Congratulations!  Where was your hat?  Best of luck in Nashville.

Chris - They called me the city boy. If you ever see me wearing a cowboy hat, it is a fraud. No offense to the fine gentleman who wear one, but it doesn't work for me.

Robert - Yooooo hoooooo to yooooooou from texas!  Congratulations - guess I haven't heard you bid call before. This is wonderful news.

PS - I very much like the 'no hat' look, the cowboy hats in my opinion only add to the old stereotypes of auctioneers (of course, there are some parts of the country that hats are the norm regardless of one's profession) but man, I'm all about bringing the business into the 23rd century!

Linda

I think that we should all be photographed with our briefcases.

R

Funny the first thing I thought when I looked at the picture was "3 of them are missing their hats" and then I read the comments.  I'm getting ready to leave for auctioneer school and everybody keeps telling me I need to get a hat.  Don't think its going to happen.

CON-GRAT-U-LATE-SHUNS ROB!

It looks like you were up against a team of good auctioneers and somehow prevailed.

I think that all auctioneers keep a cowboy hat in the closet along with a couple of tuxedo's just in case they are needed as props.

Kansas is really shaping up into a strong marketplace for professional auctioneers.

Sincerely,

 Billy Burke