Our History

Stokes Auction Group grew from a long-established auction family on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. The auction life has a way of grabbing people by the heart and not letting go. There’s a feverish excitement to the whole business that can make it hard for any other profession to measure up. Add to that the tremendous good being done at the charity auctions and you come out with an altogether zealous bunch of folks.

Chief among them, Stokes Auction Group founders Jeff Stokes and Mark Schenfeld. The two were playmates as children, growing up around the Stokes family commercial auction barn in Port Orchard, Washington. After years and years of living, working and playing around the auction business, Mark and Jeff did what young men usually do: they set out to make their claim on the world.

This took the form of charity auctions, and they became Stokes Auction Group. Because you’ll remember, of course, that the auction life has a way of grabbing people and not letting go. In their new Stokes Auction Group, Jeff and Mark found the kind of success that meant their work was meaningful, useful to many people and a value to the community.

Stokes Auction Group has grown from a two-man company in the 1990s to a collection of professionals with the capabilities, expertise and drive to put on hundreds of charity auctions a year. We’re young still, but our history tells a story of wisdom, determination, passion and success. We’re glad you can be a part of it.