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auctioneer terri surman makes her bid tribune aug 22 1984 a9 by paula crowell stouffville i had butterflies the size of elephants this was terri surman s reaction when asked how she felt about being profiled for the new television show pizzazz the manitoba street resident and local auctioneer was videotaped in action by global tv aug 16 the 11year stouffville resident opened terris house of auctions at 394 main street west april 5 of this year since then shes held sales there every week sheobtains items on consignment by pri vate owners she will sell any household contents the auction taped by global was called oldies and goodies it included some antiques and other col lectibles i plan to do this type of sale every three months people like a varie ty she said the only thing she wont sell is livestock im on agreement with the town because of zoning terri has come a long way from merely an auction enthusiast to one of the few women auctioneers in canada mrs surman was one of four female stu dents out of a class of 30 at the mason city college of auctioneering in mason city iowa she took the course in november 1982 it lasted nine days from 8 am to 10 pm and covered the basics of auctioneering the main thing was learning number sequences she said it covered chant ing setting up auctions advertising standing up in front of people cashing clerking every problem you could possibly encounter at a sale she explained mrs surman added that while an auc tion was held during the course the real work began on her arrival back home i dont think anything could be more scary than my grand opening about 300 people showed up i found it hard to mix professionalism with personal feelings she said explain ing that it became an emotional experience when many presented her with gifts and good wishes i was very iouched husband don a bell canada employee helps out when needed but the most of the work is done by mrs surman herself hes pretty used to me doing my own thing she said adding he thought it the idea of operating her own auctioneering business was great although she has a real estate license shes never worked outside the home until now i wasnt looking for a career until i felt good about the kids the career as mom came first mrs surman has two daughters tam my 16 and debra 13 this segment of the pizzazz program should last three to four minutes it will be aired sometime in october many antiques auction action highlights stouffville it was a night of con trasts bids at rock bottom and prices sky- high the variance left auction attenders shaking their heads the sale that attracted a large crowd was heldthursday at terris house of auc tions 394 main street west it began at 630 pm and concluded at 1230 am terri surman operator of this weekly attraction was the lone auctioneer several antiques attracted attention in cluding a 1905 doherty organ manufac tured at clinton ont it brought 80 a 1921 willis co piano sold for 800 a collapsible display case circa 1895 brought 150 and an ageold deacons bench sold for 140 a brass spittoon went for 2750 and a set of lights for a model t ford brought 1750 each other prices follow a horse collar200 a scrub board600 an army combat hel metfifty cents a bedpost100 a 1955 li- cenceplate200 a captains chair2250 a blanket box5000 a wooden butter churn1000 a love seat7500 a pine washstand3500 a stouffville cream can- 1500 a china cabinet with interior light- 11500 a centuryold rocker100 and a butterfly table1500 a portion of the sale was filmed by global tv for presentation on a show called pizzazz that commences programming next month this particular episode in cluding shots at terri surmans house on manitoba street will be aired sometime in october win t newnham heads up education committee william t newnham former president of seneca college and a onetime markham boy will head up an eightperson commis sion to plan and implement expansion of the separate school system appointment of mr newnham to this im portant post 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