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License #: 009 Established: 1964

Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales was founded in 1963 by Marvin E. Alexander. The business office is located in the Alexander Building at 239 University Street, Martin, Tennessee. Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales is a full-time auction company managing, selling and conducting auctions in Tennessee and surrounding states. The Company has handled over 3,750 auctions.

Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales has developed and cultivated a clientele that is interested in commercial and investment properties, industrial, construction and farm machines, inventory and related items.

Alexander Auctions is active in selling industrial buildings and equipment, commercial buildings, business liquidations, farm equipment, personal property and specialty auctions.

The Company has a mobile office equipped with computers and the latest equipment to conduct the auction.

Alexander Auctions uses modern sound equipment, computerized clerking with a wireless clerking and cashiering system on Auction Day.

MARVIN E. ALEXANDER, FOUNDER OF
ALEXANDER AUCTIONS & REAL ESTATE SALES

Marvin Alexander is the owner of Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales. Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales offers a full-service auction company and a real estate company in the business of listing and selling commercial & industrial properties, homes, farms, lots and small acreage tracts to the general public on a commission basis.

Marvin’s 47 years as a licensed auctioneer, real estate broker and real estate appraiser has earned him a reputation for tireless marketing efforts and top results for his clients. His knowledge of the auction business assures you of getting the highest price for your property.

Marvin Alexander has personally bought and sold farms, commercial and industrial real estate, residential properties and development land which he has developed into subdivisions, lots and acreage tracts since 1969 in numerous counties in Tennessee and Kentucky.

In addition to dividing his own property he has sold hundreds of farms, commercial, industrial and development acreage tracts and lots through the years both privately and at auction in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. This experience has provided him the knowledge of how to divide and separate farms, acreage, and development land into different parcels to entice and leverage prospective purchasers into paying maximum prices for the property.

Alexander Auctions & Real Estate Sales has been a leader in the Real Estate, Industrial and Commercial Equipment Liquidation, Farm and Construction Equipment and Personal Property Auction business for years in Tennessee and joining States.

Marvin was chosen the 1997 All-Round World Champion Bid Calling Auctioneer at Calgary, Canada, in July 1997.

Marvin was chosen the 1989 International Bid Calling Auctioneer Champion at the National Auctioneers Association, July 1989, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Marvin was inducted into the Tennessee Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame in 1993.

Marvin was inducted into the National Auctioneers Hall of Fame in July, 2009 at Overland Park, Kansas.

ACHIEVEMENTS

1997 All Around World Champion Auctioneer, Calgary, Canada.

1989 International Auctioneer Champion, July 1989, at the National Auctioneers Association Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1988 – 1 of 15 Finalists in the International Auctioneers Championship, Dallas, Texas.

1988 – Winner of the Tennessee Auctioneer Bid Calling Championship, Nashville Tennessee.
Competed in the World’s Livestock Auctioneer Contest and International Auctioneers Contest

1983 -1 of 15 Finalists in World Livestock Auctioneer Contest, Dickson, Tennessee.
1980 -Runner-up Champion of Eastern Region, Templeton, California.
1977 -Runner-up Champion of Eastern Region, Calgary, Canada.
1976 -World Champion of Eastern Region, New Holland, Pennsylvania.
1974 -World Champion of Eastern Region, Spokane, Washington.
1973 -Reserved Champion of Eastern Region, Norfolk, Nebraska.

EDUCATION
§ CAI Degree, Certified Auctioneers Institute Graduate, Bloomington, Indiana
§ Reisch American School of Auctioneering Graduate, 1961, Mason City, Iowa
§ University of Tennessee at Martin, two years. Agricultural and Business Courses.
§ United Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice and Certified General Real Estate Appraiser Courses, Retired Certified General Appraisers License in 2007
§ National Auctioneer’s Association and State Auctioneer’s Association Seminar Instructor
§ Conducted seminars across the United States for the National Auctioneers Association in the following states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Illinois, Alabama, and Oregon.