Capitol Auction & Estate Services LLC is a family-owned and operated company. Proprietors Terry and Patrice Mangum are experienced in business and customer service industries. They have long-time family connections to the Willamette Valley and have been homeowners in Salem for the past eight years.

"Patrice and Terry Mangum from Capitol Auction attend Salem Chamber Orchestra Cirque: An Instrumental Affair." Photo courtesy of of the Statesman Journal

Terry is retired from nearly 30 years in the homebuilding, real estate and development business. In recent years, he ran a major division of a Fortune 500 company and was responsible for managing more than $150 million in assets, employing up to 100 people. His division consistently led the company in customer satisfaction and productivity.

Patrice also has a background in the homebuilding and contracting field, serving in accounting, payroll and human resources positions. Additionally, her background includes working for the March of Dimes and the California Birth Defects Monitoring Foundation. She has Associate Degrees in History and Accounting.

Together they have five grown children and four grandchildren.

They both have had a lifelong interest in collecting and travel, which has taken them in recent years to Germany, Switzerland, England, Scotland and France.

Terry is a graduate of the Missouri Auction School ("The Harvard of Auctioneering" established in 1905), member of the National Auctioneers Association and the Oregon Auctioneers Association. Patrice and Terry are both members of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America.