Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auction with only a picture of the defect?
Further, courts routinely rule that agents acting as a professional cannot purposely avoid knowledge about such property — also known as...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 19, 20133 min read
Online auction licensing is here …
AuctionWeb (soon after to be www.eBay.com) was opened for business September 5, 1995 and the first item sold via an online auction was a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 10, 20133 min read
How often is it really selling absolute?
I see absolute auctions advertised all the time, all over the United States. However, how often is that really the case? Let’s look at...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 4, 20133 min read
Auctioneers selling taxidermy
Could the owner of this famed restaurant and taxidermy hire an auctioneer to sell all these trophies? Could they be sold at all? Those...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 31, 20133 min read
Indiana auctioneer: what about an “away game?”
Occasionally, Richard gets a call about conducting a personal property auction in one of Indiana’s neighboring states: Ohio Michigan...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 24, 20133 min read
Tort law in the auction business
It might involve unfair trade practices, unreasonable or damaging conditions of employment or loss suffered from product malfunctions,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 21, 20132 min read
Auctioneers can’t commingle nor convert
Commingle Convert Both these terms regard actions that should not take place when holding client funds in a trust or escrow account. We...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 13, 20132 min read
Auction is scheduled and then …
Kurt recently wrote about auctioneers entering into contracts with sellers, where the sellers want to sign the contract for auction, but...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 1, 20134 min read
Auctioneers: USPAP compliance for appraisals?
We wrote about auctioneers acting as appraisers with commentary regarding some related issues here:http://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 27, 20133 min read
Auctioneer can’t sell items prior to auction?
Sometimes, people stop by Manny’s auction the day before — or the afternoon of — and see an item or two they want to buy “right now.”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 7, 20133 min read
The word “auction” is the item or the event?
In fact, maybe in the entire world? Our question today is: Does anyone really know what an auction is? In that regard, does the word...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 2, 20132 min read
The withdrawal at absolute auction
Yet, it’s maybe the most misunderstood (or at least the most misinterpreted) four paragraphs of law involving auctioneers. Today we focus...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 20, 20133 min read
Your bid is irrevocable?
His interest in auctions began as a child, when he would go to auctions with his mother, Carol, in the Roanoke, Virginia area. They...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 18, 20133 min read
Only certain bidders?
Many say, “With online auction software, we have thousands of bidders from all over the world …” and maybe that does differentiate online...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 14, 20133 min read
Does the unknown sell for more at auction?
Jar full of wheat pennies. If we don’t open the box, with our knowledge of what was in the other boxes … If we don’t check the pennies...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20134 min read
Bidding on auction items on the Internet
In regard to personal property, they can go to a store or retail outlet, warehouse outlet, a mall, a flea market, a yard sale, a garage...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20132 min read
The words “Selling at auction …”
For decades, all over the United States, auctioneers have been saying in marketing materials: “Selling at auction …” denoting a time and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 10, 20132 min read
Would a state ever eliminate auctioneer licensing?
Typical requirements for licensure include auction school, a test, fees, bonding, background check, serving an apprenticeship and/or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 28, 20132 min read
Baby it’s cold outside …
For instance, today in much of the United States, it’s below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Just over 40 years ago, it was -80 degrees Fahrenheit...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 20, 20132 min read
Absolute with minimum increments
A recent auction attendee (we’ll call him James) is also an attorney. He called me once he arrived to an auction, asking me about what...
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