I want to bid at your auction. Do you require me to give you a deposit (money) to bid, or do you require me as the eventual high bidder...

I’m sometimes mystified by how some auctioneers view their business model. We’ve held for decades that all auction bidders/buyers are...

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

All auctioneers who accept bids online for chattels should provide for shipping. In fact, all auctioneers should offer shipping options...

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...

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

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...

Auctioneers regularly share their auctions on social media platforms. This benefits their clients by exposing the auction to more people....

Auctions are of two distinct types: “With (some sort of) reserve, or without (any such) reserve, also known as “absolute.” Sellers who...

“Bidders at an auction ought to know that there are rules — terms and conditions — for the auction and should inquire about those rules...

The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) recently surveyed their membership and found that 70.4% of members use a third-party vendor to...

Auctioneers and their sellers occasionally encounter issues with buyers. Mostly these issues involve (personal property) possession...

Nope. We just can’t do it. Auction bidders aren’t owed any honesty, nor integrity, and certainly not fair dealings. On the contrary,...

I think I’ve seen almost every rule an auctioneer has for having (and/or not disclosing) the reserve price — including “sellers might or...

When I was attending auction school, we would go out at night to various local auction houses to practice our bid calling and stage...

There’s nothing quite like bid calling in front of a nice crowd. Nothing quite matches watching people respond to my personality moving...

Could happy buyers mean happy sellers? Not “happy” that they got a good deal necessarily, but happy with the process (and the property)...

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...

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...