Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctions that are manifestly unreasonable
Auctions have been taking place for over 2,000 years. Auctioneering is often referred to as the second-oldest profession. One could think...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20173 min read
Auctioneers & Blogging
I have told 1,000’s of prospective auctioneers and real estate licensees that blogging is a key part of building an Internet presence...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 24, 20175 min read
Writing auction contracts to educate people?
I was asked just today in a seminar I was teaching what I thought of this phrase … what I thought it meant for auctioneers. I have to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 22, 20172 min read
Is it ever legal to retract your bid?
Here’s the article, titled “Absolute versus reserve auctions: Is it ever legal to retract a bid?” The subtitle of Wayne’s article...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 16, 20173 min read
At an auction, who’s not the seller?
The auction was underway, and after about 30 minutes, a fairly regular buyer known by the auctioneer interrupted the auction with this...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20173 min read
Are all auctioneers … still Republican?
Based upon primarily Facebook — and other encounters with auctioneers around the country, it would appear to me nearly all auctioneers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 10, 20173 min read
Hiring auctioneers and social media
To paraphrase, he asked … “I wonder how one’s social media presence and activity may affect contract auctioneering and overall auctioneer...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20173 min read
Online bidding goes down
There are likely four parties involved in such situations: (1) the seller, (2) the bidder(s,) (3) the auctioneer & (4) the online...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 31, 20173 min read
Auction lots with multiple components
It’s hard to think of anything auctioneers don’t sell, quite frankly. Further, real property (particularly land) is sometimes put up in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 26, 20172 min read
Missed or misplaced bids?
That contention encompasses that it is the responsibility of the bidder to make his bid known, rather than the responsibility of the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 17, 20172 min read
Is bidding at auction a privilege or right?
An auction event essentially invites bidders/buyers to participate by allowing them to contract with the auctioneer/seller. This contract...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20173 min read
Name your price … really?
We as auctioneers have two choices when selling anything at auction: Sell it absolute or sell it with reserve. The absolute auction...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Live auction credit card chargebacks
We wrote about credit card chargebacks in 2012, largely looking at when the buyer is out of town — or across the country — and the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 6, 20172 min read
The burden of auctioneer prowess
His story was fairly straightforward in that his seller-client had hired an auctioneer to sell a coin collection. The auction took place...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 2, 20173 min read
15 things … a bid calling law primer
However, it seems some auctioneers don’t know much of what legally is going on when they bid call. Here, we present the legal mechanics...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 27, 20162 min read
“Auction,” “Price,” “Buy” & “Sale”
We have written before about the suggested shifts away from auctioneers using the word “auction” in their advertising. Most notably: The...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 22, 20163 min read
Should the auctioneer start the bid?
For example, an auctioneer might say, “Start me out at $15,000 …” [the invitation to bid $15,000] and then a bidder might bid $5,000 [the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20162 min read
Reopen the bid to only certain bidders?
We have written extensively about auctioneers reopening the bid; for instance, here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/07...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 16, 20162 min read
Another wacky auction legal argument
I have read virtually every article, book and blog regarding auction law and/or customary practice that exists. And I’ve sure seen some...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 12, 20164 min read
Auctioneer Discretion and Control in Registering Bidders
In so doing, I always stress the importance of knowing the law as well as customary practice regarding the auction industry. One topic...
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