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Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/

Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/

|title=Golden voice: Auctioneer Keith Babb honored|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=January 31, 2015|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Babb added, "The road isn't as fun as it used to be. I don't want to die on the auction stand. But the big thing is, I don't want anyone to say, 'I wish that old man had retired a couple of years ago.' I'd like to go out on top."<ref name=deltabusiness/>

|title=Golden voice: Auctioneer Keith Babb honored|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=January 31, 2015|accessdate=September 17, 2020}}</ref> Babb added, "The road isn't as fun as it used to be. I don't want to die on the auction stand. But the big thing is, I don't want anyone to say, 'I wish that old man had retired a couple of years ago.' I'd like to go out on top."<ref name=deltabusiness/>

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