"We're here for your benefit!"
Meet the team

Kelly Russell is a professional auctioneer who has specialized in the benefit auction industry since 2004. Kelly is an energetic performer who is comfortable in front of audiences of all sizes and enjoys interacting with bidders. Her services include consulting committees through the auction method to create successful events. Kelly also works as an independent contractor for Estate, Antique & Collectible, and Commercial Auctions.

Kelly is currently a member in good standing with the National Auctioneers Association (NAA), the National Auctioneers Foundation (NAF), serves as Vice President for the Oregon Auctioneers Association (OAA), has completed the designations of Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS), Certified Estate Specialist (CES), and the national designation from the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI).  Kelly is a 2005 graduate of the Worldwide College of Auctioneering in Denver, Colorado. Kelly is also a 2001 graduate of Ball State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Technology.


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Shirley Bennett Gillham has been a Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS) since 2007, a charter member of the National Auctioneer Association’s first exciting training session for this newest auctioneering designation. In fact, that’s where she and Kelly Russell first met; and, as they say, the rest was “herstory.” She works with Kelly Russell Auctions and is a member in good standing of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and the Oregon Auctioneers Association (OAA). Shirley is a 2006 graduate of the Western College of Auctioneering in Billings, Montana. She spent over 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area as an actress and loves enthusiastic interactions with her audiences. Benefit auctions are definitely shows that must go on and on, and Shirley’s favorite word, in fact, is “S-0-0-L-D!!”


For booking information, contact Kelly Russell at 503.734.7287

Jason Demicheli's love for auctions and auctioneering started several years ago. Always looking for the next great deal, Jason started attending local auction houses years ago and realized that he loved the bargains as well as the energy generated by the auctioneers. He met Kelly Russell during one of her rockin' auctions and struck up a conversation. He was sold on the idea of working as Kelly's clerk at her benefit auctions and, at her urging, attended auctioneering school, at Worldwide College of Auctioneering, himself.
Affectionately known as "Oregon's biggest auctioneer," he is a member in good standing of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and the Oregon Auctioneers Association (OAA).

"This is a fun, exciting business where I get to meet lots of new people. See YOU at our next auction!"


For booking information, contact Kelly Russell at 503.734.7287