Meet the Classic Team

Mike Jones, CAI, GPPA, BAS
President / Auctioneer

Mike Jones, president of Classic Auctioneers and United Country Auction Services served as the 55th President of the National Auctioneers Association and is a Life member. In 2005 he was elected into the Texas Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame and became a Life Member.

Mike was named the 1998 International Auctioneer Champion and 1995 Texas State Champion. He is past president of the Texas Auctioneers Association, held all positions in the association and served as Editor of the association's newsletter “The Auctioneer”.

Mike attended North Texas State University and Cooke County College. He is a graduate of the Missouri Auction School and Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) at Indiana University.

He is the founder and president of the Texas Auction Academy in Dallas, Texas where he instructs America's future auctioneers. Mr. Jones is the past chairman and former member of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Auctioneers Education Advisory Board.

Well respected in the legal and banking communities, Mr. Jones has been retained by Fulbright and Jaworski and other prestigious law firms in Washington, DC and Texas as an expert witness and has served numerous times as a court ordered receiver and trustee.

The winner of numerous national advertising, photography and auction marketing awards, he is a published author within the auction industry. Jones has conducted over 2000 auctions throughout North America. He has conducted educational seminars in over 30 states and the 2003 Keynote Speaker at the South African Institute of Auctioneers convention held at Golden Gate Highlands National Park , South Africa.

Receiving his real estate license in 1983, he is a Graduate Personal Property Appraiser (GPPA) and for years has been a member of numerous professional and philanthropic associations including the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Country Music Hall of Fame, American Bankruptcy Institute, American & Texas Rental Association, American & Texas Restaurant Associations, Auctioneers Association of Canada and the Greater Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce.