Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
How often is it really selling absolute?
I see absolute auctions advertised all the time, all over the United States. However, how often is that really the case? Let’s look at...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 6, 20133 min read
How to win a bid calling contest
Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas in what is considered one of the biggest sports upsets in history. What happened here? The undefeated,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 4, 20133 min read
Auctioneers selling taxidermy
Could the owner of this famed restaurant and taxidermy hire an auctioneer to sell all these trophies? Could they be sold at all? Those...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 31, 20133 min read
Indiana auctioneer: what about an “away game?”
Occasionally, Richard gets a call about conducting a personal property auction in one of Indiana’s neighboring states: Ohio Michigan...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 27, 20132 min read
Auctions with mostly resellers present
Mary collected McCoy pottery; Tim collected B&G plates; Roberta collected pink depression; Jerry collected Hummels; Frank collected...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 24, 20133 min read
Tort law in the auction business
It might involve unfair trade practices, unreasonable or damaging conditions of employment or loss suffered from product malfunctions,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 21, 20132 min read
Auctioneers can’t commingle nor convert
Commingle Convert Both these terms regard actions that should not take place when holding client funds in a trust or escrow account. We...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 18, 20133 min read
Do auctioneers enjoy their work?
His company meets once a year with upwards of 30,000 shareholders and interested parties attending. In his most recent get-together, Mr....
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 13, 20132 min read
Auction is scheduled and then …
Kurt recently wrote about auctioneers entering into contracts with sellers, where the sellers want to sign the contract for auction, but...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 8, 20133 min read
Auctioneers have to excite their bidders?
Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 6, 20132 min read
Good morning “Colonel!”
My great-uncle Arthur VanAusdall was a clerk for a local auctioneer, and my immediate family routinely attended farm auctions to buy...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 1, 20134 min read
Auctioneers: USPAP compliance for appraisals?
We wrote about auctioneers acting as appraisers with commentary regarding some related issues here:http://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 27, 20133 min read
Auctioneer can’t sell items prior to auction?
Sometimes, people stop by Manny’s auction the day before — or the afternoon of — and see an item or two they want to buy “right now.”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 22, 20132 min read
Auctioneers and their apparel
Not that auctioneers aren’t famous in their communities, and therefore recognizable. These days, even if the auctioneer isn’t famous, he...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 17, 20132 min read
The cost shift in auction advertising
The auctioneer I worked for was a fairly busy auctioneer, holding 1-2 personal property auctions per week in the Columbus, Ohio area. For...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 14, 20132 min read
Early specialization in bid calling … 10,000 hours?
Practice makes perfect? Practice makes permanent? Probably. Younger golfers winning major championships. Younger singers winning vocal...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 12, 20132 min read
Auctioneers and political correctness?
Mostly when I hear the words “politically correct,” I think someone is noting that another term — other words — should be used in place...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 7, 20133 min read
The word “auction” is the item or the event?
In fact, maybe in the entire world? Our question today is: Does anyone really know what an auction is? In that regard, does the word...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 2, 20132 min read
The withdrawal at absolute auction
Yet, it’s maybe the most misunderstood (or at least the most misinterpreted) four paragraphs of law involving auctioneers. Today we focus...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 31, 20132 min read
Auctioneers and handheld microphones
Auctioneers should always use sound amplification equipment when bid calling. We wrote as much here: http://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpre...
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