Laura Dotson is a featured auctioneer on the hit reality show Storage Wars on A&E. Born Laura Christine Payton on May 13, 1968 and raised in Thousand Oaks, CA, Laura is a proud mother, wife, and business partner of American Auctioneers and StorageAuctions.net.
In 1996 Laura met Dan Dotson, who later became her husband and her business partner. The couple have a son together and Laura is also a loving stepmother to Dan's two older sons from a prior marriage.
Laura has played a vital role in Dan reaching new heights in the auctioneering industry. She is the co-owner and manager of American Auctioneers which currently specializes in auctions of storage units, estates, business inventories, and equipment, plus legal/foreclosure auctions, fundraisers, and appraisals. Laura averages two auctions a day, six days a week and with her help American Auctioneers has grown from three hundred auctions a year to over three thousand!
Laura has been in the lime light from some time now and she has earned every minute of it. She has been a contestant on TV game shows such as; The Price Is Right, Family Feud, and Let's Make A Deal, she has made cameos in Early Edition, Home & Family, and Hot in Cleveland, and also appeared on talk shows like; Anderson Live and Fox and Friends.
In December of 2010, both Dotson's began appearing on A&E's Storage Wars, a reality series which follows professional buyers and their teams as they bid on storage units that are in default. Ordinarily, Dan acts as the auctioneer and Laura as the ring-woman, but these roles are occasionally reversed.
Laura always has a smile on her face, but don't mistake that for weakness. She is a multilingual, savvy business person, with the gift for gab and a zest for life. Currently American Auctioneers handle three thousand auctions and appraisals per year, making Dan and Laura America's #1 Auction Team! "Don't Forget To Pay The Lady!"
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Storage Wars (2010)
Starring as Laura Dotson (50 episodes)
- Episode 13x21: Miss Direction...If You're Nasty (Dec 7, 2021)
- Episode 13x10: A Plane Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (May 25, 2021)
- Episode 13x09: Dr. D and the Mystery Machines (May 18, 2021)
- Episode 13x08: Breaking Bread (May 11, 2021)
- Episode 13x07: Game of Groans: Whittier is Coming (May 11, 2021)
- Episode 13x06: Queen-baya! (May 4, 2021)
- Episode 13x05: Rules #1 (May 4, 2021)
- Episode 13x04: Mirro, Mirro, on the Floor (Apr 27, 2021)
- Episode 13x03: Let's Make a Dill! (Apr 27, 2021)
- Episode 13x02: Bits and Pizzas (Apr 20, 2021)
- Episode 13x01: Santanas Are Coming to Town (Apr 20, 2021)
- Episode 12x16: Drama in the LBC (Jan 30, 2019)
- Episode 12x11: What Came First: The Chicken or the Auction? (Jan 16, 2019)
- Episode 12x09: Let's Give 'em Something to Tonka About (Jan 9, 2019)
- Episode 12x08: Cloudy with a Chance of Profit (Nov 28, 2018)
- Episode 12x02: Weekend at Barry's (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 12x01: The Jenny, The Baker, The Prosthetics Maker (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 11x27: Tour de Van Nuys (Mar 21, 2018)
- Episode 11x26: Indiana Ivy and the Temple of Phlegm (Mar 21, 2018)
- Episode 11x25: And Mary Ran Away with the Spoon (Mar 14, 2018)
- Episode 11x23: Crickets and Wickets (Mar 7, 2018)
- Episode 11x22: Mary's Re-finds (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 11x20: Goat Tell It on the Mountain (Feb 7, 2018)
- Episode 11x19: The Way of the YUUUP! (Jan 31, 2018)
- Episode 11x18: Fa-la-la-lala, La-la-la-locker! (Jan 24, 2018)
- Episode 11x16: Crate Balls of Fire (Jan 17, 2018)
- Episode 11x15: Whiskers and Lies (Jan 10, 2018)
- Episode 11x11: Buyerina (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 11x10: One Girl's Trinket is Another Man's Treasure (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 11x06: Kumba-YUUUP! (Nov 29, 2017)
- Episode 11x04: A Metamorphic Layer of True Romanticism (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 11x02: Out of the Frying Pan Am (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 11x01: The Wild Wild Vests (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 10x24: 666: The Sign of the Profit (Aug 2, 2017)
- Episode 10x23: Me, Myself and Ivy (Jul 26, 2017)
- Episode 10x20: Shave and a Haircut: Two Bids (Jun 14, 2017)
- Episode 10x19: The Clamper Caper (Jun 14, 2017)
- Episode 10x18: Hare Today, Gun Tomorrow (Jun 7, 2017)
- Episode 10x17: (Jun 7, 2017)
- Episode 10x16: Good MOURNING, Arcadia! (May 31, 2017)
- Episode 10x14: You Win Some, You Luge Some (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 10x12: Olé/GYN (May 17, 2017)
- Episode 10x08: (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 10x06: I Learned It from Watching You (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 9x15: The Fat Lady is Warming Up (May 24, 2016)
- Episode 9x14: Father Bids Best (May 17, 2016)
- Episode 9x12: The One with Mary and Allee (May 10, 2016)
- Episode 9x11: ¡Auctions Arriba! (May 10, 2016)
- Episode 9x10: Mary's Big Score (May 3, 2016)
- Episode S14 Special: Welcome Back Barry: Older and Weiss-er (Oct 26, 2021)
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Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Guest starring as Laura Dotson
- Episode 3x22: Storage Wars (May 16, 2012)
