About Grumpy Daves...

Dave & Linda Wells established the Wells Ranch Summer Auction in 1991, the Arizona Draft Horse March Auction in 1993, and the Draft Horse Fall Auction in 1995.  These three Consignment Auctions are the only Auctions of this type in Arizona. These are all big auctions, and have 5 to 6 Auctioneers!  They are all good honest people, and everybody enjoys them.  

Dave passed away May 31, 2008, but wanted his auctions to continue.  In spite of being very ill, he decided the June auction would go on, which it did, even tho he had passed away only 2 weeks before.  We, his family and good friends will continue to do the best job we can to provide the kind of honest auction he was so proud of.

Dave was a horse shoer in the early 1960's, then in 1965 started "Giddi Up Go Horse Transportation", hauling race horses & show horses nationwide.  He sold that business and bought out J.T. Pritchard's Cactus Stables, operating it as "Wells Ranch Stables", in Phoenix, contracting horses for Movies, Parades, Hotel Work & private partys, until he moved to Show Low in 1979.  The picture at the top of the page, is Dave driving his "Black 6 up", pulling the first "Arizona Stage Coach Co." Stage.