Missouri Auction School Founded 1905

Missouri Auction School

The #1 Auction Training Program in America

 The “Harvard of Auctioneering”                                   
—Newsweek Magazine      

The Largest and Oldest Auction School

The Missouri Auction School is the oldest and largest auction school in the world. From Great Britain to Australia, the school has an international reputation for producing top auctioneers in all fields. According to Newsweek, the school is “the Harvard of Auctioneering” — the best in providing motivated people like you with a solid foundation for building a successful career.

Over a Century of Serving the Auction Profession

Founded in 1905, the Missouri Auction School has trained the bulk of the auctioneers in North America. For over a century, it has provided nationally recognized auction training as part of its curriculum. In the last few years it had students from all 50 US states, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, England, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico and the Philippines.

• Explore auction specialties. Learn from the pros about your special areas of interest during in-depth workshops on antiques, autos, real estate, art, machinery and equipment, livestock, business liquidations and more.
• Top faculty. Learn from a hand-picked staff of top professionals from over 10 states who are practicing auctioneers and “in residence".
• Full range of topics. Find out how to do everything from developing your own chant to advertising your auctions, keeping records, clerking and cashiering practices, and specializing in dozens of different types of auctions.
• Personal attention. Teacher-to-student ratio is 1 to 15, ensuring each student gets personalized instruction.

The Missouri Auction School program sets the industry standard for quality auctioneer training.