Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Two auctioneers book the same auction?
One such instance was in 1983, when an auctioneer in Indiana opened the Sunday newspaper to see that he and another auctioneer in that...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 25, 20103 min read
What is shill bidding?
So what is shill bidding? Let’s look first at the word, “shill.” Shill means basically to falsely advocate a position in attempts to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 26, 20103 min read
What is the difference between an auctioneer and a bid caller?
For our discussion, we are referring to bid calling as the usually rapid oral exchange with bidders, accepting bids, and asking for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 21, 20103 min read
Low starting prices = higher sale prices at auction
Thus the conclusion of the study titled “Starting Low but Ending High: A Reversal of the Anchoring Effect in Auctions“ by Gillian Ku,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 2, 20102 min read
Are pre-auction estimates purposely low?
Large, well-known auction houses (and some smaller, lesser-known auction houses) publish catalogs listing items in upcoming auctions, and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 23, 20102 min read
Auctioneer Collaboration: The Super Auction
At The Super Auction, held twice annually, each auctioneer participant contributes one or more auction rings of their own items (each...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 22, 20106 min read
Bid increments at auctions
For example, if a 2009 Case IH Magnum 335 is selling at auction, and the auctioneer has $175,000 is asking for $177,500, then the bid...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 24, 20103 min read
What? Auction where “Third bid buys?”
I’m not sure how to begin this story … other than to say that I had never heard of this type of auction nor this type of bid calling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 23, 20103 min read
It didn’t sell … can I have it?
Of course, the brother, or anyone else for that matter, could have purchased these items at the auction, but that was not evidenced by...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20104 min read
The Opening Bid …
National Public Radio (NPR) recently conducted a radio show from an auction where bank owned homes were being offered to the public at...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 30, 20103 min read
The Death of Reserve Auctions
What is changing in the auction business? Most suggest the Internet, and our ability as auctioneers to advertise to a worldwide market,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 12, 20104 min read
Live auctions disappear?
Scott Musser, current National Auctioneer Association President, said recently:“I think in five years that 50 percent of auctions will be...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 17, 20093 min read
What do auctioneers owe their clients?
When a client engages the services of an auctioneer, what duties does the client have the right to expect? In such cases, the auctioneer...
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