Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
National Auctioneers Association makes data ownership statement
The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) recently surveyed their membership and found that 70.4% of members use a third-party vendor to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 20, 20212 min read
A quick reference: when the auction buyer …
Auctioneers and their sellers occasionally encounter issues with buyers. Mostly these issues involve (personal property) possession...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Consensus of value at auction
We’ve not only written about how auctions are collaborative in nature, but that auctioneers and sellers really only need the highest...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 8, 20212 min read
The three big auction warranties
Steve Proffitt wrote in 2007 that there were at least three warranties made in auctions, as provided for in the [Uniform] commercial code....
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 2, 20213 min read
When to sell that “best item?”
We’ve written that you as an auctioneer should have an “order of sale” and of course, most auctioneers do. We’ve also written that once...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 26, 20213 min read
Can Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers and Auctioneers, Inc. v. Leach be overridden?
We previously wrote about Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers and Auctioneers, Inc. v. Leach, 844 S.E.2d 120 (W.Va. 2020) the Court held in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 15, 20203 min read
Our reserve “rules” we make up
I think I’ve seen almost every rule an auctioneer has for having (and/or not disclosing) the reserve price — including “sellers might or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Opening an auction house
When I was attending auction school, we would go out at night to various local auction houses to practice our bid calling and stage...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Bidders won’t bid past disclosed reserve?
Some auctioneers are telling me that if they disclose the reserve on a property, bidders won’t bid beyond the reserve. I don’t believe...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Practicing our auctioneer craft …
There’s nothing quite like bid calling in front of a nice crowd. Nothing quite matches watching people respond to my personality moving...
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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 10, 20202 min read
Forests, trees, and policies
We have concluded that the more we can do for the bidders/buyers — to an extent — the more bidders/buyers we’ll have. As a result, our...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 26, 20202 min read
” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”
Correct, you as the auctioneer don’t want to be responsible for any of that — primarily because much (if not all) of that is out of your...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Legal advice without the “the rest of the story …”
Auctioneers are certainly advised to secure an attorney for any legal advice. Yet, the advice that any certain action/plan is permitted...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 2, 20202 min read
… and you’re not doing it online for what reason?
I’ll continue to ask this when I hear anything like, “I don’t know how we’re going to keep bidders 6′ apart, and insist they all …” If...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 25, 20202 min read
Start the auction or commence private treaty?
So let’s say an absolute auction (of one property) is scheduled and only one bidder shows up; does the auctioneer open the auction? ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 17, 20202 min read
Can online auctions make up for lost live auction revenue?
Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Phillips, and others) are selling online. However, just as we’ve held over the years, live auctions produce more...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 15, 20202 min read
What’s an “essential” auction?
First, “essential” is generally considered “absolutely necessary and/or extremely important.” So is any auction extremely important or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 6, 20203 min read
Did you win every item for exactly your maximum bid?
Let’s say Lauren here is looking at her phone and sees that she won all 17 items she bid on for exactly her maximum bid amount. So, what...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 26, 20202 min read
I can have a live auction now?
So, game on? I would submit, not quite yet. Even if you as an auctioneer feel it’s safe to be in crowds without any social distancing...
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