About J. Rafe Dixon, Principal

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Rafe Dixon grew up in Sumter, SC and is a 1978 graduate of Wilson Hall and a 1982 graduate of Clemson University. He holds Auctioneer & Real Estate Broker Licenses in South Carolina and North Carolina. 

Rafe is active in the South Carolina Auctioneers Association, and has served in several offices, including two non-successive terms as President.  He is an active member of the National Auctioneers Association, as well as the Sumter Board of Realtors. He holds several Auctioneer designations, including the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI), the highest professional designation available in the Auction industry. CAI is a 3 year professional development program taught at Indiana University, and has been called the “Master’s Degree” of Auctioneering. Rafe is one of fewer than 400 Auctioneers to have earned and hold the prestigious Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE) designation.   Rafe has also earned the Certified Estate Specialist (CES) designation.  Rafe has won several advertising awards for auction marketing, and was the 2018 and 2023 Grand Champion Auctioneer in the SC Auctioneer Association.  Rafe is currently the a member of the South Carolina Auctioneers Commission, appointed by Governor Henry McMaster in 2018, and in 2023 was named its Chairman.  Rafe was inducted into the South Carolina Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 2019.  He repeated his win as Grand Champion Auctioneer in SC in 2023.  Rafe is a member of the Board of Black River Electric Cooperative and serves Mayesville Presbyterian Church as an Elder and is the Clerk of Session. 

Rafe has been involved in many types of auctions, ranging from personal property, to farm machinery, to rural, commercial and residential real estate and business liquidations. Past auction projects have included homes, home sites, development land, industrial land, commercial offices, rural land, estate personal property, business liquidations and more.  Rafe has also conducted numerous benefit auctions and galas, assisting various causes in meeting and exceeding their fund raising needs. 

Rafe is married to the former Louise Shaw. They have two adult children and are active in the community and their church. 

 

The MarkNet Alliance Advantage

J.R. Dixon Auctions is part of MarkNet Alliance, sharing technical resources and marketing efforts, providing exposure and promotion of your auction.

  • Auction posted on 60+ MarkNet Alliance member websites and the MarkNet Alliance corporate website with over 1,000,000 unique visitors every 30 days.
  • Physical offices in over 70 cities.
  • Email sent to MarkNet Alliance marketing list with over 125,000 subscribers.
  • 200,000+ registered bidders in the MarkNet Alliance bidding system.
  • Over 6,000 auctions conducted in MarkNet per year.
  • 90% of Marknet Auctioneers are Certified Auctioneer Institute Accredited, a distinction achieved by only 20% of all auctioneers.
  • Over $1 billion in assets sold annually by MarkNet members at auction and through private treaty sales.