2008 marks the 50th year anniversary of business for C. Garth Semple and Associates, Inc. AUCTIONEERS. The company was started in 1958 by Garth Semple who became interested in the auction profession at the age of 26. In 1958 Garth attended the Reppert School of Auctioneering in Decatur, IN. In order to be able to afford to go to auction school he took a leave of absence from his full time job and sold his prize possession – a 1932 Ford Model A roadster which he had restored from the ground up. This car was both his hobby and his passion, winning first place at almost every car meet in which it was entered.
Over the years C. Garth Semple and Associates has been involved in many of the highest profile auctions conducted in the Greater Cincinnati marketplace.
- In 1962 they teamed with the Effron Corporation to sell the paddlewheel boat known as The Avalon. It was purchased by Judge Marlow Cook for the City of Louisville and is now known as The Belle of Louisville.
- Also in the early 1960’s they again teamed with The Effron Corporation to sell the assets of The Rookwood Pottery Factory, after the Herschede Clock Company acquired it.
- In the mid 1980’s the company liquidated assets, under a court order, of John Coyne, a Clermont County junk yard owner who would drive his Sherman Tank down the streets of Batavia, Ohio. A resident of Nicholasville, KY purchased the tank for $25,000.
- In the 1990’s the company sold Laurel Court, the highest residential property ever sold at auction in Greater Cincinnati at $2,145,000.00.
- In the early 2000’s C. Garth Semple and Associates sold the assets of the infamous Bill Erpenbeck and Tony Erpenbeck for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Bill Erpenbeck’s personal residence sold for $1,300,000.00.
- Also in the early 2000’s the company sold Surf Cincinnati water park complex for $1,900,000.00.
- In 2008 Semple sold the 130 Ameristop convenience store locations for $62,000,000.
Over the years C. Garth Semple and Associates has grown from just a vision to a nationally recognized auction company, specializing in premier residential properties, commercial/industrial real estate, foreclosed properties, and business assets in both live and Internet only formats. They have won numerous awards both on the State and Nation level for their marketing expertise. In 2005 Garth was honored by being inducted into the Ohio Auctioneers Hall of Fame.
Under the current leadership of Brent Semple, Garth’s son, and Mark Euton, the company continues to assist the Greater Cincinnati and regional marketplace in selling their real estate and business assets at auction. |
