An auctioneer never retires, especially when he loves people this much!

Auctioneer Harold Betthauser has been commanding auctions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for over 50 years. BID CALLER is a portrait of the personalities, nostalgia, and collectibles that embody he and his wife Marilyn’s weekly estate auctions. The film explores the impermanence of material items and their significance within the human experience. Wisconsin personalities provide the film with levity and humor as darker themes of material and sentimental loss provide contrast in dissonance.