Your Full-Service Auction Company

The Heatwole Auction Team Advantage

The Heatwole Auction Company is a family-owned business that has been operating in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley since 1939. Dick and Rick Heatwole, your top-notch auctioneers have a combined history of over 55 years in the Auction business.

G.R. Dick Heatwole has been in the auction business for over 40 years
Dick has served as past president of the Virginia Auctioneers Association (VAA) and has been recognized as Auctioneer of the Year and a member of the Hall of Fame.
Rick Heatwole, his son, has been in the auction business for over 15 years
Auction experience ranges from real estate, personal property, farm equipment and antique auctions to business liquidations and catalog sales
Background working for bankruptcy courts, bank trust departments, local and out-of-state attorneys, administrators, executors and estates
Heatwole Auction Team is licensed and bonded in Virginia and West Virginia

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When you select an auctioneer, we know you want someone you can trust — someone with the background and knowledge to handle your auction expertly and effortlessly. With Heatwole Auction team, you'll get just that.

Dick is a graduate of the Certified Auctioneers Institute
Rick is a graduate of Mendenhall Auctioneers School
Both Rick and Dick belong to the Virginia Auctioneers Association and National Auctioneers Association (NAA)
Dick holds a Virginia Associate Real Estate Brokers License and holds continuing education credits from James Madison University
Rick is a Certified Estate Specialist (CES)

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Networking & Advertising

Heatwole Auction Team does what you can't do on your own. We get your items out to the most potential buyers. We do this through our established network and by utilizing our diverse advertising background.

Multiple mailing lists target the right audience to your auction
Weekly auction attract antique dealers, collectors and auction-enthusiasts to view your items
Website with over 3,000 hits per week
Advertising connections with the Daily News Record and other prominent newspapers

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For most of us, the bottom line is that we want outstanding customer service. And, in a world where that is becoming more and more a thing of the past, Heatwole Auction Team offers you the full-service and friendly, accommodating service that you're looking for. Our service is more than just that on the day of your auction. We manage your auction event from start to finish.

Before the sale

Free consultations including appraisals, auction-readiness evaluations, location recommendations and cost-estimates (for auction service & advertising)
Customized advertising plans designed to highlight your items and get the right buyers to your auction
Marketing and advertising via multiple mediums (as determined by your advertising plan)
Arrangement of food service and portable toilets, if needed
Taking calls and answering customer-questions – so you don’t have to!

During the sale

Easy-on-you auction day set-up including labeling items (if needed), site set-up and handling of parking arrangements
Professional staff including auctioneers, ringmen (to hold up items during the auction), clerk (to record auction transactions) and cashier (to take money)

And after the sale

Quick and easy post-auction settlement
Electronic records of all sales, buyers and prices
Financial arrangements handled by auctioneer

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