Awards
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Here’s some official recognition of our quality.
2022 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
2 platinum awards (postcards)
5 honorable mentions (for postcards and brochures)
2021 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
1 platinum award (brochure)
4 gold awards (3 for postcards, 1 for brochure)
4 honorable mentions (all 4 for postcards)
2020 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
3 gold awards (2 for postcards, 1 for social media)
6 honorable mentions (5 for postcards, 1 for brochures)
2020 Michigan State Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Specialty Auction Printed Material.
2020 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
1 first place for Business Liquidations/Commercial print materials
1 first place for postcards
2019 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
2 first place advertising awards for General Household & Estate postcard and Personal Property postcard.
7 second-place advertising awards for Development Land Real Estate postcard, General Household & Estate postcard, Multi-Property Real Estate postcard, Recreational Real Estate postcard, Traditional Real Estate postcard, Development Real Estate brochure, and General Household & Estate brochure.
2019 Virginia Auctioneers Association
1 first place advertising award for 4-Color Real Estate Print Marketing (an 8.5×11 postcard).
2018 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
4 first place advertising awards for Business Liquidation postcard, General Household & Estate postcard, Farm Equipment postcard, and Auto & Truck brochure.
4 second-place advertising awards for Auto & Truck brochure, Multi-Property brochure, Machinery & Equipment brochure, and Company Promotional: Giveaway Item.
2018 Auctioneers Association of North Carolina
1 Best of Category award for Farm or Farm Related direct mail.
2018 Kentucky Auctioneers Association
1 first place advertising award for Real Estate brochure.
2018 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
1 first place advertising award for Real Estate brochure.
2018 South Carolina Auctioneers Association
1 Best of Category award for Antiques & Estates print media.
2018 Wisconsin Auctioneers Association
1 first place advertising award for Real Estate postcard.
2017 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
3 first place advertising awards for Automobiles & Trucks postcard, and (2) General Household & Estate postcard [both of tied first place].
5 second-place advertising awards for Automobiles & Trucks postcard, General Household & Estate postcard, (2) Multi-Property Real Estate postcard [both of tied second place], and Business Liquidation brochure.
2016 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
4 first place advertising awards for Automobiles & Trucks postcard, Multi-Property Real Estate postcard, Luxury Real Estate postcard, and Multi-Property Real Estate brochure.
7 second-place advertising awards for Automobiles & Trucks postcard, Commercial/Farm/Industrial Real Estate postcard, Machinery & Equipment postcard, Personal Property (Antiques & Collectibles) postcard, (2: tied) Machinery & Equipment brochures, and Luxury Real Estate brochure.
2016 Ohio Auctioneers Association
1 advertising excellence award in the Wild Card category (for a farm real estate brochure).
2015 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
2 first place advertising awards, including General Household & Estate postcard, Automobiles & Trucks brochure
2015 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards for Estate Multi-Color brochure and Commercial-Industrial Multi-Color postcard.
2014 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
4 first place advertising awards, including Development Land Real Estate brochure, General Household & Estates brochure, General Household & Estates postcard, and Personal Property (Antiques, Collectibles, Etc.) postcard.
5 second-place advertising awards, including Commercial/Industrial Real Estate brochure, Machinery & Equipment brochure, Personal Property (Antiques, Collectibles, Etc.) brochure, Development Land Real Estate postcard, and Multi-Property Real Estate postcard.
2014 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Farm Multi-Color brochure.
2013 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
4 first place advertising awards, including General Household & Estates postcard, Farm Machinery & Equipment postcard, Traditional Residential Real Estate postcard, Commercial/Industrial Machinery & Equipment brochure.
12 second-place advertising awards, including Antiques & Collectibles postcard, General Household & Estates postcard, Commercial/Industrial Machinery & Equipment postcard, Farm & Ranch Real Estate postcard, Traditional Residential Real Estate postcard, Development Land Real Estate postcard, Commercial/Industrial Real Estate postcard, Multi-Property Real Estate postcard, General Household & Estates brochure, Commercial/Industrial Machinery & Equipment brochure, Farm Machinery & Equipment brochure, Traditional Residential Real Estate brochure.
2013 Florida Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Best of Show.
2013 Indiana Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Residential Real Estate brochure.
2013 Michigan State Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Real Estate Multicolor Printed Material.
2013 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
3 advertising awards for 3 companies including Specialty Collections Multi-Color, Farm Multi-Sided, Household & Antiques Multi-Color, and Real Estate & Personal Property Multi-Sided (postcard competing against brochures).
2013 Ohio Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards (for same piece) for Best of Show and full-color Non-commercial Real Estate Brochure.
2012 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
9 first place advertising awards, including Antiques & Collectibles postcard, Automobiles & Trucks postcard, Business Liquidation postcard, Commercial/Industrial Machinery postcard, Multi-Property Real Estate postcard, Commercial/Industrial Machinery brochure, Farm Machinery & Equipment brochure, Small Full-Color ad, and News Release.
5 second-place advertising awards, including General Household & Estates postcard, Farm Machinery postcard, Traditional Real Estate postcard, Commercial Real Estate postcard, Traditional Real Estate brochure.
2012 Idaho Association of Professional Auctioneers
1 advertising award—Best in Show—for a farm real estate brochure.
2012 Michigan State Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards for Business Stationary, Letterhead, Envelope, Card, Brochure, Promotional Item and Real Estate Multicolor Printed Material. (Only one of biplane‘s Michigan clients entered this year.)
2012 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
3 advertising awards for 2 companies including Household & Antiques Multi-Color, Household & Antiques Multi-Sided, and Real Estate & Personal Property Multi-Sided.
2012 Wisconsin Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards for full color Real Estate Direct Mail and Personal Property Direct Mail—the only two direct mail categories in this year’s contest.
2011 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
3 advertising awards, including multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment brochure, Commercial/Industrial Real Estate postcard, and Farm Real Estate postcard.
2011 Michigan State Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards, including 1st place for full color Farm Equipment Brochure, and full color Estate Brochure.
2011 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
3 advertising awards, including 1st place for full color Real Estate & Personal Property Brochure, multi-sided full color Farm Brochure and for Auction Specialty Ideas (for a trade show booth). Partial contribution to Auction Sign winner.
2011 Wisconsin Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for full color Real Estate Direct Mail.
2010 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
12 advertising awards, including 1-/2-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Brochure, 1-/2-color General Household/Estate Brochure, multi-color Collectibles/Specialty Brochure, multi-color General Household/Estate Brochure, multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Brochure, multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Catalog, multi-color Specialty/Collectibles Brochure, Commercial/Industrial Equipment Postcard, Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Postcard, Residential Real Estate Postcard, Farm Real Estate Postcard, and Company Brochure.
2010 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
5 advertising awards, including 1st place for full color Commercial/Industrial Brochure, full-color Real Estate Brochure, and full color Household & Antiques Brochure, as well as 1st place for 2-color Commercial/Industrial Brochure. 2nd place advertising award for two-color Real Estate & Personal Property Brochure.
2010 Virginia Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for Company Promotion for a vinyl vehicle wrap, coordinated by biplane and designed by VSP Marketing Graphics in West Seneca, NY.
2010 Ohio Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for full-color Non-commercial Real Estate Brochure.
2009 National Auctioneers Association/USA Today
5 advertising awards, including multi-color Livestock Brochure, multi-color Postcard, multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Catalog, multi-color Specialty/Collectibles Brochure, and State Association Recruitment Brochure.
2009 Virginia Auctioneers Association
5 advertising awards including full-color Farm Brochure and Estate Liquidation as well as Newspaper Ad. The other 2 awards were given for auction photography, winning the Wild Card and Real Estate Auction categories.
2009 Michigan Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for full-color Business Liquidation Brochure.
2009 Ohio Auctioneers Association
1 advertising award for full-color Commercial Real Estate Brochure.
2009 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
2nd place advertising award for full-color Real Estate & Personal Property Brochure.
2008 National Auctioneers Association
7 advertising awards, including multi-color Residential Real Estate Brochure, multi-color Automobile Brochure, multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Brochure, multi-color Household/Estate Brochure, multi-color Commercial/Industrial Equipment Catalog, promotional Company Brochure (won with 2-color piece in full-color category), and Online Advertising Campaign.
2008 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
4 advertising awards including full-color Real Estate Brochure, Household & Estate Brochure,Proposal, and Best of Show.
2008 Michigan State Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards including full-color Specialty brochure, and Best of Show (“Auction of the Year”).
2007 Torraspapel
International competition’s Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Design.
2007 National Auctioneers Association
3 advertising awards, including multi-color Comm/Ind Equipment Brochure, multi-color Comm/Ind Equipment Catalog, and two-color Antiques Brochure
2007 Minnesota State Auctioneers Association
2 advertising awards including full-color Real Estate & Personal Property Brochure and Household & Antique Brochure.
2006 National Auctioneers Association
4 advertising awards, including multi-color Comm/Ind Equipment Brochure, two-color Farm Machinery Brochure, multi-color Farm Machinery Brochure, multi-color Livestock Brochure
2006 Virginia Auctioneers Association
6 advertising awards including full-color Real Estate Brochure, Estate Liquidation, and Commercial/Industrial Real Estate, print advertisement (magazine), postcard, and one-color Farm Sale. Virginia did not allow client’s entries in 6 categories due to awards in 2005 and limited entries to one per category per company.
2005 National Auctioneers Association
6 advertising awards, including Best of Show Advertising, Company Promotional Item, multi-color Estate Brochure, two-color Farm Machinery Brochure, two-color Farm Real Estate Brochure, one-color Livestock Brochure.
2005 Virginia Auctioneers Association
6 advertising awards including full-color Antiques Brochure and four 1-color Brochures and 1-3 photography awards. Virginia did not allow client’s entries in 10 categories due to awards in 2004.
2005 Illinois Auctioneers Association
2 or 3 advertising awards including Best of Show
2004 National Auctioneers Association
6 advertising and photography awards, including Company Brochure, Company Promotional Item, Presentation Folder, and two-color Collectibles Brochure.
2004 Michigan Auctioneers Association
1 award for full-color Real Estate Brochure
2004 Virginia Auctioneers Association
Best of Show and 10 other advertising and photography awards, including best full-color Real Estate Brochure and full-color Postcard. Told that I would have won best newspaper ad, but was ineligible for having won it last year.
2003 National Auctioneers Association
6 awards for brochures and photography, including full-color Livestock Brochure, full-color Estate Liquidation Brochure, two-color Farm Real Estate Brochure, and one-color Commercial/Industrial Printed Piece
2003 Virginia Auctioneers Association
(3 months of eligible pieces)
1 award for newspaper ad
Awards below were for pieces designed by Ryan during his employment at Schrader Real Estate & Auction.
2003 Ohio Auctioneers Association
1 or 2 awards for real estate brochures
2003 Michigan Auctioneers Association
1 award for full-color Real Estate Brochure
2002 Indiana Auctioneers Association
9 awards for brochures and ads, including Best of Show
2002 National Auctioneers Association
4 awards for brochures and ads, including Best Auction Presentation, Best Proposal, Best Ad Overall, and Best Full-color Ad
2002 Ohio Auctioneers Association
2 awards for brochures
2001 Indiana Auctioneers Association
10 awards for brochures and ads, including Best of Show
2001 National Auctioneers Association
5 awards for brochures, including one- and full-color Farm Equipment Brochure and full-color Farm Real Estate Brochure
The names on most of the plaques belong to the auctioneers for whom Ryan designs, as it is they who commission the work and give the freedom to be creative.