I’m viewing an online auction on my phone (as most do) and I realize space is a premium. Yet, I see “High Bid:111.00 USD” and have to...

Auctioneers who charge a buyer’s premium are being told they shouldn’t be charging a buyer’s premium. Maybe auctioneers who solely...

We have conducted thousands of auctions, and taught auction bid calling techniques around the United States, and testified in several...

The short answer is, “yes.” Relatedly, this has been going on for as long as auctions have been used to sell property in the...

We sold lots of real and personal property at live auctions for decades, until our first online (simulcast) auction was held. In that...

More specifically, “Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid from any bidder?” We would ask, does “bidder” mean “registered...

I was testifying in an auction case, and told the presiding judge that “Anyone can bid at an absolute auction except the seller unless...

We’ve sold an immense amount of property at auction — absolute to the highest bidder. In other words, those sellers (clients) had the...

We have written many times about how auction registration policies need to be fixed prior to the auction event and then remain as such...

Absolute auctions, by definition, involve selling to the highest bidder. So, if an auctioneer has a current bid of $750,000.00 and a...

In a recent case before the Supreme Court of Virginia, parties discussed when an auction is with reserve and when it is without reserve,...

Our question today is: “Would an auctioneer accept a seller’s property for auction and sell it absolute if the seller requested such?” ...

We run an auction house and know the names of upwards of 60% of our bidders who we see on a regular basis. Roger and his wife are...

For years, when we (and everyone else) only held live auctions, there were often one or two somewhat infamous bidders who attempted — and...

My friend Mike Hanley, Auctioneer wrote an inciteful analysis regarding the Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers and Auctioneers, Inc. v....

At an auction held by David Weisz Company (Weisz) on October 25, 1978, a certain metal rolling machine “Plate Rolls?” was sold at...

Auctioneers call me all the time. I’m truly humbled many are inquiring how they can stay out of court, rather than spend a bunch of time...

Auctioneers would have much better chances of avoiding litigation (and the related) if they understood and applied “good faith” and “fair...

We have held that bidders register with the auctioneer (and/or seller) to earn the right to participate in an auction. This registration...

Of course, my phone rings … “Hey, I may need your help. I have a bidder who is telling me this other bidder …” As I listen, I know this...