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, 2012 Champion of Champions 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, past President of the Taylor Co. Cattleman's Assoc., past President 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 TO WATCH JOHN IN THE 1987 WORLD TOBACCO AUCTIONEERING CONTEST! CLICK HERE TO EMAIL JOHN!

	Julie Kessler, Broker Associate & Auction Cashier Julie has 31 years experience in selling real estate and 34 years experience as auction cashier.

John Wayne Kessler,
Real Estate Broker & Auctioneer

     John Wayne is no stranger around auctions, as he is a 4th generation auctioneer in the Kessler Family.   John Wayne's auctioneering talent earned him the title 2011 KY Champion Auctioneer. John Wayne is a past 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 A - PASS WEIKEL Real Estate school in Lexington and is a graduate of Elizabethtown Community College, where he obtained 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.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH JOHN WAYNE IN THE FINAL ROUND AND WINNING KY CHAMPION AUCTIONEER!

CLICK TO WATCH JOHN WAYNE AT THE 2010 KY AUCTIONEERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION!

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL JOHN WAYNE!

Marsha Anne Atwood
Real Estate Sales Associate &            Apprentice Auctioneer

     Marsha is no stranger around real estate sales and auction sales, as she is also a 4th generation to be involved in the family business. Marsha passed her real estate exam in August 2011 and is currently working part time in real estate sales. In February of 2016 Marsha received her Apprentice Auctioneers License
     Marsha is a 2013 graduate of Campbellsville University with a Bachelor Degree in Business and she is married to Rhyan Atwood, and they have a daughter, Anna Kate and a son Maddox.
     Marsha continues to work all of the Kessler Auctions as a cashier or grounds person. Marsha's auctioneering talent earned her the title 2008 Ky FFA Auctioneering Champion, becoming the first female to ever win the contest and runnerup in the 2017 Ky Auctioneers Association Apprentice Division Auctioneering Contest. Marsha was also the KAA Champion Bid Spotter in 2018, winning the 1st ever contest.
     Marsha is the daughter of John & Julie Kessler of Campbellsville, and is a 2011 graduate of Taylor Co. High School. She is also a graduate of A - PASS WEIKEL Real Estate school in Lexington. Marsha is the granddaughter of Martha & Kirby Cox of Campbellsville, Clement & Viva Woodrum of Clementsville and the late Wayne & Dorothy Kessler.

2008 KY STATE FFA AUCTIONEERING CHAMPION CLICK HERE TO READ STORY

OTHER AGENTS & STAFF

Bobby Kessler, Sales Associate & Auction Groundsman
Lisa Janes, Sales Associate
Mike Price, Sales Associate & Auctioneer
Judy Wright, Auction Clerk
Kirby Cox, Auction Groundsman
Martha Cox, Auction Cashier
Holly Kessler, Auction Cashier
Rhyan Atwood, Auction Groundsman
Alex Price, Auction Groundsman
Joey Ferguson, Auction Groundsman
Lisa Ferguson, Auction Cashier

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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