Auctions involve bidders making offers, and auctioneers generally accept those offers if they are higher in amount than the prior bid. ...

All auctioneers who accept bids online for chattels should provide for shipping. In fact, all auctioneers should offer shipping options...

We’ve helped attorneys and others with auction litigation consulting since 2010. The other day, I was asked what “auction litigation...

What would you think as a potential bidder if an auction was advertised as having “all normal auction terms?” What would those be...

If you want a discussion with auctioneers that might last a few hours, all day, or even several days …. discuss if they can, should, or...

I’ve checked this graphic over and over — the “scales of justice” — and it appears the right plate or bowl suspended from a fulcrum is no...

The ring worker holds up Lot #26 and the auctioneer asks for a bid of $5,000. Nobody bids $5,000 so the auctioneer asks for $2,000 and...

I’m registered for a real property absolute auction which means the seller has the “genuine intent to transfer to the highest bidder...

We are reminded that an auctioneer can reopen a closed bid in light of a missed timely tendered (made) bid. We ask today, what exactly...

I watch auctioneers sort of advertising property on the Internet — with video — of the auctioneer talking about the property. Given this...

In 1950, about 90% of the people in the United States identified themselves as “Christians.” Here in 2023, that number is more like 65%...

It wasn’t distinctly expressed this way, but it was surely implied. Auctioneers can do anything they want with no consequences. Yes,...

I first heard the announcement on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 — the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) has become the National Auction...

At the 2023 National Auction Association (NAA) International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) held Friday, July 21 in Oklahoma City,...

Rescinding a contract is essentially putting both parties back where they were before they were bound by a contract. In other words, in...

An auctioneer offers to refund your money … if you can prove he intentionally misrepresented the property you bought. Interestingly, how...

I almost spit out my … ahem … coffee. The ad says the seller is motivated to sell, ready to sell … but the auction is subject to this...

An additional question — beginning in 2023 — for auctioneers selling firearms is: Does the “stabilizing brace” make it salable under the...

I’ve seen some interesting things in the auction business … and this might come close to topping them all, so far. This involves the...

What is a “normal” day for an auctioneer in the United States? It appears from most research, that a normal day involves an auctioneer...