Kessler Auction & Realty Company

	John M. Kessler, Principal Broker & Auctioneer John has been in the full time real estate & auction business since 1980, and around the business all his life. John has handled the sale of property, by both private sale & at public auction from a few hundred dollars to in excess of a million dollars. John's auctioneering skills won him the title 1987 World's Champion Auctioneer, 2001 Kentucky State Champion Auctioneer and 1983, 1987 & 1995 KAA Champion Auctioneer. John was named to the Kentucky Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 1999. John has conducted auctions at The Old Timers Baseball Game, St. Petersburg, Florida, and at Frontier Days Rodeo, Cheyenne, Wyoming. He is a past President of the Kentucky Auctioneers Association, a Director in the Taylor Co. Cattlemans Assoc., a member of the Taylor County Extension District Board and the Taylor County Ag Development Council, President of the Brookside Cemetery Association and a Deacon at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his real estate and auction business, John was the lead auctioneer for the Taylor Co. Stockyards from 1980 to 1998, and sold tobacco on tobacco markets in Lebanon, Springfield and Shelbyville, Ky from 1980 to 2002, and in Mullins, Conway, Darlington and Timmonsville SC and in Vidilia GA from 1984 to 2000. In his free time John enjoys spending time with his family and working on his farm where he raises Angus beef cattle. CLICK HERE TO EMAIL JOHN!

	Julie Kessler, Broker Associate & Auction Cashier Julie has 18 years experience in selling real estate and 23 years experience as auction cashier.

John Wayne Kessler,
Sales Associate & Apprentice Auctioneer

     John Wayne is no stranger around auctions, as he is a 4th generation auctioneer in the Kessler Family.   John Wayne began helping his dad as a 3 years old, and he was the 2004 State FFA Auctioneering Champion. John Wayne is also serving as a Director in the Ky Auctioneers Association, being the youngest person ever elected.
     John Wayne is the son of John & Julie Kessler of Campbellsville, and a 2007 graduate of Taylor Co. High School. He is a graduate of PASS_WEIKEL Real Estate school in Lexington and is attending Elizabethtown Community College, where he is working on a degree in Real Estate/Business. John Wayne is the grandson of Martha & Kirby Cox of Campbellsville, Clement & Viva Woodrum of Clementsville and the late Wayne & Dorothy Kessler.
     John Wayne (named after his Dad and Granddad) has been going to auctions all his life, and has been helping since he was big enough to walk.   John Wayne was the 2006 - 2007 Taylor Co. FFA Chapter President and the Lake Cumberland Region Vice President.

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OTHER AGENTS & STAFF

Bobby Kessler, Sales Associate
Harland Wright, Auctioneer
James Caulk, Auctioneer
Taylor Wheat, Sr. Auction Groundsman
Jeff Wheat, Auction Groundsman
Wilma Blair, Secretary & Auction Cashier

Bonnie Childers, Sales Associate
Judy Wright, Auction Clerk
Doug Wheat, Auction Groundsman

Marsha Anne Kessler, 15
Cashier
2008 KY STATE FFA AUCTIONEERING CHAMPION CLICK HERE TO READ STORY

When you come to a Kessler Auction, Marsha might be the very 1st person you see - whether she is parking cars or registering buyers in mobile office. Marsha is very outgoing and is great help. Marsha has been going to auctions ever since she was born and auctioned off her very 1st item when she was 5. Marsha has experience in clerking, cashiering and working as a grounds person. Marsha is a Sophomore at Taylor Co. High School and she is a member of the TCHS Lady Cards Basketball team, where she plays guard and she is a member of the Taylor County FFA Chapter. Marsha's future plans include attending College and pursuing a career in the medical field.

IN MEMORY OF:
COL. WAYNE KESSLER,
1919-2003
65 YEARS AS AN AUCTIONEER

Col. Wayne Kessler, Broker - Auctioneer

Col. Wayne Kessler founded what is now Kessler Auction & Realty Company in 1938. From that time, until his death in 2003, he conducted 1000's of successful auctions. In addition to his real estate and auction business, Wayne was the auctioneer for the Taylor Co. Stockyards for 50 years and was the auctioneer for the New Farmers Tobacco Warehouses #1, #2 & #3 in Springfield Ky for 38 years. Wayne conducted several auctions in the 1930's and 1940's with his father S.V. Kessler. Wayne was inducted into the National Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 1975 & was one of the 1st people inducted into the Kentucky Auctioneers Hall of Fame.

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