NAA set to produce auction television show

OVERLAND PARK, KAN. - The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) will begin production on a television series devoted to the auction industry. The series will be offered to various cable and network stations to showcase the talent and growth within the auction industry.

The NAA's television project captures the increasingly widespread media coverage of auctions and auctioneers, which the NAA believes would translate in the interest of this television program. Real estate auctions currently receiving the most media coverage would be the sector covered in the pilot piece.

"The concept for the television show is to educate and expose the general public to the auction industry so that they can see the value in selling their real or personal property via the auction method," said NAA President William Sheridan, CAI, AARE, GPPA, of Mason, Mich.

Production will begin in the coming months. Details about the program and series will be announced at the 58th International Auctioneers Conference and Show in San Diego, Calif.

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With almost 6,000 members from throughout the world, the National Auctioneers Association is the largest organization of its kind dedicated to promoting the auction method of marketing and enhancing the professionalism of its members. Member benefits range from federal and state legislative tracking to comprehensive continuing education programs, including coursework to earn the following professional auctioneer designations: Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI), Accredited Auctioneer, Real Estate (AARE), Graduate, Personal Property Appraiser (GPPA) and Certified Estate Specialist (CES). The organization was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kan. For more information on the NAA and its programs, log on to www.auctioneers.org.