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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Sep 4, 20232 min read

The auction starts and then …

We wrote in 2013 that auctioneer/seller contracts are “agency contracts” and as such would typically end if the auctioneer or seller died....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jun 26, 20233 min read

Auctioneers and boycotting

Auctioneers over the last few years have publically said they are boycotting Google, Facebook, The Super Bowl (and anyone who’s performed...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jun 8, 20232 min read

Auction platforms, mergers, acquisitions

Rarely does a day go by when I don’t read, hear, or otherwise note that some auctioneer is disappointed with some auction platform “ever...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jan 11, 20213 min read

You’re not advertising my auction on Facebook?

We discussed a few months ago the issue of auctioneers not advertising their auctions in certain places because they disagree with that...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Oct 28, 20132 min read

What? “Our best auction was the one we never did?”

These classes have been held at auctioneer state conventions, national conventions, auction schools and many other venues. Speakers have...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Dec 27, 20094 min read

Auction School — A Great Investment

Were any of us born auctioneers? Well – maybe close – in that our father or mother was an auctioneer and we were bid-calling at age 2. ...