Auctioneer

LICENSED AUCTIONEER

441000426

NOT RENEWED

N

RONALD

E

DUNKEL

RONALD E DUNKEL

DUNKEL'S AUCTION SERVICE

06/15/2000

01/09/2013

12/31/2014

PERU

IL

61354

LA SALLE

Y

03/09/2015

2013011326

Revocation

02/27/2015

for commingling funds of others with his funds and failing to keep the funds of others in an escrow account; failing to maintain a separate escrow account for money belonging to others which were entrusted to him while acting as an auctioneer; failing to account for, remit, or return money or property coming into his possession that belongs to others which he acquired through the practice of auctioneering; pursuing a flagrant course of misrepresentation and the making of false promises through an employee or agent when he and his wife, who was employed by respondent, promised to pay auction clients the money that they were due for the sale of their items, and failed to do so within 30 days; engaging in dishonorable and unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public when he failed to respond to the phone calls, letters, and emails of clients who were demanding return of their property or payment for the items that had sold; failing to make available to the Department all escrow and business records and related documents maintained in connection with the practice of providing an auction service; failing to provide information within 30 days in response to a written request made by the Department; failing to enter into a written contract; and failing to include statutorily required elements in a written contrat including, but not limited to, the name, license number, business address, and phone number of the auctioneer or auction firm conducting an auction or providing an auction service.