Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

                   - Macbeth, William Shakespeare

  

Although I began my creative career upon the stage, I have never had occassion to play Macbeth, at least not in this existence.  Perchance in a past life I did, and my old soul retained the knowledge of the “tale told by an idiot,” because I came out fighting.  Indeed, when I was born, my right eye was swollen shut as though someone had punched me.  The gods pushed me out.

Certainly, I was never young, because my parents never lied to me.  They never made me believe that life was easy.  The value and need of hard work were instilled within me at a young age.  By the time I was five years old, I was running tickets from the clerk to the office during auctions.  By age eight, I was accompanying my father to flea markets, selling goods, and handling cash.  In junior high, I learned the craft of working the ring during auctions.  At eighteen, I received my Pennsylvania auctioneer’s apprentice license.  I became fully licensed in 2000. 

While my family educated me in the auction industry, I worked hard in academia.  I graduated high school as Valedictorian, but was too embittered by the nonsense and absurdity of Catholic school by the time I reached college.  Loaded with street-smarts and more life experience than most freshmen, I found it hard to buy into the make-believe atmosphere of higher education in which professors proclaim that the world would fall at my feet and kiss my ass once I had my diploma.  After two years, I graduated from Keystone College with a degree in theater and public speaking.  When I found nothing at my feet and no lips on my ass, I decided to end my academic career and dive into the family business full time.

In 1999, the Savo Auctioneers opened operations in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.  We have been there since, selling at Rebecca’s Auction Gallery, named for my mother and sister.  I am joined by my father (John Sr.) and my brother (Carlo) in the auctioning of estates, businesses, real estate, and… well, pretty much anything under the sun.

In order to announce our sales, we used to send out flyers to those on our customer list.  During that period, I had the idea of writing short essays, either informative or humorous, about the auction trade and my adventures in it.  We incorporated them into the flyers that we mailed.  When the Internet made it more advantageous to advertised on sites such as AuctionZIP, we stopped sending flyers.  So, in 2006, I founded AuthoringAuctioneer.com, a website to make my auction chronicles available to the world.

My primary purpose here is to entertain while imparting useful  knowledge in auctionology and offering my perspectives about life, humanity, and the auction world.  Though hyperbole, saracsm, and comedy are often implemented for dramatic effect, all the articles published on this blog are nonfiction.  Some names have been changed to protect the innocent (or guilty) from being embarrassed.  I will certainly post new articles weekly, but also as often my Muses move me to do so.

All articles and pages published here are free for everyone and anyone to read and comment upon.  Should you wish to receive e-mail notices about new entries and other updates, you must register for them in the header of this site.  All you need is a valid e-mail address.  You can also subscribe via the RSS Feed.

Reader discretion is advised.  Some articles and most of the entries in Quote of the Week contain adult language.  You’ve been cautioned.  If you find four-letter words offensive, then move on to some other vanilla blog.  My opinions and perspectives are sometimes blunt and controversial.  I do not apologize for anything.  Should you be offended by my musings, then I congratulate you.  For life must be pretty good for you, since you have the luxury to be revolted by my words.

If you wish to contact me, send me an e-mail.

And so the saga continues.  Welcome to The Authoring Auctioneer.  I hope you enjoy.

- John J Savo

Bio in Brief

• John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer.  Age 29. 

Education:

• 1997, Valedictorian, Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High School, Carbondale, PA

• 1999, A.A., Theater/Public Speaking, Keystone College, La Plume, PA

• 2000, State Certified Pennsylvania Auctioneer, BOPA, AU-003875-L

Literary Works:

• The Authoring Auctioneer (AuthoringAuctioneer.com), 2006 to Present

• LUX WAR: CORONATION, Fantasy Novel, Published October 2007

• Verses for a Succubus, Poetry, Published 2005

• Therefore I Love and Hate, Poetry, Published 2004