Blockbuster Sales Mark Anniversaries at Two ServNet Auction in March

March is anniversary month for two ServNet auctions, which hold celebrations at opposite ends of the month, one on the East Coast and one in the West.  Early in the month, on March 7th, Charleston Auto Auction held its 7th Anniversary Sale.  Dealers from the across the country flocked to the fastest-growing auction in the southeast region to bid on nearly 1700 vehicles with the hope of winning big in the auction’s $1 million sweepstakes. Following at the end of the month, on March 24th and 25th, Brasher’s Sacramento marks its 30th anniversary with two days of auction selling, and a gala evening event that features a catered dinner and a performance by celebrity impersonator and comedian Terry Fator.

Charleston Auto Auction Celebrates with Two Sales, $1 Million Sweepstakes

Charleston Auto Auction’s owner /managing partner Keith Lelux reports that more than 500 dealers attended the auction’s 7th anniversary celebration at its 80-acre facility in Moncks Corner, SC.  This year, the Friday Anniversary Sale was preceded by a special Thursday evening auction that featured more than 300 2005-and-newer frontline ready units.  All vehicles were offered live on Pipeline Simulcast; a steak dinner with an open bar followed the Thursday evening sale.

Customers returned on Friday to bid on more than 1400 units, and waited with breathless anticipation for the $1 million Sweepstakes “spin” that concluded the anniversary sale. All dealers buying and selling at Charleston Auto Auction since January qualified for the sale-end drawing, when 21 names were chosen for their chance at the Sweepstakes Wheel.  All 21 dealers won prizes, including the three who advanced to the $1 Million qualifying round, when each chose one of 200 envelopes in hopes of winning big!   Everyone’s nerves were on edge as three lucky dealers, Jamey Dorrell, Automotion, Florence, SC; Bubba Scott, Main St. Motors, Moncks Corner, SC; and Larry Williams, L.T. Williams Wholesale, Johns Island, SC, made their choices. Unbelievably, Jamey missed the million-dollar envelope by just one number. The three finalists each took home checks for $7,000, while the other prize winners won a variety of gifts perfect for their game rooms at home: pinball machines, slot machines, X-Box video game systems, foosball tables and more.  All told, Charleston Auction awarded more than $50,000 in cash and prizes at its anniversary celebration.

 "Both our Thursday and Friday sales were blockbusters, offering almost 1800 units in two days!!!” said an elated Keith Lelux, Owner/Managing Partner.  ”There is an obvious demand for the late model units that we offered with our special Thursday sale and we will begin hosting these late model sales once a month beginning in April.”

Special guests in attendance for Charleston Auto Auction’s two-day celebration included Randle Smith, the Chairman of the Board and Sandra Moss, the current President of the National Independent Auto Dealers Association (NIADA); Jim Edwards the Executive Director of Carolina Independent Auto Dealers Association (CIADA) and The CIADA’s entire Executive Committee.; and Tim West Vice President and North American Auction Director of Black Book.

Brasher’s Celebrates 30 Years in Sacramento with Brasher’s LIVE!

Brasher’s will celebrate three decades in Sacramento with a two-day 30th Anniversary sale set for March 24 and 25, 2008.  The event will kick-off with “Brasher’s Live!” on Monday night, when the auction will entertain customers at an elegant dinner featuring international cuisine catered by three different area restaurants. The auction’s guests will then move to Brasher’s own comedy club, Brasher’s LIVE! for a performance by multi-talented Terry Fator, who delights audiences with his singular combination of comedy, song, ventriloquism and celebrity impersonation. In the company of his puppets, Fator wow’d TV audiences last year on America ’s Got Talent with impersonations of Roy Orbison, Dean Martin, Garth Brooks and Louis Armstrong.

After the dinner and show on Monday evening, the Brasher’s will hold a 500-unit sale, followed up on Tuesday with more than 3,000 units at what promises to be the biggest sale of the year. During the two-day event, Brasher’s will give away more than $50,000 in cash and prizes, including a custom ’07 Dodge Charger.

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