We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...

Auctioneers for 100’s of years have placed “… and many more items too numerous to mention” at the bottom of each advertisement —...

Auctioneers who contract with sellers to serve as their auctioneer to market, promote and secure the highest possible bid need to know...

Take this above auction advertisement of groceries, drapery, ironmongery, and furniture. Can Mr. John Fisher advertise his March 6, 1869...

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...

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...

Yvette Vanderbrink sold this car on September 28, 2013 at the Lambrecht Chevrolet auction in Pierce, Nebraska for $76,150. Mecum sold...

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...

Facebook concerning Time Magazine. Indeed some people — when confronted with facts counter to their claims — use the “just joking”...

It’s likely that the seller (owner) and/or auctioneer is trying to “make a market.” What’s making a market? For example, a...

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,...

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...

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 …...

There are possibly two different types of situations here: Sellers and buyers consummating deals during/after the auction with property...

Christie’s. Here we share with you some of their disclosures which are quite frankly difficult to find otherwise in the auction...

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...

However, today we focus on that “big mailing list and large database of bidders” in that what difference does that make? In other words,...

Of course, the issue is — who is the most interested bidder? Who is the second most interested bidder? Since prior to the auction, these...

First of all — why would any auctioneer not want the public to know an auction is indeed absolute? The words “absolute” or “without...

Terms and conditions of an auction [particularly online-only or simulcast] might say, “No shipping,” “15% Buyer’s premium,” “$20 handling...