Training the world’s most successful auctioneers since 1933.
Des Moines, Iowa area
+ Nationwide Online Training
World Wide College of Auctioneering
Learn from our legacy.
WWCA s one of the most established and respected auction schools in the country, with a legacy built on tradition, mentorship, and generations of auctioneers who learned the craft through disciplined training and practice.
Auctioneering is more than fast talking. It is rhythm, presence, professionalism, and connection. At WWCA, students gain more than licensing education. They step into a culture that honors the history of the profession while preparing auctioneers to succeed in today’s industry.
WWCA remains a place where the chant matters, the standards are high, and students are trained with care, structure, and pride.
WELCOME
Your auctioneer career starts here, today!
Join thousands of graduates we have trained across the nation.
We believe auctioneering is a profession, a business, and a craft you build over time. That’s why we’re one of the only schools designed to support the full journey, from earning your license to maintaining it, leveling up your skills, preparing for exams, and growing with confidence. Our experienced instructors and owners are passionate about raising up the next generation of auctioneers and giving you the tools to start your career.
OUR CORE COURSE
Pre-Licensing
Start your auctioneer career here.
The Pre-Licensing is a comprehensive 80+hour course designed to teach students the skills and abilities essential to acting as an auctioneer, conducting auctions and operating an auction company. Graduates of the course will be able to communicate and interact with the public in conducting auctions with an emphasis on professionalism and ethics in accordance with federal, state and local auction laws. They will learn how to conduct themselves as an auctioneer in performing the auction chant and other basic auctioneer duties.
In addition, they will learn to initiate seller contact, market, set-up, contract, settle, collect sales tax, maintain auction sale files and perform sale management skills for a variety of types of auction sales. Graduates of this course may find entry level employment at an auction house, antique auction gallery, auto auction, cattle sale barn, for a general auctioneer or may choose to start their own business.
Tuition: $1,995
Includes the practice guide, audio, and registration fee
FULL COURSE CATALOG
Courses designed to launch and grow your career.
Online, in-person and hybrid options to work with your schedule.
Whether you’re focused on bid-calling, exam prep, or a state-specific requirement like automotive training or the Kentucky core course, you’ll find the support and skill-building to move forward with confidence.
LEADERSHIP
Learn from our experience.
Extensive auctioneering expertise and excellence guides your education.
The curriculum for America’s Auction Academy is led by world-renowned auctioneer Mike Jones. Mike Jones is a 45-year veteran auctioneer, real estate broker, and educator who founded Texas Auction Academy in 1992, renamed as America's Auction Academy in 2018. He served as president of both the National Auction Association and Texas Auctioneers Association, and earned the NAA Triple Crown as the first auctioneer to win the International Auctioneer Championship (1998), serve as NAA President (2004-05), and enter the NAA Hall of Fame (2012). He achieved a parallel sweep in Texas: State Champion (1995), TAA President (1994-95), and Texas Auctioneer Hall of Fame inductee (2005).
Mike and his team are responsible for the training of every graduate of the Academy.
OUR COMMITMENT
Your success.
America’s Auction Academy together decades of leadership, teaching experience, operational know-how, and hard-earned industry credibility. The goal is straightforward: build the most trusted, thorough, and forward-looking auction education program in the country. Students at Auction Academy get the benefit of that commitment — high standards, genuine passion for the craft, and a firm belief that great auctioneers are made through knowledge, practice, and integrity.
