Kennedy's Auction Service, Firm # 4834, brings over 50 years of combined real estate and personal property auction and appraisal experience to work for you!
We believe that the auction process should be carried out in a respectful and well planned manner to maximize the value of your assets or those of your loved ones. We offer on-site or gallery auctions with live, absentee, phone and internet bidding.
We are located at 160 West Court Avenue in the historic Selmer Hardware building in downtown Selmer, Tennessee. We have been selling real estate at auction, handling estate auctions, buying and selling antiques and conducting appraisals at the same location in downtown Selmer, Tennessee, since 1983.
Meet the team
Mark Kennedy
Owner, auctioneer, affiliate broker and CAGA certified appraiser · mark@kennedysauction.com · Office (731) 645-5001 · Cell (731) 645-6357
Mark Kennedy developed a keen interest in antiques at a young age and began attending auctions and frequenting antique shops in the mid 1960's.
His early collecting interest included coins, pottery, antique furniture, carnival glass, and Tennessee historical and political items. Since holding his first antique auction with the help of the Late Colonel Don Ellis of Henderson, Tennessee, in 1978 at age 19, Mark has been very active in the antique and the auction industry.
Mark is a C.A.G.A. certified personal property appraiser, State of Tennessee licensed Auctioneer and licensed Tennessee Affiliate Real Estate Broker. Auction and appraisal education include attending, The Certified Appraisal Guild of America, Nashville Auction School, Florida Auction Academy and National Auctioneers Association Personal Property Appraisal School.
Mr. Kennedy was elected during the 2011 Tennessee Auctioneer's Association Winter Convention to serve as the West Tennessee Vice President for the Tennessee Auctioneer's Association. Mark looks on this as an honor and a privilege to help see the auction industry continue to flourish.
Mark is married to former Ms. Jeanne Hooper who is a Registered Nurse with the Jackson Clinic Chemotherapy Department. Mark and Jeanne have three sons Matthew, Josh and Luke. Our auctions are only possible because the whole family pitches in and helps on auction day.
For over 30 years Mark has been dealing in antiques, conducting auctions, attending symposiums/lectures and traveling to shows, museums and auctions across the United States. He is always striving to better serve our clients with one of the largest reference libraries in the industry. 30 years of auction experience uniquely qualify Mark to ascertain the value of your family heirlooms or collection.
License numbers: TN Auction Firm 4834 · TN Auctioneer 5336 · MS Auction Firm 1369F · AR Auctioneer 2418
Matthew Kennedy
Auctioneer, affiliate broker and CAGA certified appraiser · matthew@kennedysauction.com · Office (731) 645-5001 · Cell (731) 610-3060
Matthew has been actively involved in various aspects of the auction industry since he was a small boy. This early interest sparked Matthew to enroll in Class 218 at Reppert's School of Auctioneering in 2009. After graduating he completed his two years of apprenticeship and is now a fully licensed auctioneer. In order to better serve his customers, Matthew graduated from T.R.E.E.S. Real Estate School during the summer of 2012, and is now proud to be a licensed affiliate broker.
Matthew has always been interested in antiques and the history behind them, which lead the way to him graduating from the Certified Appraisers Guild of America in 2008 and becoming the youngest Certified Personal Property Appraiser in the United States. Since graduating he has had the honor of appraising many interesting and unique items.
License numbers: TN Auctioneer 6424 · MS Auctioneer 1370 · AR Auctioneer 2419
Tim Mast
Broker and auctioneer, CAI, AARE · realestate@kennedysauctionservice.com · Office (731) 645-5001 · Cell (731) 610-5436
Tim has been in the auction business for over ten years and is Executive Vice President at Tranzon Asset Advisors. He is a lifelong resident of southwestern Tennessee, where he resides and has his office.
Tim is a graduate of the World Wide College of Auctioneering in Mason City Iowa, and successfully completed all course and testing work for his Tennessee Real Estate Broker's License, Auctioneers License and has gone on to become licensed in Arkansas and Mississippi as well. Tim has completed the Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE) course, provided through the National Auctioneer's Association Education Institute and has been awarded the Designation of AARE. He has also completed the three year process of Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) training, which is offered through the University of Indiana in conjunction with the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute. Tim has been awarded the designation of CAI which is considered the most prestigious designation offered to auctioneers.
Mr. Mast served on the education committee for the Tennessee Auctioneers Association for several years. In 2006 he was installed as Vice President for the western district of Tennessee, in 2008 he was elected to the position of President-Elect and on December 6, 2009 was sworn in as President of the Tennessee Auctioneers Association to serve a one year term. Tim also serves his community as a volunteer fireman and medical first responder.
Prior to his introduction and full time devotion to the real estate, and accelerated marketing industry he owned and operated a successful home maintenance company and separately a credit factoring firm. Tim has now divested of those companies and is fully dedicated to the clients he services throughout the United States. Using his natural skill for negotiating coupled with a commitment to continuing education, he has been exceptionally successful in working through large and complicated property transactions in over 30 states.
As a young man, in connection with his family interests, he resided for a two-year time frame in Bolivia, South America, where he learned to speak fluent Spanish, growing up in his household he also learned and is fluent in German. Tim's family life is active; he lives with his wife Ruth Anne and their four children Lilah, Wyatt, Kaitlynn and Peyton.
License numbers: AR Auctioneer 1955 · AR Broker SA00067667 · MS Auctioneer 1087 · MS Auction Firm 1088F · TN Auctioneer 5252
