Curtis Barfield Quotations

We go until we finish - usually between 10:30 to 12. It just depends on how many animals we have and how hot the bidding is.

I was still working for the county when we decided to try getting this auction going. Since we were renting the building from the county, I figured it would be best not to also be working for them, so I retired again.

We sure aren't getting rich, but we're having fun. It keeps us young.

I went to school so I could fill in for Bobby when he needs a break or has to be away to do another auction somewhere. I do OK, but he's a lot better. He's an artist.

We have people coming from Atlanta and other cities every week to buy goats to take home to eat. Most of them are from Mexico or India or somewhere where goats are a regular part of people's diets.

We don't have space for large animals like that.

We had someone bringing in used and returned appliances on third Fridays, but they're not doing that anymore, so its just whatever people bring to sell.

We have good hamburgers. Some people come just to eat and for the entertainment in watching the auctions. They don't bid on anything. It's just something to do on a Saturday night.

If somebody brings them, we'll auction them. We've got a license to sell pigs, too, but we don't. They're too messy and smell too bad.