Charlotte Pyle was inducted into the National Auto Auction Association’s Hall of Fame and received the Ed Bobit Industry Icon Award during the 2023 NAAA World Remarketing Convention in Chicago.

The NAAA Hall of Fame, established in 1968, recognizes individuals whose long-term service to the auto auction industry and NAAA has contributed improvements to remarketing, and who have worked with the trade organization to benefit its members and have consistently followed the high standards of the association’s Code of Ethics.

NAAA represents more than 340 auction members and 140 associate members in North America.

NAAA and the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance jointly created the annual Ed Bobit Industry Icon Award in 2015 for members of the automotive industry who most exemplify his leadership, dedication, service and devotion to excellence.

Charlotte Pyle is the 10th recipient of the Ed Bobit Industry Icon Award and is the first woman to receive the award.

Pyle and her husband Joe, owners of Mountain State and Capital City Auto Auctions in West Virginia, have been part of the auction business since 1987. She is a past president of NAAA, and a member of NAAA’s Executive, Legislative, Membership and Governance committees. She also serves as NAAA’s Southern Chapter secretary/treasurer and has been co-chair of the Independent Auction Group for more than two decades.

In addition to being an auction owner, Pyle is a licensed real estate agent and broker, and a licensed auctioneer. In 2016, she earned the prestigious Certified Auctioneer Institute designation.

Most recently, Pyle and her team at Capital City Auto Auction hosted the World Automobile Auctioneers Championship in May — the inaugural WAAC under NAAA ownership.