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Roy Burdick started auctioneering over 30 years ago and has been bid chanting ever since. Listen to him reveal some of the auctioneer’s tricks of the trade<\/a> (4 MB). Here he is in action at “Old Home Days” in Rowe, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

<\/a> \"Roy<\/a><\/div>\n

Roy Burdick will be one of the performing artists at our upcoming concert<\/a>, Keepers of Tradition: In Performance,<\/em> at the National Heritage Museum<\/a>, Saturday October 4th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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