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2025/2026 IAA Marketing Awards

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2025/2026 IAA Marketing Award Winners

Category 1 – Postcards                                                                        Andrew Wilson, William Wilson Auction Realty

  • Business Liquidation                                                              Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers
  • Farm & Acreage Real Estate                                                 Andrew Wilson, William Wilson Auction Realty (category winner)
  • Residential Real Estate                                                         Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers
  • Recreational Real Estate                                                       Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers
  • Commercial/Industrial/Multi-Par Real Estate                         Nicolas Smock, Don Smock Auction Co., Inc.

 

Category 2 – Brochures & Catalogs                                                  Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services

  • Personal Property / General Household                               Leslie Basinger, Schrader RE & Auction Co.                  
  • Business Liquidation                                                             Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services (category winner)
  • Commercial/Industrial: Machinery & Equip.                          Leslie Basinger, Schrader RE & Auction Co.
  • Farm & Acreage Real Estate                                                Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers
  • Machinery/Equipment: Auto/Trucks                                      RD Schrader, Schrader RE & Auction Co.
  • Residential Real Estate                                                        Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Recreational Real Estate                                                      Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Development Land Real Estate                                            Eugene Klingaman, Schrader RE & Auction Co.
  • Commercial/Industrial/Multi-Par Real Estate                        Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services       

 

Category 3 – Newspaper/Magazine Print Advertising                    Chad Metzger – Metzger Property Services

  • One Color                                                                            Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Full Color                                                                             Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services (category winner)

 

Category 4 – Company/Auction Promotion                                    Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers

  • Auction Promotion (Non-Traditional, Give Away                Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services

Signage, Brochures, etc.)

  • Company Promotion (Non-Traditional, Give Away            Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers (category winner)

Signage, Brochures, etc.)

 

Category 5 – Digital & Social Media                                              Nicolas Smock, Don Smock Auction Co.  

  • Audio Visual – Auction Promotion (Winery)                      Nicolas Smock, Don Smock Auction Co. (category winner)
  • Audio Visual – Company Promotion                                 Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Digital Campaign (Website)                                              Rusty Harmeyer, Halderman Real Estate

 

Category 6 – Photography                                                            Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services

  • Auction Crowd                                                                 Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Buyer Excited About Purchase                                        Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Personal Property- Farm, Real Estate                             Chad Metzger, Metzger Property Services
  • Creative Photography                                                      Nicolas Smock, Don Smock Auction Co. (category winner)

 

Auction Campaign of the Year                                                     Brightstar Auctions                                                                                                                  

 

Best of Show- Print                                                                       Stephen Bartkus, Bartkus Auctioneers (Auction Promo)                

Best of Show – Digital                                                                   Nicolas Smock, Don Smock Auction Co. (Winery)                                                                               

 Please note: Overall Category Winners, Auction Campaign of the Year, and Best of Show will receive their award at the annual IAA Convention Awards lunch on Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Embassy Suites, Noblesville.

April 7, 2026 Kathy Baber

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