The Help

Our multi-generation company consists of three licensed auctioneers, one licensed appraiser, one broker and four real estate agents. Agent email addresses are listed below.

Doug Smith and his wife, Helen opened our company's doors 35 years ago. Together, they lived on their Harrison Township land for most of their lives, where Doug still resides. Helen died of cancer on November 29, 2004.

They and their sons, Eric and Todd, established a company which has become a part of the local landscape. Time will tell if Eric and Michelle's two young sons, Alex and Kyle or Todd and Alasyn's daughter, Abigail, will join the company later.

Doug is currently serving as a Licking County Commissioner after serving 26 years as a Harrison Township Trustee in Licking County. He completed an unprecedented 15 year stint as a member and chairman of the Ohio Auctioneers Commission in 2006, the governor-appointed panel which serves as a liaison between the auction profession and the Ohio Department of Agriculture. An acknowledged authority on the National Road (U.S. Rt. 40) in Ohio, and currently the Vice-president of The Ohio National Road Association (ONRA), he co-authored the highly-acclaimed book, "A Traveler's Guide to the Historic National Road in Ohio" in 2005, which is currently in its third edition, and is a popular National Road speaker and tour guide. Doug has over 700 published works to his credit.

Eric Smith is vice-president of auction services. He grew up in and around the auction business. Eric received his real estate license in 1992 and his auctioneer license in 1995. He oversees our extensive probate appraisal services and is a fully qualified personal property appraiser and a certified Licking County Probate Court appraiser for real estate and personal property. Eric and his wife Michelle reside in Harrison Township, Licking County, with their two sons, Alex and Kyle.

Todd Smith, like his older brother Eric, has grown up around auctions. He received his auctioneer and real estate licenses in 1994, and his real estate appraiser license in 2001. Much of his time is devoted to mortgage appraisal work. Todd, his wife Alasyn, and their daughter, Abigail, live on their family farm in Perry County, Ohio.