Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctioneers demanding bidders’ Social Security numbers
Most all auctions in the United States today require the bidders to register before bidding. Such registration for a live auction is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 17, 20132 min read
Car auction closing rate only 60% – 65%
Why conduct auctions and only sell 60% – 65% of the property, leaving as much as 40% unsold? Manheim COO Janet Barnard recently asked...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 15, 20132 min read
The benefit auction exemption?
Similarly, charity auctions typically involve a charity as defined under IRS regulation section 501(c)(3). These auctions might be for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 7, 20134 min read
Our auction is not absolute, nor with reserve
In other words, an auction is one type or the other — and necessarily one or the other — and not both. We have written extensively about...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 4, 20132 min read
Ordered sold at auction
What’s the thinking here? Auctioneers endeavor to use wording to attract bidders — to get them to pay attention to their auction instead...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 2, 20132 min read
Why attend an International Auctioneers Conference and Show?
Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, the NAA represents the interests of thousands of auctioneers in the U.S., Canada and across the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 30, 20132 min read
Why an online-only auction would (or should) hide results
Do online-only auctioneers hide sale prices (auction results?) It appears to me that most do. Why would an online-only auctioneer do...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 28, 20132 min read
The best luggage for traveling auctioneers
As such, many are flying to destinations, and in need of excellent quality luggage. After discussing this issue with several auctioneers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 26, 20134 min read
Passed lots at auctions
Drip … drip … drip … drip … drip … drip … I got up and fumbled my way to the bathroom and turned the faucet handle a bit tighter, and the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 22, 20133 min read
Auctioneers: Ask not what your association can do for you
… Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. We’ve embedded the entire speech later if you care to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 18, 20133 min read
“Sold!” to the previous bidder
Bill is the high bidder at $1,000 and the auctioneer is asking for a bid of $1,100. The auctioneer sees Aaron wave, and takes that as a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 14, 20132 min read
Insurance for your bid calling ability?
Who is insuring “The Boss” continues to earn some sort of income in the event he loses is voice? Probably Lloyd’s of London Officially...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 11, 20132 min read
Why is the online auction final sale price not listed?
He won about $700 worth of items, and inquired about the selling prices of a few other items on which he left absentee bids. I’m glad to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 5, 20132 min read
World record auction price?
My prospective client told me that the auctioneer he had just met with earlier that day sold a very similar piece for a “world record”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 30, 20132 min read
A poem by Della Doane Mockridge
Twas a cold afternoon as the neighbors were gathered At a farm in the country to hear As he stood with his cane atop an old wagon, The...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 28, 20132 min read
What? “Our best auction was the one we never did?”
These classes have been held at auctioneer state conventions, national conventions, auction schools and many other venues. Speakers have...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 23, 20133 min read
Auctions where nobody shows up?
In the United States today, there are well over 1 million auctions held every year — maybe even 2 million. And, in the history of...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 14, 20132 min read
Can auctioneer say, “We don’t charge a buyer’s premium?”
A smaller regional auction firm conducts real estate auctions and does not charge a buyer’s premium. The large nationwide firm notes in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 9, 20132 min read
Auctioneers attending other auctioneers’ auctions
They sure do. I have traveled all over the United States as an auctioneer, and seen all of the below motivations to attend both our...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 4, 20132 min read
It’s “swart” to have a meeting
Such a meeting as this is basically conducted to ensure everyone is, “all on the same page.” This type of meeting is certainly more...
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