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Joey Martin Auctioneers Welcomes Crowd to Its Sale in Blairsville, Ga.

April 27, 2023 - Southeast Edition #9
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The "rain maker" came to Blairsville, Ga., April 22 and the regulars at the north Georgia auctions for Joey Martin Auctioneers know the meaning of this. After a picture-perfect week in Blairsville, the skies opened and soaked the sale site for the Saturday sale. This in no way, however, dampened the spirit of the crowd, which looked to be half of the city of Blairsville.

As always, a nice lineup of heavy machines, mini/compact equipment, trucks, trailers, farm equipment and much-much more made for a successful sale. CEG

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Right after the announcements and the beginning of the miscellaneous items being sold, hundreds of onsite bidders had already congregated. 
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Looking over some of the excavators (L-R) are Tony Nichols, Tony Nichols Construction, Blairsville, Ga.; Tim Loggins, Habersham C&D, Habersham County, Ga.; and Charles Kelly, Charles Kelly Construction, Blairsville.
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There aren’t many auctions in the South where you don’t see Mo Safawi of SMG Trading, Newnan, Ga., out looking for a deal on used machines, like this older model John Deere 310G backhoe.
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Beginning his inspection of a Hitachi Zaxis 180LC is Caleb Wiley, Wiley Contracting, Cherry Log, Ga.
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Enjoying the day and looking over some machines (L-R) are Clinton Sanford, Santon Inc., Ellijay, Ga.; Lonnie Underwood, Underwood Contracting, Robbinsville, N.C.; and Lester Kyle. 
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Traveling from the New England area for the sale are Bill Conn (L) and his son, Brodey Conn, of Lincoln Trucking & Excavation, Lincoln, N.H.
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A pair of new Yanmar V80 Stage 5 wheel loaders with an attachments package garnered a lot of attention at the auction. 
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Contractors and resellers arrived to the sale early to stake out their machines of choice to bid on. 
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It was a long, productive day for Joey Martin Auctioneers’ Thomas D. Cox (L), who was monitoring the Proxibid online bidding with Joey Martin, owner/auctioneer. 
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