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Hilliard Man Wins International Auctioneer Competition

Peter Gehres
Gehres, posing with his trophy from the International Auctioneer Championship.

We're in the dog days of summer, which means auction season is in full swing. And no one does it better than Peter Gehres.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp8yK5otUQI

The Hilliard man recently won the International Auctioneer Championship, meaning, at least on that day, he was the best male auctioneer in the world.

Gehres stopped in the WOSU studios to talk about why auctions are an effective type of sale, and why Ohio is such a hot-bed of auctioneering.

Click the play button below to hear his conversation with WOSU's Steve Brown.