millions of Buyers and millions upon millions of items sold at auction every week by a multitude of Auction firms.

Though there aren’t any statistics or numbers that can confirm or deny what I am about to state. It is my belief that there are far more items sold daily by local auctioneers than ever is put on eBay or similar websites.

Credibility is one of the characteristics that an Auctioneer has over web sales. The Buyer and Seller are dealing with an Auctioneer who must maintain credibility in order to conduct business. The money and items are passing thru the Broker/Auctioneer on the given day of the Auction.

For years the printed handbill, newspaper, or weekly shopper magazine were the only tools a Buyer could go to in order to find a specific item to fill their need. In order to find a specific item the Buyer had to search thru all printed Auction advertisements most of which were local in their area of coverage. Thus the Buyer was exposed only to a limited amount of information. The internet has changed all that and eBay and other shopping websites have come along to fill certain needs of Buyers and Sellers and expand the base of information available. The PC at home or office connects us to the web and into the world of information and knowledge.

Knowledge is power and the more we have available the more we can leverage the information we have available to us to further benefit our enterprise.

What I felt, as an Auctioneer, was missing, was the medium to get information to potential Buyers. A medium that could be used to get information to potential Buyers outside the local auction arena. After all, every Auctioneer desires to obtain the highest bid possible for the Seller’s items. Every Auctioneer is aware that the more Buyers seeking a particular item, the more that it will bring when the gavel is dropped.

For example from an Associated Press article published in the Arkansas City Traveler, Monday, May 15, 2006.

A tattered flag made its way to Sedgwick County from the Civil War battlefields of Tennessee is causing a stir in Kansas that is resonating nationwide.

Rob Swinson bought the flag at an estate auction in 2002 almost on a whim.  He paid $3,600 for the ripped and faded piece of cloth, found stuffed in an old cigar box inside a treadle sewing machine.

“This flag is a sacred object,” said Swinson, who is selling it to a private collector in Florida for $160,000.

“With all the fake flags showing up on eBay, there is this guy in Kansas with the real deal,” said Greg Biggs of Clarksville, Tenn., who is part of an online group that includes some of the nation’s top flag scholars.

We Auctioneers sell “flag type” items every day. MyAuctionSearch.net is the medium you need to advertise the items you Auction online. Leverage the knowledge of others with the information you have at hand to increase your financial bottomline.