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June 2014 TAA Graduate Weaster Helps Organize $65,000 Event for St. Jude
Group Photo Caption: Doug Bradford, Lori Jones, Auctioneer Mike Jones, NBA Great Spud Webb, Mike Weaster, U.S. REO Partners, Montie Davis, Shaun Roberts and Bonne Whittaker, St. Jude/ALSAC. September 16, 2014 (KANSAS CITY, MO) – Over $65k was raised Sunday, September 14th for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in a joint fundraising effort by members of U.S. REO Partners – Default and Real Estate Professionals, United Country Auction Services and United Real Estate – Dallas. “We are ecstatic with the results of this year’s event” said Michael Weaster, representing U.S. REO Partners who helped organize the event. Weaster added “the auction produced twice the total amount raised in 2013 and we are already planning for next year’s event now”. Live Auction highlights included a signed Charlie Daniel’s fiddle, Autographed guitars by country music legends George Jones and Tanya Tucker, Trip to Puerto Plata Dominican Republic, Rare gold coin, Outer Bank, NC beach house, Computers and REO software. The event included a special appearance by former NBA great and dunk champion Spud Webb and music by the Chris Watson Band. Mike Jones, President of United Country Auction Services and National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame member conducted the Live Auction and Fund-A-Need portion of the evening which brought in approximately $65,000. Bonne Whittaker with St. Jude/ALSAC spoke on behalf of the hospital and Michael Weaster, a Texas Auction Academy graduate and U.S. REO Partners member emceed the event. The event took place at the popular Uptown Dallas restaurant Sambuca.
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Auctioneer Mike Jones Profiled by Dallas News
Auctioneer Mike Jones called best in the bidness Auctioneer Mike Jones has sold it all, from $18 million in used FEMA trailers to most of downtown Tioga. The 55-year-old from Carrollton leads more than 4,000 employees across 700 offices in 45 states at the helm of United Country Auction Services, the largest integrated auction and real estate company in the nation. He’s at the top of the game but says he doesn’t measure his success with money or awards. Instead he’s focused on giving back, whether he’s organizing auctions benefiting Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas or teaching others his craft. Read More
Wendy Lambert Named 2014 (IAC) International Auctioneer Champion
We are proud to announce, Wendy Lambert of Coppell, Texas was named the 2014 International Auctioneers Champion – Women’s Division, Friday, July 11th at the International Auctioneers Conference and Show in Louisville, KY. The competition was tough with almost 100 professionals from across the United States and around the world competing for the most coveted professional auctioneering award. Wendy is the 2013-14 Texas State Champion Auctioneer and a March 2008 graduate of the America’s Auction Academy in Dallas. Wendy lives in Coppell, Texas, a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth with her auctioneer husband Doak Lambert and their three children, D.P., Sydney and Denton. Wendy will join her husband Doak as an instructor at the America’s Auction Academy in October. Wendy joins an elite team of International, World and State Champion Auctioneers as well as industry leaders. Welcome aboard Wendy!
Texas Brothers Named 2014 World Automobile Auctioneer Reserve Team Champions
Heath Hale (left), July 2003 TAA Graduate and brother Seth, June 2006 TAA Graduate showing off their Reserve Team Champion hardware at Adesa Auctions of Boston, May 9, 2014. Heath and Seth Hale, America’s Auction Academy Graduates Win Honors in Boston “GOD IS SOO GOOD!!! My brother and best friend Seth Hale (June 2006 TAA Graduate) and I are honored to be named the 2014 World Automobile Auctioneer Championship – Reserve World Champion Auctioneer Team! WOW! This is amazing. Thank you to my beautiful wife for your support and my dad who got us started when we were toddlers. THESE TROPHIES ARE HEADED TO TEXAS!!” Heath Hale – July 2003 America’s Auction Academy Graduate. The Ownership and Instructors at the America’s Auction Academy congratulate Heath and Seth Hale on their recent accomplishment. Both are great young men and outstanding graduate representatives of our auctioneer training school.