2020 Kansas Auctioneer Championship preliminary round

Posted on February 3, 2020March 2, 2020 by aaron.traffas

https://youtu.be/2hlalQCdAFM The preliminary round of the 2020 Kansas Auctioneer Championship was held in Manhattan, Kansas, on January 24, 2020, in conjunction with the 2020 KAA Winter Convention where members of the association get together to learn and network to improve themselves and their profession. On this website, you can find members of the association to conduct your auction or you can browse members' auctions to find one in your neck of the woods. Listed below are the contes...

2020 KAA Winter Convention

Posted on December 2, 2019February 29, 2020 by Cindi Siggs

Entry Form Join us for a fabulous weekend of learning and networking with your peers in the auction industry. If you have a real estate license, you can register for two CE courses on Friday. Stick around for dinner and the Kansas Auction Championship preliminaries, Fun Auction and Rookie Contest. It will be a great evening of fun. Saturday is power packed with sessions and we will be holding our Annual Meeting. If you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors and have ...

2019 Winter Convention recap

Posted on January 28, 2019March 19, 2020 by aaron.traffas

Excellent networking and auctioneer education, plus the 2019 KAA Auctioneer Championship preliminary round at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Lawrence. Thursday while the Board of Directors has its Board meeting and the President-Elect, Jeff Ruckert, has a meeting with Past President’s, everyone else enjoyed the President’s Reception. Friday started off with a legislative update from Dan Murray before the real estate continuing education courses. The Required Broker Core: RISK - Your B...

2019 Kansas Auctioneer Championship preliminary round

Posted on January 22, 2019March 19, 2020 by aaron.traffas

The preliminary round of the 2019 Kansas Auctioneer Championship was held in Lawrence, Kansas, on January 18, 2019. The finalists listed below in no particular order will compete at the Kansas State Fair in September for the buckle. Arlin Eicher Troy Wedel Titus Yutzy Hunter Sturgis Carson Hayes Clay Schaardt Eric Boone Quest Flesner Ty Patton Morris Yoder

Tony Wisely named 2018 Kansas Auctioneer Champion

Posted on September 13, 2018March 19, 2020 by aaron.traffas

It was a beautiful day at the Kansas State Fair on September 12. After those who attend Kansas Auctioneer Day spent the morning enjoying the fair while the board of directors had a meeting, everyone gathered at the Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena for our 28th Annual Kansas Auctioneer Championship to support our ten talented finalists. Shannon Schur, Barrett Bray, Jeff Craig and Vern Koch were the esteemed judges with the pleasure of determining who the next champion would be. After each...

2018 Kansas Auctioneer Championship to be held in Hutchinson in September

Posted on August 10, 2018January 17, 2019 by aaron.traffas

2018 Kansas Auctioneer Championship finalists

Since 1992, auctioneers throughout Kansas and the surrounding states have traveled to Hutchinson to compete with one another at the Kansas State Fair, vying for the title of Auctioneer Champion. The Kansas Auctioneers Association (KAA) hosts the Auctioneer Championship that will be held this year on the stage of the Bretz and Young Injury Lawyers Arena at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12. This public auction will give all fairgoers the opportunity to bid and buy from the best auctioneers in t...

2018 Kansas Auctioneer Championship preliminary round

Posted on February 1, 2018January 17, 2019 by aaron.traffas

The preliminary round of competition for the 2018 Kansas Auctioneer Championship was held in Wichita, Kansas, on January 26. The top ten from this preliminary round advance to the finals at the State Fair on September 12. Congratulations to the top ten qualifiers! We'll see you in Hutchinson! Contestants in competition order. Donnie Stumpff Ross Daniels Hunter Sturgis Tony Wisely Karl Allen Titus Yutzy Troy Wedel Ty Patton Jessica Pluff Arlin Eicher Nick Nelson Daniel G...

2018 Winter Convention Recap

Posted on January 31, 2018March 19, 2020 by aaron.traffas

Excellent networking and auctioneer education, plus the 2018 KAA Auctioneer Championship preliminary round at the DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Aiport. Thursday while the Board of Directors has its Board meeting and the President-Elect, Kevin Borger, has a meeting with Past President's, everyone else enjoys the President's Reception. Friday kicks off with real estate courses so members who deal with real property can get their continuing education hours for license renewal. This year,...

2018 Winter Convention

Posted on December 7, 2017October 7, 2018 by Cindi Siggs

January 25 - 28, 2018 DoubleTree Hilton Wichita Airport 2098 Airport Road, Wichita, KS 67209 Call 316.945.5272 | Online REGISTRATION FORM SCHEDULE Thursday Evening ~ January 25 5:00 PM Registration Check-in 6:00 PM President’s Reception 7:00 PM Board of Directors followed by Past Presidents’ meeting Friday ~ January 26 7:30 AM Registration/Check-in Breakfast & Fellowship 8:30 AM Legislative Update by Dan Murray, KAA Legislative ...

2018 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Championship

Posted on October 24, 2017March 19, 2020 by Cindi Siggs

The Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Championship was held on October 14, 2017 at the Fort Scott Livestock Market in Fort Scott, Kansas. We are proud to announce our 2018 Kansas Livestock Champion is Ethan Schuetee of Washington, KS. Reserve Champion is Jeremy Miller of Fairland, OK with 3rd place going to Brandon Hamel of Damar, KS, 4th place being Cody Davis of Kincaid, KS and 5th going to Ross Daniels of Humboldt, KS. Our outstanding competitors were Cody Askren of Whiting, KS,&n...

2017 Kansas Auctioneer Championship

Posted on September 17, 2017January 20, 2020 by aaron.traffas

The finals for KAA's 2017 Kansas Auctioneer Championship were held on September 13 at the Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas. The 2017 Kansas Auctioneer Champion is Julia Sparks of Manhattan. The reserve champion is Justin Banzhaf of Cambridge, Nebraska. Third place was Tony Wisely of Perry, Oklahoma. Donnie Stumpff of Cassville, Missouri, placed fourth and Josh Miller of Beloit, Kansas, rounded out the top five. Sparks took home the Champions...

July | August Sunflower

Posted on July 17, 2017October 7, 2018 by Cindi Siggs

KAA Members can access the latest issue of the Sunflower, which contains . . . KAA Auctioneer Day at the State Fair KAA Auctioneer Championship Finals KAA Livestock Auctioneer Championship Contest KAA & KAA Auxiliary Hall of Fame forms and so much more!!! Log into the Member's area to view the issue.

8th Annual KAA Golf Tournament

Posted on May 17, 2017October 7, 2018 by Cindi Siggs

The Golf Committee is excited for 8th Annual KAA Golf Tournament, which is coming up on June 7th at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course (1133 S Highway 99 Emporia, KS 66801). The tournament will be a four man scramble and include lunch, starting at 12:00. You can gather up some friends and register your team or register just yourself and we will put you on a team for an afternoon of fabulous fun. This event is not solely for KAA members, but we would like to have at least one member on ea...

Retirement auction scheduled for Richard Garvin

Posted on March 2, 2017October 7, 2018 by aaron.traffas

All great things must end. On March 4, Richard Garvin, CAI, ATS, CES, GPPA, will be conducting his retirement auction, selling the fixtures in his auction facility in addition to consignment merchandise. While he plans to continue to conduct real estate, coin and firearm auctions, his days of operating a consignment facility in Topeka are coming to a close. Not only does Richard have a distinguished career as a leader in the auction industry, he has selflessly given back to the KAA, servi...

2017 KAA Winter Convention recap

Posted on February 4, 2017January 17, 2019 by aaron.traffas

The 2017 KAA Winter Convention featured excellent networking opportunities and auctioneer education in addition to the 2017 KAA Auctioneer Championship preliminary round. It all started off on Thursday evening with the president's reception, KAA board meeting and the past presidents' meeting with incoming president, Aaron Traffas. Real estate continuing education courses were held Friday during the day with a required broker core course entitled "RISK – Your Business is Not a Game" by the Wichi...

2017 Kansas Livestock Championship

Posted on October 28, 2016January 17, 2020 by aaron.traffas

Congratulations Neil Bouray - 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Champion and Reserve Champion Jace Hubert.

2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship

Posted on September 15, 2016October 7, 2018 by aaron.traffas

Congratulations to Yve Rojas, your 2016 Kansas Auctioneer Champion. We'll update this post with additional details from the contest soon, but here are pictures and video from the competition held September 14 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Sept/Oct Sunflower

Posted on September 5, 2016October 7, 2018 by Cindi Siggs

It's an exciting time of year and you can read up on it all in the September/October issue of the Sunflower. Kansas Auctioneer Championship Finals - Sept. 14th Kansas Auctioneer Day at the State Fair - Sept 14th Note from NAA CEO, Hannes Combest Hall of Fame for KAA & KAA Auxiliary Auction Spotlight - please think about submit to us any auction with unique items for us to spotlight in future issues. Log in HERE to access the KAA Sunflower.

July Issue of Sunflower

Posted on July 14, 2016October 7, 2018 by Cindi Siggs

Happy Summer! Read up on our KAA Auctioneer Day at the Kansas State Fair on September 14th, which will be a day filled with fun and support our finalists in the 2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship Finals. We also have information on the 7th Annual Golf Tournament. Be thinking of who you want to nominate for the KAA & KAA Auxiliary Hall of Fame as the forms to make your submission is available in this issue as well. The KAA's is deadline is coming up the beginning of September, while ...

April 2016 declared Auctioneer’s Month

Posted on May 15, 2016October 7, 2018 by aaron.traffas

In April, the board of directors traveled to Topeka to meet with Governor Sam Brownback. The governor signed a proclamation declaring April to be Auctioneer's Month, but he was out of the office when the KAA arrived. President Robert Haley got to sit in the big chair!