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The auctioneer for nights that need to hit their number
Duncan Schieb is a licensed Sydney-based auctioneer who has called more than 15,000 auctions across Australia, the UK, the USA and Asia — raising over $200 million for charities and selling over $4 billion in assets. He conducts charity gala auctions and paddle raises, property auctions and special-event auctions, and travels Australia-wide and internationally. To check availability for your date, email duncan@duncanschieb.com or call +61 498 221 100.
What's included when you book me
Hiring an auctioneer isn't buying twenty minutes with a gavel — it's buying the difference between what your room could give and what it actually gives. Every charity booking includes:
A free, no-obligation strategy call — including a review of your previous events to find where money was left in the room.
Auction and paddle-raise design — item curation advice, pricing and sequencing, and where the appeal sits in your running order. This matters more than most committees realise.
The night itself — I hold the room, read it, and adjust in real time. Thirty years of doing this means nothing on the night surprises me.
A post-event debrief — what worked, what to change, and how to grow the result next year.
Results
"Duncan helped us raise a record amount of funds for the Abbotsleigh Foundation at our Gala event this year. He did his research, read the room perfectly and managed to make the right appeal to our donors. His strategy and action in our paddle raise yielded fantastic results!"
— Sasha Carrel, Abbotsleigh Foundation
"He served as our emcee and auctioneer and helped us exceed our auction goals by 90%. Duncan was able to professionally and appropriately command the crowd... he kept the speaking program on schedule."
— Fundraising event client, New York City
Review over 50 testimonials on LinkedIn.
How much does a specialist charity auctioneer cost?
Fees depend on the event's size, location and how much pre-event strategy work is involved — and every engagement starts with a free consultation, so you'll have an exact quote before committing to anything. But here's the number that matters more than the fee: across my charity events, the return on investment routinely exceeds ten times what you'll pay. A well-run paddle raise alone typically covers the fee many times over.