Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
An auction disclaimer I saw in court
The essence of this case was the auctioneer was providing estimates of value on items being put up for auction. One such item was...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 14, 20184 min read
The future of the MLS for auctions
Maybe another question might be: What is the future of the real estate industry? How about the auction industry? I would offer these are...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 12, 20183 min read
What drives bidders to an auction?
I believe that most auctioneers understand what drives interest in an auction and/or auction event — other than wanting or needing what...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 7, 20182 min read
Is the reserve price a material fact?
However, some information which buyers might feel is material is also by default confidential. Such is the reserve price which twice in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Giving my advice to auctioneers
I recently returned home from what has become my annual “auctioneer convention season” including conferences and other events in Ohio,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 26, 20183 min read
Don’t bid live — bid online?
Such is the case (again) with http://www.youragentbid.com (Youragentbid) as they continue to contend that they are partnering with large...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20183 min read
Auctioneers bid calling faster than bidders can bid … or not
It is no wonder that we as auctioneers have a bad reputation among many people. We still have auctioneers that play games at their...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 8, 20183 min read
Is that next bid a higher bid?
However, what if my $270 bidder was paying with a credit card costing the seller 3.5% and the $265 bidder is paying cash? $270 minus 3.5%...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 5, 20184 min read
The fall … falling … fallen hammer?
UCC 2-328 extensively in classes around the United States, as well as in several articles contained within this blog. One such UCC 2-328...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 3, 20182 min read
Won? Sold? Reopen? Exceptions?
After a bidder has won the bid with his (or her) high bid, he has become the new owner of the item, even though he may not have paid for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 1, 20182 min read
Bidding with a contingency … a higher bid?
We touched on another unfortunate bid calling technique (https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/i-have-it-but-i-dont-and-...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20183 min read
I have it but I don’t … and then again, again, again …
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/unethical-bid-calling-3-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not/ Amplifying this attorney’s...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 25, 20182 min read
Will millennials kill live auctions?
You can read the entire article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/will-millennials-kill-costco/2018/01/19/d0de5dec-f...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20182 min read
The “practice” of auctioneering
Another staff member responded that, “She better do more than practice medicine … she better be good at it before she attempts to help...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 11, 20182 min read
At auction: Is it wanting or buying?
Marsha L. Richins of the University of Missouri wrote about our title in her paper, “When Wanting Is Better Than Having,” in the Journal...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 8, 20183 min read
Unfair, unreasonable, inequitable … what does it all mean?
Shortly thereafter our first blog, fellow blogger extraordinaire and good friend Aaron Traffas wrote about our undertaking: ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 4, 20182 min read
Facebook groups for posting auctions?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/internet-auction-calendars/. It’s now 2018 and about seven years later from this...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Who is the seller? We have that information …
A New York case in 2012 that shocked the auction industry was fortunately overturned recently. The subject involved the necessity to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 21, 20173 min read
… but my seller cashed the check
Most recently, an inquiry involved a breach of contact of sorts — where the auctioneer did not follow the legal expressed wishes of his...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 11, 20172 min read
Selling absolute mandates you “reopen bids?”
However, does selling absolute mandate you reopen the bid if another bid comes in as the hammer is falling, after the hammer falls, after...
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