Resources

National Auctioneers Association

Website: http://www.auctioneers.org
The NAA is a professional association of member auctioneers at the top of their field in the auction business. Founded in 1948, the NAA currently has around 6,000 members. Their website offers good information on participating in auctions and in finding the right type of auctioneer if you items to sell.

Auction Marketing Institute

Website: http://www.auctionmarketing.org
Established in 1976 as a not-for-profit professional educational organization, the Auction & Marketing Institute's main function is to provide educational and designation programs for the auction industry. Their website includes information on course schedules, articles and press releases and other helpful information.

Auction Galleries and Auctioneers

Website: http://collectors.org/AU
The Auction Galleries and Auctioneers Directory is a listing of auction houses, mail auctions and Internet auctions, including many specialty auctions. There is a submission form for auctioneers to be added if they are not currently on in the directory. There is no cost.

Specialty Auctions Schedule

Website: http://collectors.org/EV/Specialty_Auctions.asp
This listing offers information on Specialty Auctions; that is, auctions featuring a specific collecting area, or areas, as opposed to a "general" auction. The listing also provides a form for adding information about an upcoming specialty auction.

Find an Auction

Website: http://www.auctionmarketing.org/FindAuction.asp
The Auction Marketing Institute's Find an Auction database allows users to search by specific date or date range and by category & text and region of the country.

Find an Auction

Website: http://www.auctioneers.org/findAuction/search.cfm
The Find an Auction database provided by the National Auctioneers Association allows for searching for auctions by date, auction company, city & state and specialty area.

Auction Alert

Website: http://www.auctioneers.org/auctionAlert/alerts/login.cfm
The National Auctioneer Association's Auction Alert! is a valuable service for auction veterans or for the merely curious to find out about upcoming auctions from their 6,000 members. To use Auction Alert, you simply register as a user, pick the parameters for your auction search and sit back and wait. As members enter sales that meet your criteria, you will receive an updated list of auctions, with links to those sales, that meet your criteria every morning in your email box. The service is free.