Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Absolute but reserve not met?
Sometimes it’s this flagrant. The auction is advertised as absolute but it’s not. Why would an auctioneer do this? The word,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Reasonable auction practice
Why is it in every auctioneer’s interest to treat their bidders in a reasonable fashion? As Peter Gehres so aptly notes, so those...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 8, 20232 min read
You don’t accept credit/debit cards?
As an auctioneer selling personal property — and over 91% (as of today) of United States consumers using credit and debit cards instead...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Are you using another’s FFL?
You? An auctioneer who’s selling firearms and isn’t licensed as a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL.) You decide you will utilize an FFL...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 31, 20232 min read
You are “binding” your bidder
Auctions involve bidders making offers, and auctioneers generally accept those offers if they are higher in amount than the prior bid. ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 29, 20232 min read
Auctions … and how much is the shipping?
All auctioneers who accept bids online for chattels should provide for shipping. In fact, all auctioneers should offer shipping options...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 26, 20233 min read
Auction Litigation Consulting
We’ve helped attorneys and others with auction litigation consulting since 2010. The other day, I was asked what “auction litigation...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 21, 20232 min read
“All normal auction terms?”
What would you think as a potential bidder if an auction was advertised as having “all normal auction terms?” What would those be...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 19, 20232 min read
You can sell it. You don’t have to …
If you want a discussion with auctioneers that might last a few hours, all day, or even several days …. discuss if they can, should, or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 12, 20232 min read
The scales of justice and auctioneers
I’ve checked this graphic over and over — the “scales of justice” — and it appears the right plate or bowl suspended from a fulcrum is no...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 10, 20233 min read
Live auction and a review process?
The ring worker holds up Lot #26 and the auctioneer asks for a bid of $5,000. Nobody bids $5,000 so the auctioneer asks for $2,000 and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Absolute … and the auctioneer can do what?
I’m registered for a real property absolute auction which means the seller has the “genuine intent to transfer to the highest bidder...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 5, 20233 min read
What is a “timely” tendered bid?
We are reminded that an auctioneer can reopen a closed bid in light of a missed timely tendered (made) bid. We ask today, what exactly...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 3, 20232 min read
Auctioneer or the property?
I watch auctioneers sort of advertising property on the Internet — with video — of the auctioneer talking about the property. Given this...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 24, 20232 min read
NAA did change its name — this time
I first heard the announcement on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 — the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) has become the National Auction...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 21, 20233 min read
The NAA IAC Final Round Questions ’23
At the 2023 National Auction Association (NAA) International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) held Friday, July 21 in Oklahoma City,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 19, 20233 min read
What if it’s not as you’ve expressed?
Rescinding a contract is essentially putting both parties back where they were before they were bound by a contract. In other words, in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 17, 20232 min read
“Unintentional” misrepresentation?
An auctioneer offers to refund your money … if you can prove he intentionally misrepresented the property you bought. Interestingly, how...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Seller motivated, ready … but not really
I almost spit out my … ahem … coffee. The ad says the seller is motivated to sell, ready to sell … but the auction is subject to this...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Auctioneers, firearms, stabilizing braces
An additional question — beginning in 2023 — for auctioneers selling firearms is: Does the “stabilizing brace” make it salable under the...
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