In 1988, three partners started National Marine Liquidators (NML) as a small boat auction company in Fort Lauderdale FL.  Their partnership combined talent of an automobile sales professional, a seasoned yachtsman, and an experienced/retired IT executive.  Their vision was to create a sales environment designed to protect financial institutions in commercially reasonable sale.  They began selling boats and yachts in a weekly sealed bid auction system.  All bids were recorded through their newly developed bid tracking software which provided cutting edge and very timely reports to the selling banks.

In 1990, during the Savings and Loan crisis, NML, become the only RTC (FDIC) approved marine remarketing contractor. Bob Toney, as a contractor for the RTC himself found the NML model to be just what the industry needed and believed it should grow into a national player, not just the southeast. As the RTC project came to a close, Bob joined the National team and began taking it coast-to-coast with four sales locations. As the late 90’s came to a close, the company became National Liquidators and expanded into the remarketing of other large ticket assets. The company also moved into government contracting handling the storage, maintenance, and auction sales of seized assets. The company experienced incredible growth through the early 2000’s as the leader and most professional in this space. The recession of 2008-2011 hit all records for National. With increased regulation and scrutiny on national lending practices, the industry focus became compliance and regulation driven. Born from Bankers, Bob and the National Team quickly became the cornerstone of regulatory compliance in the industry. National remains the leader in this space and continues to offer the most professional level of service and the most aware of the banking and government regulations required to meet the needs of the industry.

In 2021, Bob made the decision to form a partnership with 2 of his long-term employees, Frank Kups and Annie Amata. The partnership will allow National Liquidators to continue to thrive within the industry it operates. The level of commitment, professionalism and knowledge will not only insure that our clients are serviced with the highest of standards but also allow the company to grow within the industry. Our number one focus is Marine. Our number one concern is you, our client.