Brasher’s Idaho Raises Funds for Charity with Christmas Car

January 25th, 2012

The highlight of the annual Holiday Sale at Brasher’s Idaho Auto Auction was a fund-raising event which raised $13,100 for Reece’s Rainbow, a charity dedicated to aiding the adoption of children with Down Syndrome.

Doug Brasher brought the barn to silence as he spoke about Reece’s Rainbow and what it meant to him. In words that moved all in attendance, he explained the importance and the need of this charity and the truly great thing they are doing for children needing a loving home.

Brasher's Idaho Auto Auction Christmas Car

The "Christmas Car" at Brasher's Idaho Auto Auction was bought and sold 13 different times, raising $13,100 for charity.

Reece’s Rainbow has given over $1.5 million in grants and helped with the adoption of over 500 children affected with Down Syndrome. Their mission is to raise awareness of orphan children with Down Syndrome and provide funding to help alleviate the high cost of adoption. They have reached out to adopting families in 25 countries.

This year, the auction’s “Christmas Car” was a 1996 pink Cadillac, extravagantly decorated with garland, twinkle lights, and ornaments. It ran through the auction lanes each week leading up to the Holiday Sale in hopes of drawing attention. And it did. The pink Cadillac was bought and sold 13 different times for prices ranging from $100 to $3,200. The car brought a total of $13,100, all of which was given to Reece’s Rainbow, a tremendous increase over the fundraiser of 2010.

“This was the second year that Brasher’s Idaho Auto Auction bought a vehicle with the intention of auctioning it off for charity to our dealers and staff during our annual Holiday Sale,” explained owner Doug Brasher. “Needless to say, next year we plan to go bigger and better and raise even more. We’d like to thank everyone, especially our local dealers, who participated and helped make this possible!”

Source: servnetauctions.com

It’s Coat Sale Time!

January 25th, 2012

John Brasher outlines the sale yesterday and gets us ready for the Coat Sale next week in the latest Post Sale Report. Check it out here:

 
Remember that BOTH Brasher’s Salt Lake and Brasher’s Sacramento have coat sales on the same day (Tues, Jan 31st). Contact the respective auction to consign your cars today!
 
Brasher's Auto Auctions Coat Sales

Shelly Frank Joins Sales Staff

January 11th, 2012

We are delighted to announced that Shelly Frank has joined the Brasher’s sales team. Her primary responsibility will be to increase consignment from new and used car dealerships as well as working with banks, fleet and finance companies at Brasher’s newest auction in San Jose.

We have known Shelly for many years as a customer and are thilled to welcome her to our auction team. Her years of experience in both auto remarketing and dealer sales will be a tremendous asset to both the auction and our customers. Shelly will be especially key as we continue to build relationships with new and used car dealers, familiarizing them with the products and services our auctions have to offer. With her background and knowledge of the market, we expect that she will work with dealers as well as institutional consignors to determine how Brasher’s can best serve them in Northern California, either at Brasher’s San Jose or Brasher’s Sacramento Auto Auction.

Fundraiser at Brasher’s Northwest Benefits St. Jude’s

January 2nd, 2012

Employees and customers at Brasher’s Northwest Auto Auction opened their hearts and their pockets this fall during a special promotion to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A combined total of $12,694.33 was raised as part of the St. Jude Halloween program.

St Judes head shaving at Brasher's Northwest

Anne Osterman and Lisa Larkin agreed to shave their heads when goals were reached in the fundraiser for St. Jude's.

“The generosity of the people we work with everyday was truly overwhelming,” shared Lisa Larkin, general manager at Brasher’s Northwest. “One of our employees, who asked that his contribution remain anonymous, donated over 100 hours of vacation time to St. Jude’s. We really do work with and for some amazing people!”

Included in the “amazing” group were Anne Osterman, who works in Brasher’s accounting office, and Larkin herself, both of whom volunteered to have their heads shaved when $2,500 and $5,000 goals were met, and, true to their word, submitted to the clippers.

“You always hear it said that every dollar makes a difference and we certainly saw the truth in that statement during our fundraiser for St. Jude’s,” said Larkin. “Whether it was $1 out of a pocket, or a few hours of vacation time, or a $500 check, we all worked together and raised more than $12,000, which all goes to help a sick child. We work with the best people in the world, and this was a wonderful opportunity to pull together and help make a difference!”

To check out pictures of the event, be sure to click here.

Source: www.servnetauctions.com

A Brand New Year

January 2nd, 2012

As we’re on our second day of a brand new year, we thought it appropriate to share the words of Ebenezer Scrooge at the start of his transformation*.

A hearty Happy New Year to all our customers, employees, and friends!

I’ll begin again
I will build my life
I will live to know
I fulfilled my life
I’ll begin today
Throw away the past
And the future I build
Will be something that will last
I will take the time
That I have left to live
And I’ll give it all
That I have left to give
I will live my days
For my fellow men
And I’ll live in praise
Of that moment when
I was able to begin again

I’ll begin again
I will change my fate
I will show the world
That it is not too late
I will never stop
While I still have time
‘Till I stand at the top
Of the mountain I must climb
I will start anew
I will make amends
And I will make quite certain
That the story ends
On a note of hope
On a strong amen
And I’ll thank the world
And remember when
I was able to begin again
I’ll begin again!

*(from the 1970 version of A Christmas Carol)

Merry Christmas from Brasher’s

December 21st, 2011

On behalf of our family of auctions, we wish all of you a Merry Christmas. We appreciate you so much and are excited for what 2012 will have in store. Thank you for your continued support!

Here’s the latest Post Sale Report from Brasher’s Sacramento with an extra chance to win in next week’s Early Bird drawing:

Download to Excel Added to AuctionPipeline

December 7th, 2011

We’ve noticed that the good folks at AuctionPipelineAuctionPipeline Excel Download have extended the ability to import all vehicle lists to Excel. If you do any kind of a search on AuctionPipeline, you’ll see both the PDF and XLS icons at the top and bottom of each page of the vehicle list.

Check it out and let us know what you think.

Do you have other suggestions on how AuctionPipeline can be better? Let us know and we’ll pass them along!

Post Sale Report – November 29th, 2011

November 30th, 2011

The post-Thanksgiving retail weekend was a great one for most of our dealers at Brasher’s Sacramento. Check out the latest Post Sale Report for more:

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Fact or Fiction: Robin Hood?

November 28th, 2011

FACT: Auction owner John Brasher and long-time dealer customer and friend Terry Degmetich bagged a couple of pheasant over the holiday weekend.

FICTION?: Is it in the realm of possibility that they picked these fast-moving birds out of the sky with bow and arrow?

Head on over to our Facebook page to cast your vote!

Robin Hood?

Happy Halloween from Brasher’s Sacramento!

October 31st, 2011
Brasher's Sacramento Costume Party

Fleet/Lease Department in full costume!

We had a great employee Halloween Party on Friday at Brasher’s Sacramento and just had to share.

Click on the link below to check out some pictures of costumes (and vote on your favorite)! We just might have some footage in this week’s Post Sale Report, so stay tuned!

CLICK HERE FOR COSTUME PICTURES