Mr. Tom Spanky Assiter This is Me

Education

 View all 53 references Web References

1. 1. www.williamsauction.com

   www.williamsauction.com/AboutU - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/20/2008   Last Visited: 3/20/2008

   Tom "Spanky" Assiter | Auctioneer
   
   Assiter founded his own auction company, Assiter & Associates Auctioneers, in 1983. He has since become one of the most dynamic and sought after auctioneers in the world. Assiter has conducted auctions across the United States, London and multiple times in Canada. He has conducted weekly engagements with wholesale auto auction companies in San Diego, Las Vegas, Dallas, Phoenix and Denver. These auctions hire Assiter weekly for the sale of factory automobile inventories including Honda, Jaguar, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.
   
   For the last 12 years in Scottsdale, Ariz., Assiter has sold the Barrett Jackson Classic Car Auction, which is billed as the greatest collector car auction in the world and is televised on SpeedChannel. He is currently one of five auctioneers for the Keeneland Thoroughbred Racing Association -- the largest Thoroughbred horse auction in the world. He has also sold Red Baron's Architectural Antiques in Atlanta, Ga., which sells millions of dollars worth of antiques quarterly. He has twice worked with Superior-Livestock Auction Company. He has not only sold commercial cattle, but has also dabbled in purebred cattle and Arabian horse auctions.
   
   Assiter earned his master of business administration in 1981 and bachelor of science in speech-mass communications in 1979 at West Texas State University. He attended Indiana University in 1989 to obtain the Certified Auctioneer (CAI) designation. Assiter received his degree from World Wide College of Auctioneering in 1975. He has conducted seminars on the auction method of marketing at national conventions in Lexington, Ky.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Cancun, Mexico, and has spoken at over 50 state conventions. He is currently under contract as an instructor at the World Wide College of Auctioneering located in Mason City, Iowa, and has been a guest instructor at the World Champion College of Auctioneering in Bakersfield, Calif., the Texas Auction Academy located in Dallas and the Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in Highpoint, N.C.
   
   In 2007, Assiter was inducted into the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame. In 1991, at the National Auctioneers Association Convention held in Omaha, Neb., he was selected International Champion Auctioneer. He was recognized again in 1994 in Denver, when he was elected to the National Auctioneers Association's Board of Directors. He has served as chairman of the Public Relations Committee, chairman or member of the International Auctioneer Championship Committee for six years, member of the Long Range Planning Committee and on various other committees for the National Auctioneers Association. His list of achievements also includes being the 1991 Texas State Champion Auctioneer and serving as past president and in every office except secretary/treasurer for the Texas Auctioneers Association.

2. 2. Assiter & Associates - THE ASSITER TEAM

   wwww.assiter.com/company_team. - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/18/2008   Last Visited: 3/18/2008

   Tom "Spanky" Assiter, CAI
   
   A childhood dream was realized when Tom "Spanky" Assiter, CAI, became an auctioneer and founded his company, Assiter & Associates Auctioneers, in 1983. Because of his love and passion for the business, "Spanky" Assiter has become one of the most dynamic and sought after auctioneers in the world! He has conducted auctions across the continental United States from New York City to San Diego, and from Seattle, Washington to Orlando, Florida.
   
   In addition to the United States, "Spanky" has traveled to London, England, and has traveled multiple times to auction in Canada. He has conducted weekly engagements with wholesale auto auction companies in San Diego, Las Vegas, Dallas, Phoenix, and Denver. These auctions hire Mr. Assiter weekly for the sale of factory automobile inventories including Honda, Jaguar, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.
   
   For the last twelve years in Scottsdale, Arizona, he has sold the Barrett Jackson Classic Car Auction, which is billed as the greatest collector car auction in the world and is televised on SpeedChannel. "Spanky" is currently one of five auctioneers for the Keeneland Thoroughbred Racing Association which is the largest thoroughbred horse auction in the world. Keeneland sold approximately $500 million of thoroughbreds in 2002. He has also sold Red Baron's Architectural Antiques in Atlanta, Georgia, which sells millions of dollars worth of antiques quarterly. He has twice worked with Superior-Livestock Auction Company. Not only has Mr. Assiter sold commercial cattle, but he has also dabbled in purebred cattle and Arabian horse auctions.
   
   Mr. Assiter earned his Master of Business Administration in 1981 and Bachelor of Science in Speech-Mass Communications in 1979 at West Texas State University. He attended Indiana University in 1989 to obtain the Certified Auctioneer (CAI) designation. Mr. Assiter received his degree from World Wide College of Auctioneering in 1975. Mr. Assiter has conducted seminars on the auction method of marketing at National Conventions in Lexington, Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Cancun Mexico and has spoken at over fifty state conventions across the country. He is currently under contract as an instructor at the World Wide College of Auctioneering located in Mason City, Iowa, and has been a guest instructor at the World Champion College of Auctioneering in Bakersfield, California, the Texas Auction Academy located in Dallas, Texas and the Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in Highpoint, North Carolina.
   
   In 1991, at the National Auctioneers Association Convention held in Omaha, Nebraska, he was selected International Champion Auctioneer. He was recognized again in 1994 in Denver Colorado, when he was elected to the National Auctioneers Association's Board of Directors. He has served as Chairman of the Public Relations Committee, Chairman or Member of the International Auctioneer Championship Committee for six years, Member of the Long Range Planning Committee, and on various other committees for the 6,000-member National Auctioneer's Association. His list of achievements also includes being the 1991 Texas State Champion Auctioneer and serving as past president and in every office except secretary/treasurer for the Texas Auctioneers Association.

3. 3. www.assiter.com

   www.assiter.com/news_detail.ph - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/14/2007   Last Visited: 3/17/2008

   "No doubt, the key is the Accelerated Marketing Program," stated Spanky Assiter, President of Assiter & Associates. "It is up to the auction company to cover every area and find every potential buyer to let them know the property is available. Sometimes that involves searching outside of the state, and occasionally outside of the country," said Assiter.
   
   "Most local Real Estate brokers do not have the budget in their marketing plans to go that far and they have to spread the funds they do have over a longer period of time, say six months," continued Assiter. "The auction company uses that same amount of money in three to four weeks' time to market the property intensively."
   
   Extensive homework is done by the auction company to find out everything possible about the property beforehand. All auctioned properties are sold "as is" and it is the responsibility of the buyer to find any faults that would deter him or her from buying. Assiter always encourages his sellers to be completely honest. "It's safer to disclose everything and solve those problems before the auction," he explained.
   ...
   "Auctions are the ultimate form of appraisal," stated Assiter, "because it is the public who actually decide what the property's fair market value is."
   
   Assiter believes that the increase in the use of private party auctions is due to a better educated public. "Historically, auctions have had a `distress' connotation to them," he said. "They are beginning to be seen as a mechanism of the market place!"
   
   > Read more Assiter News