Sara Rose Bytnar, a Naples-based auctioneer who won the Florida auctioneer championship in 2014, passed her title recently — to her mother.
Bytnar and her mother, Beth Rose, are auctioneers and partners in Beth Rose Real Estate and Auctions. The company has offices in Naples, Maumee, Ohio and Birmingham, Mich.
Beth Rose won the state championship held recently at the Florida Auctioneer Association convention in Titusville. Daughter Sara, who won in 2014, handed mother Beth the award, the first time a mother-daughter duo took the championship.
Both mother and daughter will now compete for the 2016 international auctioneer championship in Grand Rapids, Mich. Both women have been runners-up in the past.
Bytnar says the rivalry is good-natured. But we can't help but wonder who will get the last word around the Thanksgiving table.