Shifting digital landscape seen in local auction businesses as sales go online

Sales now going once, going twice ... going online

  • Tom Cornwell (left) and Kelly Kliewer can be seen in action at the Pheasants Forever Banquet in 2019. This is one of the many live events that both companies have helped auctioneer for over the years, though there is a growing trend for auctions shifting to an online format.
    Tom Cornwell (left) and Kelly Kliewer can be seen in action at the Pheasants Forever Banquet in 2019. This is one of the many live events that both companies have helped auctioneer for over the years, though there is a growing trend for auctions shifting to an online format.

    Many aspects of life have shifted to include an online aspect, and the auction industry is no exception.  While Tom Cornwell of Cornwell, Inc. and Kelly and Mark Kliewer with Kliewer’s Auction Services have utilized the internet in their businesses for years, they were faced with the challenge of selling exclusively on-line this past year. Kelly voiced that they have done on-line auctions a…