Cotton Booker of Colfax wins International Junior Auctioneer title

Jul 26, 20180

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Cotton Booker of Colfax won the 2018 NAA International Junior Auctioneer Championship July 20 in Jacksonville, Fla. Booker topped competition that features competitors ages 12-18 and cultivates the next generation of auction professional talent.

Cotton Booker of Colfax was crowned winner of the 2018 International Junior Auctioneer Championship which features competitors ages 12-18 and helps cultivate and promote the next generation of auction professional talent.

Booker is the son of C.D. (Butch) and Jennifer Booker, Colfax. His father is the owner of Kincaid Real Estate in Colfax, and his family is affiliated with Booker Auction Co. in Eltopia.

Butch Booker won the International Auctioneer Championship men's division title in 2008. They are the first father/son duo to collectively hold IAC and IJAC titles.

IAC began in 1988, and IJAC began in 2007.

Both the IAC and IJAC were conducted as part of the NAA's 69th annual International Auctioneers Conference and Show, which took place in Jacksonville this past week.

IAC contestants must be 18 or older, a current NAA member, and registered for Conference and Show.