Countless auctioneers work with sellers, clients, or consignees and many times the auctioneer dictates the commission or charge for their...

Auctioneers are typically agents for sellers. As such, the seller puts their property in the hands of the auctioneer and trusts the...

I wonder if these six points below sound familiar to any auctioneer in regard to their buyer registration terms and conditions (a.k.a....

We’ve held here on this platform and otherwise that an “agreement” and a “contract” are essentially the same things — one sounding a bit...

Bidders don’t read. Bidders don’t understand. Bidders ignore what we tell them. Yet, we auctioneers write our own terms and conditions...

We had been in the auction business only a few months when we received a telephone call from Larry who said he owned an antique store and...

Auctioneers are certainly advised to secure an attorney for any legal advice. Yet, the advice that any certain action/plan is permitted...

Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991) was a case in New York where the seller of a home previously held as “haunted”...

As well, we wrote that these contracts have three (3) essential ingredients: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/the-...

Except — that is — if the weather or conditions are too bad for even those with an extraordinary resolution to attend. All roadways...

N.A.S.H (National Auction Supply House), Keifer Auction Supply and Missouri Auction School. Additionally, and our topic today, some...

There are only two types of auctions: with reserve and without reserve. We have written various times about this topic, including here:...

In a without reserve auction, after the auctioneer calls for bids on a property, that property cannot be withdrawn unless no bid is made...

Apparently, this auctioneer had (and maybe still has) severe financial penalties in his contract with his seller payable to him — in the...

Such is the case (again) with http://www.youragentbid.com (Youragentbid) as they continue to contend that they are partnering with large...

It is no wonder that we as auctioneers have a bad reputation among many people. We still have auctioneers that play games at their...

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%...

We touched on another unfortunate bid calling technique (https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/i-have-it-but-i-dont-and-...

Shortly thereafter our first blog, fellow blogger extraordinaire and good friend Aaron Traffas wrote about our undertaking: ...

A New York case in 2012 that shocked the auction industry was fortunately overturned recently. The subject involved the necessity to...