Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctioneers, race & color
A typical bidder in the United States at an auction in 1920 was a White male. Here in 2020, that bidder might be a white male but might...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Absolute over $500,000?
Absolute auctions attract far more attention than with reserve auctions. Thus, auctioneers understandably use the word “absolute” and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 25, 20203 min read
Purpose of the MLS for auctioneers
The real estate profession (members) in the United States has a database commonly termed “the MLS.” This database contains listings...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20202 min read
More on COVID-19 magic waivers
It seems no matter the issue, some people always assure everyone all we need is yet another disclaimer and/or waiver (attempting) to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Auctions and “time is of the essence”
Some live auctions even today sometimes involve very little technology in regard to payment and/or delivery. Online auctions...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Failure to pass the background check
I viewed an auction where in the terms and conditions regarding a firearm noted: “Failure to pass the background check will result in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 18, 20202 min read
‘Absolute’ or other expressions
Outside of Louisiana, all auctions are “with reserve” by default. That is, they are with reserve unless explicitly denoted as without...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 17, 20202 min read
You can … so you should?
I continue to see it over and over … “You as an auctioneer can …” and then radio silence. A follow-up in the minds of auctioneers might...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 14, 20202 min read
A $68,867.50 reason to …
One might ask, “Do auctioneers need to treat all bidders the same, other than ‘price’?” In other words, do we have to have all bidders...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 13, 20202 min read
Successful online auctioneers
James Fuller-Thompson recently wrote a steller analysis titled, “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Online Auctioneers” The link to that...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 11, 20202 min read
What are “Auction prices?”
Of course, we know that “Auction prices” are the prices obtained at public auctions. Our question is more so … What is the message when...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Auctioneers, adjectives, and adverbs
The political climate is truly changing our (auctioneers’) language. I continue to hear it again and again and again and again as I...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Clear title at auction
Bidders have a right to assume whatever they are buying at auction has clear title. What do we mean by that? That the subject property...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 5, 20202 min read
What makes something worth $450 Million?
We wrote in November 2019 about the “Salvator Mundi” painting selling for an excess of $450 Million at auction in 2017. Today, we...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Happy buyers = happy sellers?
Could happy buyers mean happy sellers? Not “happy” that they got a good deal necessarily, but happy with the process (and the property)...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Sell together or separate?
I was called to help a younger auctioneer with his farm equipment auction. Other than some hints on staffing, marketing, and related, he...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Sending out to an expert?
Hailey is an auctioneer in Vermont who sells primarily sports memorabilia. Her auctions include basketball, football, baseball, hockey,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Auction previews and “as-is?”
An attorney suggested to me in a court case in which I was hired as an expert witness … that auction previews were subject to the “as-is”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 21, 20201 min read
A poem: The Auction
One coat of pride, perhaps a bit threadbare; Illusion’s trinkets, splendid for the young; Some items, miscellaneous, marked ‘Fear’; ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 20, 20202 min read
NAA’s Mission, Vision, & Cornerstones
The National Auctioneers Association (NAA), founded in 1949, is an advocacy group representing auctioneers, auction businesses and...
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