Twenty Years of Hus'Ling
J. Johnston
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, June 15, 2012)
Chicago Heraldf March jsL }HOW TO BECOME AN AUGTIONEER. By Mr. J. P. JohnB ton, is an altogether oniqtie pablication. It not only points oat the difflcolty of becoming a good anction Balesman, bnt shows yoa ju8t how it can be done. Mr.. Johnston, iuB tnow at the head of a largo whole Mile hoase, was for years an expert ana sD ooessfol auctioneer. He Uierefore knows what he is talking aboat. His methods are stamped with the imprint of jvi-e s. and when he describes the praotioe of working npeal eby means of original jokes and fnnny sajings, the reader feels satisliea that his advice is Ur nded on the rock of experience. A nrtioneerB in eane or in poMe can profitably invest in a copy of this work. Owens Publishing Company, Chicago. [A merican Slore-K eeper. HOW TO BECOME AN AUCTIONEER. Mr. J. P. Johnston, now a successful wholesale merchant and jobber of this city, started in life as a farmer boy; after a varied experience in almost fvery kind of business and meeting with many Dps and dons, an accidental opportunity showed that he had an aptitude for selling goods at auction. Cul Li rating this aptitude, be was engaged by the proprietor of a retail store to cloH eoat hi8 slow and hard stock by holding an suction sale in the store, for a few evenings onre or twice a year. Hs methods were so suooessfnl and so profit able to his employer, that otht rreta lstore-keirs sought his services, (ti vinr up other pursuits, Mr. Johnston spent a large part of several years in arranging for, and conducting such auction sales for retail merchanis all through the country. To make his experience and methods available and valuable to others, Mr. Johnston has written a book entitled ThA Auctioneer sG uide and How to Become an A uctione r, in which he sets out just how he did so well, and how others can do the same. In addition to the matter relating to anctions, it has about twe(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)