From the real estate business to livestock sales and charity work, auctioneers play an important role in bringing money in from a crowd.
This weekend some of the best voices on the microphone from around the country came to Nashville to hone their skills for the annual Tennessee Auctioneers Association Convention .
“It’s basically a culmination of all the Tennessee auctioneers coming together in a convention format,” said Shane McCarrell, 2024 International Auctioneering Champion.
McCarrell will spend time raising awareness about the profession.
“So for the next year, I’ll travel the country talking about it and being an ambassador for the auction industry,” McCarrell said.
More than 200 auctioneers attended the three-day convention. For many the path to the microphone began in an unlikely place.
“I got out of the military back in 2013 at Fort Campbell, had never been to an auction,” McCarrell said.
He found comfort in that signature auctioneer sound.
“What really got me involved in it is I became enamored by the chant of the auctioneer. A chant of the auctioneer is very similar to the cadence in the military,” McCarrell said.