Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
On any given Sunday …
As one who teaches classes to auctioneers all over the United States, one thing stands out: Many auctioneers are looking for the “one...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Auctioneers, cents, and seconds
We sell cars, trucks, boats at auction and have for over 25 years. We charge the hammer price, buyer’s premium and sales tax in order to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Does “No Reserve” mean absolute?
Our phone rings regularly from attorneys all over the world. A few days ago, this particular attorney asked the same question as the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 12, 20213 min read
The auction exceeded expectations?
These days we see it all the time: “Our auction exceeded all expectations,” or “The auction was twice what we were expecting.” It’s a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 8, 20213 min read
Online bidding and no shipping?
We sell personal property at auction live and online. For our live auctions, pickup of purchases can take place that same day or likely...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 6, 20213 min read
“Sold!” to the previous online bidder
This issue arises not only in online auctions, but live auctions as well. The high bidder prior to the lot being denoted, “Sold!” wishes...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 4, 20213 min read
Auctions and disclosing the auction total
We recently wrote about the disclosure of a “sale price” such as one real property or other personal property item. Today, we explore...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 2, 20213 min read
Are there bad auction laws?
I’ve often said state and federal legislatures don’t do a very good job legislating. Laws are written and/or adopted and then enacted,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Auctions and disclosing the sale price
Kathy is an auctioneer at an onsite real property auction and a good crowd is in attendance. She opens the auction with terms and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 29, 20213 min read
Auctioneer: I’m lying but you know it?
Could an auctioneer lie about what is being sold, the high bid, shipping charges, provenance, and a bunch of other stuff and then claim...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 26, 20212 min read
The auctioneer really doesn’t pay less
We wrote about auctioneers purchasing and not paying any less nor more than anyone else, despite charging commission. That treatise can...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 24, 20212 min read
There’s no buyer’s premium?
Buyer’s premiums are charges added to the buyer’s “hammer price” to constitute the total purchase price — plus any other costs. In other...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 21, 20213 min read
Open combination, multiple owners, at auction
Many auctioneers and sellers choose to sell large lots of land in an “open combination” (also known as “multipar,” “multi-parcel” or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 19, 20213 min read
One lot, multiple owners, at auction
We had been in the auction business only a few months when we received a telephone call from Larry who said he owned an antique store and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Hollow illusions at auction
There is very little that gets the attention of an auction buyer more than being awarded the property (the “bid”) and then suddenly (or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 14, 20213 min read
The 1950’s Auction Business
Emma Bailey was likely the first “full-time” woman auctioneer in the United States (and possibly the world) beginning her career on May...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Auctioneers with college degrees?
Are there auctioneers with college degrees? Not a degree in auctioneering, but some other discipline? We previously wrote about...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Staff bidding while privy to additional information?
If we’ve stressed one notion lately, it’s that all auction bidders must be held to the same terms and conditions. In other words, if the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 4, 20213 min read
Auctioneers … who owns your data?
I clicked on a website and a popup appeared asking me to agree to the terms and conditions. It seemed that if I said, “Okay” I could...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 2, 20213 min read
Are auctioneers “eBay stores?”
A seller contacts me and wants me to take their property, put it online and get it sold. I’m a contemporary auctioneer — selling...
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