Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Conflict of interest for an auctioneer
A common definition of “conflict of interest” is, “a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgment or actions...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Sharing auctioneer contracts …
As well, we wrote that these contracts have three (3) essential ingredients: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/the-...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 7, 20203 min read
You have to be willing to be hated?
Facebook messages and phone calls from other auctioneers — almost every day. Maybe we all do? Most of these questions from auctioneers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Customary practice, industry standards and commercial reasonableness …
What is customary practice? What is the industry standard? What is considered commercially reasonable? Today we discuss these three...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Can auctioneers be presumed guilty?
Supreme Court of the United States case Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895) and numerous subsequent cases has established the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 4, 20193 min read
What if the seller bids first in an absolute auction?
Our analysis today regards the seller bidding in an absolute auction — and in particular if the seller bids first. Within the few legal...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 23, 20193 min read
Auctioneer opinions?
Mike Brandly, Opening Speaker, Ohio Auctioneers Association Conference 2019, Columbus, Ohio Seemingly everyone has an opinion about...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 10, 20183 min read
Auctions and contract symmetry
We have argued for years that auction contracts (listing contracts, consignment contracts, terms and conditions, bid calling contracts)...
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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
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 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
Jul 19, 20175 min read
‘Reasonably advantageous’ auction terms
I stay at many hotels throughout the year (although I have never stayed at the Black Bear Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania.) In doing so,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 15, 20162 min read
What did your attorney say?
We help attorneys with appraising and selling assets held in estates, guardianships, bankruptcies and other similar situations. We assist...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 5, 20162 min read
J. Stephen Proffitt III, Esq.
J. Stephen Proffitt III, Esq. (known by most as “Steve Proffitt”) was a well-known attorney and auctioneer. He had a remarkable impact on...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 20, 20143 min read
Auction law consultant
Since opening an auction school, and especially since being asked to teach auctioneer continuing education, I have become intensely...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 14, 20113 min read
Auctioneers & 1099’s
As I frequently teach auctioneer continuing education, I am often asked about this particular issue, as well as more general 1099...
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