J.Craig King

Craig is a fourth-generation auctioneer of J. P. King Auction Company, and served as President/CEO of J. P. King Auction Company, from 1985-2023. He has over 45 years of real estate and auction experience.

Craig has been a spokesman for the auction industry and has been featured on many news programs and has been interviewed by the nation’s leading newspapers and trade publications such as the Wall Street Journal and CNBC.

He was president of the Certified Auctioneers Institute and has served as treasurer of the National Auction Association as well as served on the board of the National Auction Foundation.

He is a past president of the Alabama Auctioneers Association and the Alabama chapter of the Realtors Land Institute. He has been inducted into the National Auction Association and the Alabama Auctioneers Association’s Hall of Fame. Craig has also served as a speaker for state and national auction associations and associations of Realtors meetings.

Craig and his wife Cindy have two adult children and reside in Rainbow City , Alabama. Craig is active in his church where he is a Deacon and has completed several mission trips to Africa to assist in the drilling of wells and establishing drip irrigation systems.

Craig is an avid outdoorsman where he has section hiked over 1,400 miles of the Appalachian Trail and enjoys walking with his beagle on his family farm.