Owner- Jim Bennett has been an artifact collector and dealer for over 20 years, and has authored 8 books on artifacts and authenticating. Jim founded the Ancient Artifact Collectors Association (AACA) which is the largest artifact collecting association with a membership of over 4,000 collectors almost a decade ago. Jim is proud to serve on the board of directors for the Museum of Native American History , and strongly believes that education is the key to the future of artifact collecting. Jim's favorite artifacts to collect are anciently salvaged relics and artifact oddities.

Office Manager- Angela Bennett was one of Jims childhood friends, and now 35 years later is his wife and the Office Manager at Bennett's. Angela's voice is the voice you generally hear when you call the office and most of our customers know Angela's name by the notes she enjoys writing on the bottom of the shipping invoices thanking our customers for their continued business. Angela's favorite artifacts to collect are Mississippian Triangle points and Mississippian era pottery.

Auction Set-up Manager- Doug Hooks is a lifelong collector who began collecting through his father, the well known Jack Hooks of Mansfield, Ohio. Now retired from the building industry, Doug is very involved with Bennett's Auctions on a weekly basis by assisting with prescreening for authenticity and then laying out the artifacts in the order in which they are to be sold. Doug is one of the first people to show up on auction day to get the artifacts laid out for preview and also assists with phone bidders. Doug's favorite artifacts to collect are Ohio slate pendants, gorgets and bannerstones.

Lead Auctioneer- Paul Emerson is an auctioneer from Medina, Ohio, and has conducted sales with Bennett's since the very first Bennett's Artifact Auction. Jim Bennett met Paul while he was conducting produce auctions where Jim wholesales the berries grown on the Bennett's Farm in Polk, Ohio. Jim was looking for an auctioneer willing to learn artifacts and to conduct the artifact auctions, and he was impressed with Paul's style and auctioneering abilities. While Paul does not collect artifacts - he has learned a great deal about artifacts during the time he has lead the auctions for Bennett's, and now regularly gets calls from other artifact auction house in Ohio to assist with their sales.

Auctioneer- In order to keep everything moving during an auction and to keep the crowd awake during an 8 hour auction, Jim decided to use two auctioneers for each sale that would switch off throughout the day. When Jim asked Paul to find an auctioneer he could work with, Paul immediately thought of Nick DeFelice. Nick resides in Wayne Co., Ohio, and has worked doing farm and produce sales, and has assisted Bennett's since the very first sale. Nick's fast pace and country style has been well received by Bennett's auction customers. While Nick does not collect artifacts, he also has become well versed in artifacts and finds himself getting asked by other auction houses in Ohio to assist with their artifact sales.

Auction Phone Bidding Manager- John Lutz of Newark, Ohio is a longtime collector of Ohio artifacts and an active member in the Archaeological Society of Ohio. John has assisted Bennett's Auctions from the beginning with scheduling and calling phone bidders and assisting with handling the online bidding process. John's favorite artifacts to collect are Ohio flint and slate relics, as well as anything from his home area of Central Ohio.

Auction Floor Staff- Charlie Fulk is a longtime Ohio collector and his vast knowledge of Midwestern flint types comes in handy as he always makes himself readily available for any collector on the floor with a question. Charlie is always one of the first to arrive on auction day, and he makes sure all the lots are properly placed in numerical order for the preview and sale. Charlie is always quick to lend a hand throughout the day with all the tasks from announcing lots to phone bidders to showing artifacts to the floor crowd members who are bidding. Charlies favorite artifacts to collect are flint points and knives made from Pipe Creek chert.

Proxibid Operator- Rick Bennett, also known as Dad, is the main Proxibid floor operator and generally handles the online bidding system for the hundreds of online bidders that participate in each sale. Dad is a retired Policeman, detective and business owner, and when he is not in Florida fishing, he can be found at each Bennett's auction with his hand in the air bidding for all the people who cannot attend in person and bid through the Proxibid system. Dad does not collect artifacts, however he does collect coins with an emphasis on Canadian currency.

Auction Clerk- Clerking an auction can be a difficult task as each lot sold must be manually recorded and after 7 hours, it can be a tedious task. Jackie, aka Sis, does a great job making sure each lot is properly clerked and entered for invoicing. Jackie is a full time cardiac RN, which could be helpful on the floor when bidding wars break out on the auction floor over an item and the blood pressure goes up. Jackie does not collect artifacts, but does a great job collecting and recording the data for each lot sold.

Auction Floor Staff- "Vana White" One of the jobs on auction day is holding up each lot being sold for the crowd to see, and to walk it around the floor for those who desire a closer inspection. Bennett's employs several people at each auction to fulfill this task. These helpers are known at Bennett's as "Vana Whites" as holding up artifacts for the floor crowd to see is strikingly similar to the watching Vana White point to Vowels on TV . Hannah Bennett is the eldest daughter of owner Jim Bennett, and is a regular Vana White at Bennett's sales. Hannah collects only those points that she finds in the fields around Polk, Ohio.