tips and techniques for auctioneering?

Question

All I need are some tips on HOW TO be a good auctioneer at a charity work event for a fundraiser. Five things to keep in mind as you volunteer as an auctioneer - for fun!

Answer 1

It depends on what style of auctioneering you are going to do. If you are going to call bids, you need some practice with terminal numbers, linked with a few phrases ie. will you bid? will you give? how many dollars? and just develop a method of your own. For example: Alright now the next item is ?????? How many dollars for it, set it in, let's go boys, will you give five, yes I got five, now who'll give ten, ten ten, and now fifteen, will you bid fifteen? thank you and now twenty, twenty dollars for it, are you all in ? all through, I have sold it for fifteen dollars. you develop a chant and rhythm is important. From a 38 year veteran of auctioneering.