Adams & Adams has been in business since 1966. Founder Howard "Frog" Adams was still a science teacher in Corpus Christi when he graduated from the National Auction Institute in Bryan, Texas, and started the "family affair" business on a part-time basis. Frog did the Auctioneering, wife Kelly did the clerking, son Dusty helped set up and work the sales, and daughter Wendy registered the bidders.
In 1968 Dusty Adams graduated from the National Auction Institute. He was the First second-generation Auctioneer to attend Col. Walter Britten's Auction School and set sales records while auctioning at the school. Inspired to pursue the profession, He attended Texas A & I University in Kingsville and then joined Frog, who had retired from teaching, in the Auction business on a full-time basis in 1972.
Dusty was inducted into the Texas Auctioneers Association ?Hall of Fame? in 1993. Dusty attended the Certified Auction Institute at Indiana University in 1993-1996 and upon graduation; his extensive Auction Summary Report was judged tops in his class. He became the first Auctioneer from Texas to receive this distinguished award. Dusty believes in continuing education and have not only attended but have also helped conduct various classes and seminars for Auction and Appraisal certification.
Adams & Adams have been Selling the Auction Way Since 1966 conducting Business Liquidations, Heavy Equipment, Personal Estates, Construction Equipment, Farm Equipment, Hardware, Restaurants, Fabrication Equipment, Farm Estates, and Industrial Equipment Auctions selling both Online & Onsite.