What Does a Million Bucks of Capital Assets Look Like?

Only true insiders would understand an auctioneer’s underwriting and value of assets. I hope you will enjoy a quick tour, under the curtain of what we see and how unique our gig is. Today, HGP sent out three proposals on deals we expect will yield about a million dollars, if done perfectly. The first is […]

Dress for Success

Hello to everyone that reads these. Air France has somehow been shipping my suitcase around Europe one hotel behind me all week. My well-worn jeans were fine walking the auto factory and power plant but not up to snuff for yesterday’s proper German board room pitch. Hopefully they focused more on the message than on […]

We Gotta Win this one

Hi everyone. This is the very best new year start in many years. I have just put on my boots and hit the street for a few weeks and already have more. We gotta win this one more than any January I remember. In over a half dozen sectors on all three continents there are […]

Happy and Healthy Holiday Seasons

HGP is about to leave our jerseys in the locker and take a long hot shower. The season is about over. We owe real gratitude to our team, our clients, our partners, and all our buyers for support and service and patronage. It’s time to rest up and plan for 2013. We’re starting with our […]

Flying East

Hi all. The IAA was once again a real education and a real challenge. A son of my contemporary is the IAA President! Congrats Kyle – I know you will do a great job As I age along with my peers and my brother Kirk, the good news is three younger Doves have our backs. […]

Off to IAA

Next week is by far my favorite conference of the year. The Industrial Auctioneers Association is a group of the best firms in our world. Just once a year we attend a conference without bringing a booth or pitch materials. Just a great business and social event where everyone gets to puff their chest and […]

Words of Advice from Germany

Hi everyone. I am on the train to Munich for a recess in between deals here in Europe to tip a beer at Oktoberfest and toast the opening and kick off of HGP Europe. I just received some great advice at the train station information window. I needed to get some cash and waited in […]

You always remember your first

It’s an exciting time here at HGP – Kirk’s son Nick is off to a fast start and has already landed his first auction. It’s a nice sale of quality DVD equipment excess to the company. If that is not enough good news to brag about, despite any help from me or his father, he […]

Del Mar Bound

I am off to Del Mar, to attend the wedding of Craig, one of our young stars here at HGP. It’s been awhile since I have been in the office where we started HGP. Now my brother’s youngest son Nick Dove is sitting at my old desk. All good because I am back where it […]

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

It’s Saturday Morning and I am the only one here in the office for one reason; we just moved and I’m hiding from my wife Kelly. I’m pretending to be working- because if I go home, I will be forbidden to go in my new pool, or fall asleep in a lounge chair. I will […]

The Agony & The Ecstasy

Years ago on Saturday afternoons Jim McKay would host the Wide World of Sports and the show intro featured examples of both the agony and the ecstasy of sports competition. I loved it because I was very immature and cried when I lost a Judo match and sulked like a spoiled brat racked in shame […]

Pushing 60

It’s my last summer as a very old fifty something. All my friends call for golf and poker dates and I keep telling them next time as I am on the road. They laugh at me for still having to work this hard. I agree. The good news is we have work. The better news […]