Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
I’m going to sell it at auction; what’s it worth?
Selling an oil painting for $500 is wonderful if the seller is expecting $200 and not good at all if the seller is expecting $2,000. As a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 25, 20152 min read
The five D’s of auctions
Basically, other than those buying and selling for a profit or business, some sort of change (and not always a pleasant change) is the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 19, 20153 min read
Should she buy at auction?
She is also enrolled in night classes working towards her masters degree in finance. Her mother’s birthday is coming up and Ashley is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 9, 20152 min read
Would we rather it didn’t sell?
He decides to have an online-only auction, utilizing a well-known online auction software provider. In the following days, he photographs...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 6, 20153 min read
Auctioneers talking to buyers and sellers
His father and grandfather were both auctioneers for over 40 years; Shane has been managing the company for the last few. Shane had been...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20152 min read
Why enter an auctioneer contest?
In fact, in over 30 years in the auction business spanning across the United States, not one person has ever asked me:“Why enter an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 24, 20143 min read
Our frictionless auction environment
Dan Slater has written about the online dating environment — suggesting that online dating leads us to value our relationships less and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 17, 20143 min read
Auctioneers (not) protecting the public?
Sometimes the subject involves some auctioneer doing something either unethical and/or illegal. For example, at an auctioneer convention...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 15, 20142 min read
When is an absolute auction an absolute auction?
Most recently, I’ve asked a particular question during these classes and sense virtually no consensus as to the answer. The issue regards...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 5, 20142 min read
If you’re going to sell it, sell it.
Sometimes a particular writing really gets my attention; thanks to my friend Yvette VanDerBrink for saying it. Indeed, shouldn’t an...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 25, 20146 min read
Calculations regarding real property at auction
Lots of questions about real property values. Here’s some common ways real property is analyzed from the standpoint of investors,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 24, 20142 min read
Auctioneers must … or must they?
In the landmark United States Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), the Court held that the “liberty of contract”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 11, 20143 min read
We’re selling some absolute … but we haven’t decided (or disclosed) yet?
Russ asked, essentially, if an auction could start without the auctioneer making it clear if that particular lot (property) is selling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 10, 20142 min read
Auctioneer’s absolute right of withdrawal
Our previous article noted that Bib could offer property absolute, and if no bid was made within a reasonable time, Bib could withdraw...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 6, 20142 min read
No women allowed?
Apparently, before 1950 women were not allowed … to be auctioneers? Emma Bailey is regarded as the first woman auctioneer in the United...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 24, 20142 min read
Seller commission & buyer’s premium
More recently, we again were asked about how seller commissions are calculated in relation to buyer’s premiums. Here’s that previous...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 21, 20144 min read
The ATF Rul. 96-2 Confusion
In the United States, the Federal agency known as the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) within the United States...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 13, 20142 min read
Seller commission or seller premium?
Many auctioneers are now charging a “buyer’s premium” to increase auctioneer profits and sometimes offset seller costs. Up until more...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 8, 20142 min read
Auctions & the 1866 Civil Rights Act
He or she would say that it is illegal in the United States to discriminate based on race, color or ancestry in regard to real property...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 3, 20142 min read
Auction bidders just sitting there?
As Carl begins his “First-Saturday” monthly auction, he notices that the crowd of bidders is just sitting there. They aren’t really...
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