Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Are we making buying at auction easier or more difficult?
I’ve been a long-standing advocate for auctioneers to join the 21st century — simpler, more equitable terms and conditions. Yet,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 15, 20193 min read
Death of a salesman?
Arthur Miller. It concerns an over-the-hill salesman facing a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Bad auction bidder and we do what?
First of all — auctioneers are advised that in order to do that, you better have your client’s knowledge and consent — memorialized in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 9, 20193 min read
“Professional” auctioneers shouldn’t be trusted? Really?
Do I think most auctioneers are lairs? Do I think to be a “professional” auctioneer, one must lie? I do not. Further, I believe very...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Where is auction collusion more prevalent?
Bidders sometimes arrange to not bid against each other thus depressing prices. Some bidders engage other bidders to “make sure” their...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 3, 20194 min read
Online auctions making the seller more, or the auctioneer more?
Most live auctions (with no online component) advertise the significant items with maybe one picture of each, and some description ending...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 1, 20193 min read
Auctioneers, Alpha and Beta and more …
Of course, the issue is — who is the most interested bidder? Who is the second most interested bidder? Since prior to the auction, these...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 28, 20192 min read
Bidder asks “Who is the other bidder?”
Occasionally, a bidder may want to know who the “other” bidder is … in other words, “Who is bidding against me?” One question we take a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 26, 20192 min read
What is a flash [auction] sale?
Generally in commerce, flash sales are deep[er] discounts on limited quantities for a short period of time. Presumably a flash [auction]...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 22, 20192 min read
What the lack of auctioneer licensing causes …
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/auctioneer-licensing-might-be-changing/ In regard to such lack of licensing,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 20, 20193 min read
An auction that is both with AND without reserve?
First, let me clarify that this term “auction” here is just one lot, rather than the term “auction event” consisting of all the lots as...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 18, 20192 min read
Puffing and bids in bad faith
Said another way, in a forced sale where most hold that anyone can bid including the seller, can any bids be considered in bad faith? My...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 14, 20193 min read
Bids per lot? Number of bidders placing bids?
I asked for an opening bid of $1,000 and dropped down to $500 when a known-silver-buyer opened the bid at $300. I asked $350 and got it,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 7, 20193 min read
Auctioneers and “the” law versus “that” law
Stanley Forman Reed — without a law degree — serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1938 – 1957 Our...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Can “anyone” do an online auction?
Let’s see … open the app, take a picture (or several) with my phone, type a little description, check a few boxes, and press upload? ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20192 min read
When is a seller’s bid a shill bid?
What is shill bidding? Shill bidding is generally any bidding which lacks the “genuine intent to purchase” and rather bidding in order...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 25, 20193 min read
Live, online-only or simulcast?
First, is an auction (live, simulcast and/or online-only) suitable at all? Generally, we have held that auctions are suitable [only]...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Is your absolute auction being advertised/conducted as such?
First of all — why would any auctioneer not want the public to know an auction is indeed absolute? The words “absolute” or “without...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Online auction bidders don’t read?
Terms and conditions of an auction [particularly online-only or simulcast] might say, “No shipping,” “15% Buyer’s premium,” “$20 handling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Auctioneers and confidence
The particular definition of confidence in which I’m referring is more so “self-confidence:” … a feeling of self-assurance arising from...
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