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Sachs 5th Auction

A Family Owned &
Operated Business


The Sachs and Garcia families are long time residents of Valencia County, New Mexico. The Sachs first settled here in the 19th century. In 1953 Pilar Sachs, Grandfather of Lorraine Sachs, opened Sachs Appliance in downtown Belen. Later her father, Marty, took over the business.

Sachs Appliance 1953
Sachs Appliances 1953

In 1998, Lorraine Sachs Garcia along with her husband, Anthony, founded Sachs 5th Auction. They later purchased the building where her father and grandfather had the appliance business.
It is now the home of Sachs 5th Auction, a vibrant auction house.

Anthony & Lorraine Sachs Garcia

Anthony & Lorraine Sachs Garcia
Founders

Professional Auctions
with a Professional Staff

Meet the Auctioneers

Lorraine Sachs Garcia, CAI
Principal Auctioneer
Lorraine Sachs
Lorraine is the co-founder of Sachs 5th Auction and principal auctioneer. She holds a National Auctioneers Association's CAI designation, and strickly adheres to the NAA's Code of Ethics.


Marty Sachs
Auctioneer

Marty SachsMarty is the father of Lorraine and now auctions appliances, rather than selling them. So much for retirement.




Karlos Sachs
Auctioneer
Karlos SachsKarlos is the brother of Lorraine and auctioneered in the before time. He now lives in Washington D.C. However, if he is visiting home, and there is a charity auction...he's back!


Marcos Garcia
Auctioneer
Marcos GarciaMarcos is the oldest son of Anthony and Lorraine and has literally grown up in the auction business, as has his siblings.
Marcos graduated from USC in the Spring of 2009. He currently resides in NYC and works on Wall Street as an Investment Banker. (He's one of the good guys). He enjoys auctioneering when he visits home.

David Garcia
Auctioneer
David Garcia
David is the youngest of the Garcia Klan, and is an up-and-coming auctioneer in his own right. He is a great help in the background, assisting in inventory, research, and marketing, when he has time.

Eloisa Garcia
Auctioneer
Eloisa Garcia
Eloisa is the daughter of Anthony & Lorraine. She is a talented auctioneer and appropriately is a student at USC majoring in Theatre & Cinema with a second major in Leadership.
When home, she adds a lot of spunk and class to the auction, making it even more fun and exciting.












The Rest of the Crew

Elsie Sachs
Public Relations
ElsieElsie is the mother of Lorraine and is the smiling face everyone looks forward to on auction day.





Mapooz Kong Garcia
Official Mascot
MapoozMr. Mapooz Kong Garcia is the official mascot for Sachs 5th Auction. His duties include morale boosting for staff, consignors, and bidders. Mapooz states, "I'm honored to be the mascot for Sachs. I will do my best to contribute to the auction house. I also want to encourage humans to adopt my friends, and spay and neuter them, And, of course, love them."


Anthony Garcia
Co-Founder & Vice-President
Anthony GarciaAnthony is the co-owner of Sachs 5th Auction. He is truly the backbone of our Auction, and makes sure everything goes smoothly on Auction Day.




Family Owned and Operated Since 1998

The Garcias

Garcia Family




























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