Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctioneers & the first-sale doctrine
This cornucopia of auction offerings sometimes includes copyrighted and/or trademarked property — such as a book, which clearly denotes...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 9, 20152 min read
Proxibay
May 8, 2014, Invaluable and eBay announced a partnership: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/invaluable-ebay/ July...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 3, 20152 min read
I’m bidding online, but where is the property?
In other words, bidders are placing bids on property (chattels) without the actual knowledge of where that property is? Certainly,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 3, 20153 min read
Auctioneer dual agency
My belief is that auctioneers should be able to bid to enhance the seller’s position. If an auctioneer is selling a framed oil on canvas...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20152 min read
State auctioneer boards’ liability
They are typically made up of auctioneers with some sort of minimum years experience as such. These boards (or commissions) typically...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 18, 20153 min read
The sliding scale versus the incremental scale
And sellers are right to ask what commission the auctioneer will charge for that service. Most of the time, a fixed percentage is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 19, 20153 min read
Should she buy at auction?
She is also enrolled in night classes working towards her masters degree in finance. Her mother’s birthday is coming up and Ashley is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 6, 20153 min read
Auctioneers talking to buyers and sellers
His father and grandfather were both auctioneers for over 40 years; Shane has been managing the company for the last few. Shane had been...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20152 min read
Why enter an auctioneer contest?
In fact, in over 30 years in the auction business spanning across the United States, not one person has ever asked me:“Why enter an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 24, 20143 min read
Our frictionless auction environment
Dan Slater has written about the online dating environment — suggesting that online dating leads us to value our relationships less and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 17, 20143 min read
Auctioneers (not) protecting the public?
Sometimes the subject involves some auctioneer doing something either unethical and/or illegal. For example, at an auctioneer convention...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 5, 20142 min read
If you’re going to sell it, sell it.
Sometimes a particular writing really gets my attention; thanks to my friend Yvette VanDerBrink for saying it. Indeed, shouldn’t an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 25, 20146 min read
Calculations regarding real property at auction
Lots of questions about real property values. Here’s some common ways real property is analyzed from the standpoint of investors,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 6, 20142 min read
No women allowed?
Apparently, before 1950 women were not allowed … to be auctioneers? Emma Bailey is regarded as the first woman auctioneer in the United...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 21, 20144 min read
The ATF Rul. 96-2 Confusion
In the United States, the Federal agency known as the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) within the United States...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 3, 20142 min read
Auction bidders just sitting there?
As Carl begins his “First-Saturday” monthly auction, he notices that the crowd of bidders is just sitting there. They aren’t really...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 29, 20143 min read
We are, and we aren’t acting as an FFL?
Typically, non-FFL’s are concerned that something they do will trigger the requirement to either become an FFL, or utilize an FFL. ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 23, 20143 min read
Are you offering or inviting offers?
Photograph courtesy of Art & Visual Materials, Special Collections Department, Harvard Law School Library In the United States, an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 15, 20143 min read
Auctioneers & the Statute of Frauds Part III
In Williston’s “Williston on Contracts” an important point about the Statute of Frauds for auctioneers is noted. In § 29:40 (4th Ed), as...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 10, 20142 min read
Produce auctions
Produce auctions provide a market of locally grown products at public auction. This auction inventory varies by season, and includes...
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