Frisco Family Services is incredibly grateful to Dean McCurry for once again serving as the auctioneer for Gala ONE 2026. His engaging presence, dynamic energy, and ability to connect with the crowd played a vital role in the success of both our live auction and Fund-a-Need. Dean brought enthusiasm and excitement to the evening, inspiring generosity and helping us raise critical funds to support individuals and families in our community facing crisis.

As CEO of Texas Center for the Missing, Houston’s Amber Alert Provider, I’m so grateful for the partnership we have with Dean McCurry and his team at DM Auction Services.  We are a grassroots organization with just 3 employees, so our budget is small but our impact is BIG because of partnerships like this.  Dean and his team helped make our 25^th Anniversary Gala the single largest fundraising night in our history.  Dean is professional, passionate, and COMPASSIONATE.  His focus is on maximizing outcomes at each and every stage of the planning and implementation process.  I am very grateful to have worked with Dean and his team since 2021.

At the Mavs Ball, Flagg offered a private meet-and-greet and game day experience for bid, while Thompson and Max Christie teamed up on a round of golf at the PGA headquarters in Frisco — an item auctioneer Dean McCurry doubled on the fly, ultimately raising $80,000 for the foundation. That back-and-forth was on full display throughout the live auction, with players and fans trading bids and pushing totals higher with each item.  The team’s largest fundraising event of the year once again delivered — raising nearly $1.5 million for the Mavs Foundation.

Frisco Family Services is incredibly grateful to Dean McCurry for once again serving as the auctioneer for GalaONE 2026. His engaging presence, dynamic energy, and ability to connect with the crowd played a vital role in the success of both our live auction and Fund-a-Need. Dean brought enthusiasm and excitement to the evening, inspiring generosity and helping us raise critical funds to support individuals and families in our community facing crisis.

It is my pleasure to highly recommend Dean McCurry as an exceptional auctioneer and fundraising partner.

I have had the privilege of working with Dean for the past eight years through Brother Bill’s Helping Hand’s galas and fundraising events. During that time, our events have grossed over $2 million, and Dean has played a significant role in that success.

Dean brings an unmatched level of energy, professionalism, and creativity to every event. His ability to engage a crowd and inspire generosity is truly special. He doesn’t simply conduct an auction—he creates an experience that drives giving and connects people to the mission in a meaningful way.

In addition to his skill as an auctioneer, Dean consistently provides great trips, high-quality silent auction items, and innovative ideas that enhance our fundraising efforts year after year. We can always count on him to bring fresh, creative ways to help advance our mission.

Dean is not only a valued partner of Brother Bill’s Helping Hand—he is also a friend. His heart for the work we do and the people we serve is evident in everything he brings to our events.

Beyond his talent, Dean is a trusted and reliable partner who is fully invested in the success of each event. He takes the time to understand our organization and genuinely cares about the impact of our mission.

We are incredibly grateful for Dean’s partnership and would confidently recommend him to any organization looking to elevate their fundraising events and maximize results.

Dean was such an incredible auctioneer to work with! During the planning phase, we could always count on him to take our phone calls. Dean was open & available to have as many zoom calls as needed to help us feel prepared & comfortable leading up to the night of the auction. He and his staff worked closely together to make the evening as seamless as possible.

We’ve really enjoyed working with you and learning more about your services and how to boost our auction. There is a lot of valuable information that can be added to our committee guidelines and contacts! Very much appreciated for helping with this year’s auction!

I want to thank you for the fun lunch but also want to congratulate you on the spectacular results you achieved with the auction at the Bishops Gala. You are absolutely the best auctioneer we’ve ever seen. You give so much to the effort and your expertise and talent in this are unmatched. We are so fortunate to have you at our Kaleidoscope, and I am so happy you’ll be doing it again next year. You are the best!

Dean, we cannot thank you enough for helping take Brother Bills to the next level. WOW! What a night where goals were exceeded. I have enjoyed working with you knowing your heart and passion are directed at our West Dallas neighbors. Let’s do this again.

Thank you so much Dean! We were so pleased to work with you, and I heard so many comments on how good you were. It was a great team and a phenomenal night!

Thank you again for all your great work with our Pantry in the Park event.  All night long, the feedback from our guests was extremely positive. Thanks again!

Dean,

Thank you so much for your help in making our luncheon last Friday a success!

Please let me know if there is anything you need from me and we look forward to working with you in the future!

 

As CEO of Texas Center for the Missing, Houston’s Amber Alert Provider, I’m so grateful for the partnership we have with Dean McCurry and his team at DM Auction Services.  We are a grassroots organization with just 3 employees, so our budget is small, but our impact is BIG because of partnerships like this.  Dean and his team helped make our 25^th Anniversary Gala the single largest fundraising night in our history.  Dean is professional, passionate, and COMPASSIONATE.  His focus is on maximizing outcomes at each and every stage of the planning and implementation process.  I am very grateful to have worked with Dean and his team since 2021.

Dean,

You are a wonder, a treasure, a showman and a blessing. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and treasure.  You absolute made the night! I am a fan for life.  

The event went very well and the spotters were fantastic – Thank you so much!

Thank you, Kayla, and thank you, Dean, we did even greater than anticipated. Thank you also for being a part of our event

Best auctioneer around! He worked the Mosaic Gala and brought in a good deal more money than ever before, while making the auction fun!

We have had a great experience with DM Auction Services and Allison, we have booked 5 trips so far with 4 completed at this time. They are amazing at details and planning. Everything has been so much fun… Montreal, Breckenridge, CMA Awards, Turks & Caicos! Wowza! Such a great cause and excellent customer service!

So grateful for Dean McCurry and his talented team who helped make our fundraising event a success. Dean brings humor and energy to everything he does and all the team is responsive and gracious.

We want to thank you all for your generous support of our annual Christ the King Catholic School Gala and Auction this year, “An Evening at the Tropicana”, and we are excited to share the results of our efforts. Through your generous sponsorships, donations of funds and auction items, volunteerism, and bidding on April 20th, we were able to raise a net total of $350,000 for our school!

Fund the Need raised $76,798 and Heads or Tails raised $2,230. We grossed over $300K. We’re so grateful for your help to make this event a success!

We have had a great experience with DM Auction Services and Allison, we have booked 5 trips so far with 4 completed at this time. They are amazing at details and planning. Everything has been so much fun… Montreal, Breckenridge, CMA Awards, Turks & Caicos! Wowza! Such a great cause and excellent customer service!

The event was amazing, and very successful. Your team were rockstars! They were able to get majority of our live auction items above value which is amazing! I even had attendees mentioned how much they loved your team. Thank you again so much. We look forward to working with y’all in the future!

I have already heard great feedback from friends in attendance about how fun and great you were – thank you for helping us raise more than we ever have in our live auction!

We have received so many compliments on how entertaining the live auction was and how engaging you made it for the players and crowd.  Already excited to blow our goals out of the water for next year!

I purchased a Colorado ski trip at an auction that DM Auctions Services put on in the fall of 2019. The trip was booked through a 3^rd party vendor and we were all set to go. As instructed, about a week before our trip in January of 2021 I began calling to confirm the trip arrangements and had an issue getting touch with the trip coordinator and the facility’s on site contact person. Literally, the day before our group of 10 people are scheduled to depart I find out that the 3^rd party vendor had declared bankruptcy and we had no place to stay.

I searched my emails from back at the time of purchase and located the number for Dean McCurry and DM Auction Services, and what could have been a nightmare ending turned into a great story. Dean immediately got me in touch with Allison Haynes at DM Travel and within a matter of hours she had us booked into a new place with all the amenities we expected and with enough room for our whole group. They were amazing, instead of us having to cancel flights, ski rentals and lift tickets, we able to keep everything in place a enjoy a long overdue family weekend. I can truly say that DM Auction Services is a group that keeps it word. Thank you Dean and Allison your efforts are greatly appreciated!

We raised $2.5M through underwriting, tickets, all auctions, and meet the need. Great news for CCD and the clients we serve!!

I have used other Auctioneers before but never again.  Team Dean and his services will always have our dedication.  We recently had our annual Fundraiser in November, 2022 and it was a huge success!  Dean is dynamic and extremely personal, and he is all about making money for the cause. Not only does he light up the crowd, but he takes the time to meet the kind people who have donated to us.  That truly helps him understand what they are offering and how to present the item(s).  He and his team have great follow through with the trips and getting the information to the bidders in a better than timely fashion.  We are always grateful to Dean and his team for helping us make money for our passion.

On behalf of LCD, I and the rest of us all want to say Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our event as successful as it was.  Everything you all did was professional and polished and gave a buzz to our event that wouldn’t have achieved such levels without you and your crew.

We will definitely be calling you back for all future charity events and will stand as a strong reference if you ever need one, including allowance to share our logo as a happy customer.

We, together, will be presenting a check for over 45,000 to 1strcf.org at our toy drive.

Our organization benefited so much from having Dean McCurry & his professional team as part of our fundraising gala. Not only did DM Auction Services make the live auction fun & easy, but Dean also helped us raise four times the amount of funds that we had in prior years during our ‘call to action’. Dean & his staff are fun & entertaining, but they also care deeply about the work they do & helping organizations have successful events.

DM Auction Services rocks! You helped take our Fork-Off fundraising event to a new level – raising record breaking $$$ for Network! The support we receive leading up to the event, the day of and all the reporting is top notch. We look forward to working with you again in 2024!

Dean has worked with the Dallas Hearing Foundation for almost 10 years.  It has given us piece of mind to know Dean is on it! Dean always gets our attendees excited at our event and he works tirelessly with our group before the event to help ensure we have a successful event. Dean, Kayla, Gail and crew always make the event fabulous while supporting our staff and ensuring a fabulous, well executed event!

We have used Dean and his team at DM Auction Services since 2018 for our annual gala. They are friendly and easy to communicate with. Dean brings LOTS of fun and excitement to any live auction. His energy pumps the room up and gets everyone bidding! A good time is always had by all! DM Auction Services is who you need at your next fundraiser!

Dean, Kayla, Dustin, and the rest of the DM staff are outstanding! The team came down to Houston to help us execute our first live and virtual auction.  No worries because was Dean a hit with our crowd and we had record-breaking success, raising over $75,000 in about 20 minutes!  The trips are unique, the concierge service for our donors a huge plus, and Kayla manages all the bidding and reports for you.  Trust your next hybrid, virtual, or in-person fundraiser to a crew of specialists who take care of all your auction needs!

I recommend Dean without hesitation or any reservation. Dean and his staff are the very best in the business! They helped us every step of the way with our school auction. He knows this business better than anyone. Before the event, he helped us organize and plan the auction. And on the night of the event, he brought an energy and spirit like no other. We had a fun, exciting, and very profitable night in large part because of the involvement of Dean and his staff. We can’t thank them enough, and we can’t wait to use them again!

Dean was such a welcomed addition to our fundraiser this year! He was able to engage with our guests prior to the live auction through a fun game of “heads or tails”. We surpassed our auction goal by $10,000 and this is largely in part to Dean’s expert skills in bidding up the items! He is easy to work with, knows his stuff, and would be a value add to any organization looking to have a live auction as part of their program.

Thank you very much. It certainly is an awesome cause. Your team was did a great job, everyone was very pleasant and easy to work with.

Dean, Please schedule us for (next year) as we could not have been happier with your results and commitment to excellence.

“We have attended many auctions hosted by Dean McCurry over the years. Best Auctioneer ever! His unique fundraising style, like heads or tails and accepting multiple winners per bid, bring in extra funds.

Great travel destinations and top quality sports and accessory items to bid on increase participation by guests.  He rounds it all out with top marketing strategies via social media and a talented and helpful staff. We highly recommend Dean’s services!”

“THANK YOU for a tremendous event! MIS is so grateful to EACH ONE OF YOU for the extra hours, dedication and love that went into every element of this year’s Auction:

• Dean, your ENERGY is unmatched! You find great bargains and generate so much excitement. Gail, it’s often said that the person behind the scenes is the ‘neck’ that supports and turns the head – thank you for turning continually toward Mary Immaculate.
• Candace, you truly have a gift of making everything BEAUTIFUL! I can’t think of a conversation I had Saturday night that didn’t include, at some point, a comment about the décor. “Is this really where we have the fish fry events?” “Isn’t this the scout place?” Your talent truly transformed the Center into something magical.
• Kayla, how you make transactions and information management so clean and ORGANIZED is truly a gift. People who work behind the scenes are often overlooked but this is where you truly shine! As I await the excel spreadsheet and prepare to import, I am personally especially grateful for you.
• Scott’s music was UPBEAT, fun and kept everyone singing and dancing

The primary purpose of the Auction is to generate funds for the school and we were definitely successful toward that end. But the secondary goal of creating/furthering community was especially important this year coming off of the pandemic. BECAUSE OF EACH OF YOU, we were successful here as well. And because everyone had a good time, that will generate more enthusiasm for future years.”

WOW what a great job you did on 2-22-22!! We appreciate you helping us to make $29,500 for our live auction. That is an amazing amount for only 5 live auction items. Thank you for bringing your wife and another spotter to help make this a big success.  We really needed them as the tables were so spread out.

You have done many auctions for Northwood to help us raise a lot of money for our beneficiaries.  Since this was our first luncheon, we were unsure how it would turn out. The ladies were very generous this year!

Dean and his team did a great job at our event! He is so energetic and gets everyone so excited. We raised a lot of money for our beneficiaries, thanks to him and Kayla for PowerPoint. WOW, many thanks to Dean McCurry Auction Services for a job well done!

“Together, we raised a net amount of
$573,000!”

Dean and his team did an amazing job at making our gala the most successful one to date! Dean’s auctioneering skills helped the live auction part of the event go better than expected as well as with the Big Board, Heads or Tails game, and Paddles Up! Dean was a great resource before the event helping us finalize trip packages that sold so many times and for more than we expected. The night was magical, and we have Dean to thank for a huge portion of it!”

They offer auctioneers, auction software and support among many other services. They are easy to work with, professional and always responsive.

We cannot thank you enough for your help in making our WOKC Anniversary Gala the successful event it was!  You continued to stick with us during an unprecedented pandemic and helped us set goals which were achieved beyond our wildest expectations.  You and Kayla are quick to always answer questions and give feedback immediately.  Your professionalism and attention to detail is top notch!  I have used you for several years at my events over the past 10 years and I am pleased with your outcome every time.  I know we will have a successful event because Dean and his team are there!
I will continue to make a high recommendation to anyone who needs more than just an auctioneer….you were part of our Gala team!

Dean did a fabulous job leading our luncheon crowd in a rousing round of Heads and Tails and a super successful Fund-a-Need. Dean kept it fast-paced and fun which we’re confident made a difference in how many donors participated. We especially appreciated Dean’s expert advice before our event. He was generous with his time and his wisdom. And there’s no extra charge for his eye-catching dinner jackets which helped our attendees keep their focus on raising funds for a worthy cause!

Thanks to Candace, Kort, and Tyler. We couldn’t have hosted a silent auction without all you did. And of course, Tyler did an amazing job on the live auction. Thank you all for the time and resources you put in to make the event successful, as well as your flexibility and patience when things didn’t go according to plan! The team will certainly have more knowledge for next year, I know Tony Llano looks forward to huddling up with you Dean – this was our first time hiring auction services and lots of lessons learned – thanks for getting us through with great success.

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to you and your team of auction professionals at Dean McCurry Auction Services. You helped us take our fundraising gala, Valor Ball, to a level that we did not think was possible in our first year. You gave us strategic advice about how to make the most out of our Silent and Live Auction opportunities. You were generous with your time and your information at our planning and wrap up meetings. And, your team was responsive to our many questions and changes as we got closer to our deadlines. We love the Q-tego software and on-line bidding, as did our guests. Thank you again and we look forward to working with you in the future.