Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
When is a seller’s bid a shill bid?
What is shill bidding? Shill bidding is generally any bidding which lacks the “genuine intent to purchase” and rather bidding in order...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 25, 20193 min read
Live, online-only or simulcast?
First, is an auction (live, simulcast and/or online-only) suitable at all? Generally, we have held that auctions are suitable [only]...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Is your absolute auction being advertised/conducted as such?
First of all — why would any auctioneer not want the public to know an auction is indeed absolute? The words “absolute” or “without...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Online auction bidders don’t read?
Terms and conditions of an auction [particularly online-only or simulcast] might say, “No shipping,” “15% Buyer’s premium,” “$20 handling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Auctioneers and confidence
The particular definition of confidence in which I’m referring is more so “self-confidence:” … a feeling of self-assurance arising from...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20193 min read
What’s faster? Live auction or online auction?
Live auctioneers can sell 2-3-4 lots of personal property a minute. Let’s say the average lot takes 25 seconds — so they sell in 25...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 11, 20193 min read
“As-is” and should have known
ALL HORSES ARE SOLD AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS. The buying and selling of horses, especially horses purchased to serve as...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 7, 20192 min read
Our auction had more views …
We know far more about this online auction than this antiquated live auction, right? Maybe. Did you know that the 286 of the 450...
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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 28, 20192 min read
Can my auctioneer just “walk away?”
Auctioneers are agents for their sellers. As such, they can renunciate (quit, give up) their appointed duties. As attorney Lee D....
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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
Jan 21, 20191 min read
Auctioneer licensing might be changing
Further, it’s being stated that licensing in many cases creates unreasonable barriers to conducting business. The Institute for Justice...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20193 min read
Is your auctioneer providing an experience?
The biggest changes? Probably live auctions to online auctions, and maybe more importantly the changing customer/client desires and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Auctioneer says this guy is a deadbeat?
For the most part, this is really good information in that other auctioneers can take note, and take precautions to avoid the same these...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 9, 20192 min read
Auctioneers and the standard of care
Today, we explore what standard of care any auctioneer has regardless of how they hold themselves out to the public. We answer a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Are auctioneers the next travel agents?
Kenny Lindsay has been trying to tell us but I’m not sure everyone is listening — or maybe not understanding? Our question today is,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 4, 20192 min read
Auction disclaimers with irreconcilable conflicts
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/auctioneer-disclaimers/ Kurt R. Bachman, Attorney and Auctioneer with Beers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 31, 20184 min read
Why are we looking for “tie bids?”
A tie implies sameness — a draw or deadlock. In other words, at auction for there to be a tie bid, both bidders would have to bid the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 26, 20182 min read
Are auctioneers “hired guns?”
We wrote about traits to look for when hiring a contract auctioneer here: http://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/the-9-im...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 21, 20182 min read
Online auctions and shipping times
Given this premise, we discuss here what are reasonable shipping times for auctioneers. In this regard, we reference this the 30-Day...
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