About Us

Berman History

 

In the depths of the Great Depression Henry A. Berman, a native of Boston who’d moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, struck out on his own to build a business that could sustain his young family. He would buy up the contents of houses, barns, old storefronts and railroad cars, and then call a public auction to sell the goods. The year was 1932 and the enterprise that is known today as Berman Auctioneers & Appraisers was born.

Through three-generations of family leadership, under Henry, his son Myron “Mike” Berman, and Myron’s son-in-law Mark Shear, Berman Auctioneers & Appraisers has grown and evolved into a full-service asset valuation and disposition organization. Since 1932, the company has sold thousands of pieces of real estate, of all classes, and untold thousands of lots of commercial and personal property at auctions throughout Central New England.