Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
We’re going to auction the safe … unopened?
We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Auction advertising that’s “just enough” information
Auctioneers for 100’s of years have placed “… and many more items too numerous to mention” at the bottom of each advertisement —...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20202 min read
Can an auctioneer sell something he knows nothing about?
Auctioneers who contract with sellers to serve as their auctioneer to market, promote and secure the highest possible bid need to know...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Auctioneers advertising their auction at your auction
Take this above auction advertisement of groceries, drapery, ironmongery, and furniture. Can Mr. John Fisher advertise his March 6, 1869...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Auctioneers not producing records
For instance, my home state of Ohio requires I maintain Ohio auction records for a minimum of two (2) years. In Ohio (and some other...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Could an auctioneer make a market?
It seems reasonable that if 531 such signs have been sold by one auctioneer for prices ranging from $2,500 to $4,000, then I can expect...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 14, 20203 min read
1965 Chevrolet Impala sells at auction … again
Yvette Vanderbrink sold this car on September 28, 2013 at the Lambrecht Chevrolet auction in Pierce, Nebraska for $76,150. Mecum sold...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Is all auction advertising good news?
I almost assume since all this auction information is listed, it’s all good news. However, is it always good news? Let’s look at a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 16, 20192 min read
An auctioneer and the “just joking” defense
Facebook concerning Time Magazine. Indeed some people — when confronted with facts counter to their claims — use the “just joking”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 11, 20192 min read
The same item sells over and over and over again?
It’s likely that the seller (owner) and/or auctioneer is trying to “make a market.” What’s making a market? For example, a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 14, 20192 min read
What? Facebook can make its own rules?
Too, I am regularly amused when I see that auctioneers don’t think Facebook and other such entities can make their own rules about posts,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 4, 20192 min read
The value of any auction calendar website
AuctionZip.com was free to list auctions. Then, it was $10 to list auctions, then it was $20 to list auctions … and so forth. Of...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 20, 20192 min read
Guinness World [Auction] Record?
Guinness World Records has ever heard of, but it’s hardly the most items sold in 12 hours by an auctioneer. Here is the story we saw …...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Sellers and buyers just after (or during) the auction?
There are possibly two different types of situations here: Sellers and buyers consummating deals during/after the auction with property...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Christie’s spirit of disclosure
Christie’s. Here we share with you some of their disclosures which are quite frankly difficult to find otherwise in the auction...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 2, 20192 min read
Attention auctioneers: it’s worth this and for sale for that?
I can get something estimated to be worth $131,500 for $497? I can get something estimated to be worth $20,000 for $297? It would seem...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 17, 20193 min read
We have a big mailing list and a large database of bidders …
However, today we focus on that “big mailing list and large database of bidders” in that what difference does that make? In other words,...
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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
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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