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August
31, 2010
Two Live Auctions Soon
In
addition to our online auctions, we have two live auctions coming up
soon. The first one is in Lino Lakes on Sunday,
Sept. 12th, and the second one is in Coon Rapids on Saturday,
Sept 18th.
Both auctions are at very nice homes where each of the owners have
decided to relocate to a warmer climate. Click the
links for
photos and a partial list of the items we will be selling. For
old-fashioned fun, come and see us - and bring a trailer!
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August
23, 2010
Calling All Hunters!
Hi
Folks,
Hunting
season is right around the corner. There is no better time to sell that
old gun that's been under your bed for the last several years. There's
also no better way to sell than online with auctionmn.com, where we
have a full federal firearms license. You can also protect your gun
with a reserve to make sure it doesn't sell too low. Hunting gear also
sells well, so think of us when you get around to cleaning out the
garage. We plan to dedicate an entire auction to guns and hunting
this fall. Good items to sell are of course guns, but also ammunition,
decoys, bows and arrows, stands, ATV's, boats, camouflage clothing,
knives and the like.
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August
19, 2010
Customer E-mails
I
would like to share with you two kind e-mails that we recently
received. One said, " I was greatly encouraged by how the items sold. I
think we made a good decision to go with your on-line auction."
The other said, "You are the only auction company we use. Everyone is
always so friendly and honest."
Thank you for those kind words and thank you to everyone who has used
our services.
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August
17, 2010
More Drawing Winners / Time Changes for Closing and for
Previews
Thank
you to all of you who have obtained a bidder number for auctionmn.com.
Congratulations to our final three winners in our "New Number" drawing:
bidders 1237, 1260, and 1310. Each will receive $25.00 in
credit
for their future buyer's premiums. That concludes our contest, but not
all of the good deals waiting for you at www.auctionmn.com.
Watch
for another online auction starting next week. Watch also for a LIVE
estate auction to take place at a Coon Rapids home on September 18th,
and a residential Champlin real estate auction coming soon as well.
In
response to a number of requests, please note that we are going to
change the closing time of our auctions to 7:30 p.m. starting with the
auction closing on September 6th. We are also going to hold the
previews at the same time as the pick-up from the preceding auction.
Our pick-ups are on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., so naturally, the
previews will take place at the same time. We hope these changes will
be more convenient for everyone. Finally, if you just can't make the
preview, please call us and we'll see if we can help you out.
Thanks,
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August
7, 2010
The World's Longest Yard Sale
What
a fun time Denise and I are having with our friends Carl and Eileen at
the World’s Longest Yard Sale. We left Minnesota last Sunday and made
our way to Gadsden Alabama, the southernmost tip of the sale. It wasn't
scheduled to start until Thursday, but we found some friendly folks and
helped them unload their truck as they were setting up their booth. We
bought some good items from them.
We are pulling an 18' trailer.
Our plan was to fill up the trailer with cool stuff to sell online at
auctionmn.com. Unfortunately, we ran out of money before we ran out of
space. Yesterday we were looking for sales. Today we are looking for an
ATM.
It was great fun stopping and haggling with the locals,
especially in Tennessee. We met many good old boys and everyone we
encountered was very friendly, except the yahoo who shot a bullet
through our trailer at some point. We don't know when that happened,
but I'm sure they were shooting at Carl for slamming on the brakes to
stop at a sale.
We really did find some good stuff. Carl is the pedal car expert and I
found some Hopalong Cassidy items.
From
there we traveled north for a little slice of Georgia and into
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and then Indiana. There wasn't time to go
all the way to the northern end of the sale, so we left the Highway 127
yard sale corridor and are heading northwest to Galena, Illinois.
Tony Elfelt
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July 24, 2010
Drawing for Buyer's Premium Credit
Hello Everyone,
Did
you know we are having a drawing for free buyer's premium money? For
every new 50 bidders registered, we draw one name and award that
person $50 in free buyer's premium money. Congratulations to the first
four winners, whose bidder numbers are 1049, 1062, 1148, and 1176.
Thank you all for registering and for bidding.
Our current auction closes on August 9th. We will be posting more auctions on July 27 and on August 2nd. Thank you.
Tony Elfelt
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July
2, 2010
Online Auctions
Hello
Everyone,
As
you may know, we have just started issuing our own online
bidder numbers. We encourage everyone to get one and be ready
to bid on some great
auctions we have coming up later this month. Also, if you are not on our e-mail list yet, we encourage
you to join that as well so you won't miss out on any bargains.
If you are a seller, now is the time to consign your items.
As we get up and running we are offering sellers’ commissions as low as
5% or even FREE! Those rates won't last very long though, so if you
have something to sell, this is a great time to bring it in. We don't
take everything though. We are trying to limit our auctions to
higher-quality merchandise. So we generally don't take garage sale
leftovers or items that have little or no resale value. We are always
happy to answer your questions about what may or may not be worth
bringing in to the auction center.
We also conduct auctions on
site at your location and we pay generous amounts for estates we
purchase outright. We can arrange to come to your home to transport
your items to the auction center in Anoka as well. Thank you.
Tony Elfelt
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April
28, 2010
AuctionZip
We
just received
an e-mail from one of the premier auction web sites in the nation,
AuctionZip, informing us that our auctions listed on their web site
were viewed last week more
than any other company's auctions in Minnesota. Thank you to
everyone who
clicked on our site.
Tony Elfelt
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April
27, 2010
Midwest Mountaineering Spring Expo and Online Update
AAA Auction also has now completed its 8th online auction. The most recent one was a large and very nice estate in Edina. We were very happy to have been asked to team up with Gently Kept Estate Sales for this online auction. Everything stayed right there in Edina rather than coming to the Auction Center in Anoka. On-site online auctions are a great alternative to a traditional estate sale or a live auction. They usually make more money for the seller and just about everything seems to get sold. They are also a lot of fun to watch on the computer as the bids often come rushing in towards the end of the auction. We set up our online auctions to be fair to everyone. If an item receives a bid within three minutes of its scheduled closing time, the bidding for that item is automatically extended for three minutes from the time of that bid. Those time extensions continue until there are no additional bids for three minutes. Last night we had one item that was extended about ten times because there was so much competition for the item.
Of course, sometimes an old fashioned live auction is the best choice for the seller. So, one of the most important things we do is consider the seller's needs and then make a recommendation that fits our seller best.
See you at the auction!
Tony Elfelt
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March
1, 2010
Update
Our benefit auction business has been expanding as well. Although times are tough, we have found that generosity still abounds. For example, we recently sold an autographed Adrian Peterson jersey for nearly $4,000! I am told that one of the things that make our benefit business unique is that we bring trained ringmen to assist in the bidding. In my opinion, this is essential to a great benefit because the ringmen not only help persuade folks to bid, but they help make the auction a show as well as a sale.
Tony Elfelt
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October
28, 2008
Simpson Auction
It was AUCTION TIME again last Sunday in Andover. Little did we know when we scheduled the auction in August that we would have 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts, temperatures in the low 30s and snow. Even so, well over 100 bidders attended the Bob Simpson auction and had great buys on collectible farm toys, Elvis memorabilia, tools, guns, and more. Our food vendors kept everyone warm with hot food and our tents kept everyone out of the wind most of the time. On behalf of our clients and AAA Auction, thank you very much for attending, and we'll see you at the next AUCTION!
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April
28, 2008
Benefit Auctions
But, what the benefit auctioneer lacks in quantity, he makes up for in money raised and entertainment provided. In fact, the best benefit auctioneers think of themselves as much as entertainers as they do auctioneers. Since only about 5% of the gala guests bid at live auctions, the auctioneer needs to make the auction fun and entertaining for the other 95% of the people too. The 95% who don't bid need to have fun too so they spread the word about how enjoyable the event was and also so they come back next year ready to spend money.
Not only have I been able to break many records regarding the amount of money raised at live auctions, but many folks have mentioned to me how much they have enjoyed the humor, the excitement, and even the occasional song that I use at the events where I perform.
As one of the first Certified Benefit Auction Specialists in Minnesota, I am available to counsel your group about all phases of the Benefit, or I am available to simply conduct the live auction for you. As always, I am available for unlimited phone conferences and e-mails from all of my clients.
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