Every week we list thousands of new items at auction near you from our collection of over 25,000 auctioneers nationwide. Ricky Smith is one of "The Rangers" and a buyer. She was born in Lampasas on October 31, 1946, to Elton Machen and Lottie Wheelus Machen. They were fortunate to be chosen to do what they do best on national television. These rookie wannabe buyers dont know what they are doing, according to Ricky, and he feels that its only a matter of time before those tourists have wasted their money and moved on.. www .cityoflampasas .com. They continue to buy and sell at their warehouse, located in Lampasas, Texas.