Dan Dotson Biography

Fast Facts

• Would often skip school in his teenage years to sell furniture at the Chino auction for Merl Bernard
• Started out in the auction business in 1974 after learning the trade from his grandfather at the age of 11
• Best known as an auctioneer on the reality TV series "Storage Wars․"
• Started American Auctioneers in 1983 and ran an auction house in Riverside, California in the 80's and 90's
• Is the co-founder of the auction listing website Storage Treasures
• Was a contestant on Family Fued during the 2000 season