Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Ask your client
We wrote about duties auctioneers owe their clients (sellers) in 2009. As we noted then, auctioneers are special agents for their...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 20, 20113 min read
Buyer’s premium in Wisconsin
Today, there is no state in the United States where the buyer’s premium is not found. Yet, auctioneers in Wisconsin are not permitted to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 30, 20113 min read
The delicate balance of a great auction
There are also other forced sale auctions including foreclosures, repossessions and court-ordered actions (lacking the seller’s consent)....
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 10, 20113 min read
A “standard” buyer’s premium?
I’m guessing that the word, “standard” is being used in this manner to mean usual, common, or customary. Yet, is the buyer’s premium any...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 7, 20113 min read
How are auctioneers paid?
There are two parties to an auction. On the one side, there is a seller who typically owns the item, or otherwise represents the title...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 19, 20114 min read
What is auction fraud?
In talking with other auctioneers about fraud, as well as others including auction buyers and sellers, there are considerable differences...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 21, 20104 min read
What is a Penny Auction?
Saturday arrives, and Sarah goes out to her car in order to drive to her weekend destination. She pulls up to a parking place just...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20104 min read
Should the reserve be disclosed?
Marvin wishes to consign his 2009 Jaguar XF Coupe to the local auto auction. Marvin paid about $59,000 for this car about a year ago,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 19, 20103 min read
Item at auction is, but maybe not?
So, that 1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar is MS-60, but maybe not? This could just as well be a parcel of land, a piece of commercial...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 9, 20103 min read
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
Nov 13, 20102 min read
Madoff Auction: Sold against?
Yet, some language in the articles caught my eye as odd. For instance, one article noted, “A leather bull foot stool — including a tail...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 6, 20103 min read
Do online-only auctions realize more money for the seller?
First, it is probably important to note that the recent Michigan State University Auction Industry 2010 study showed that only 6% of all...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20103 min read
Can the seller bid at auction?
One right that is sometimes given up, but other times not, is the right to bid on that property at the auction. Why do sellers want to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 17, 20102 min read
What does it mean to “buy something back?”
A television station just today reported that banks were, “buying homes back” at foreclosure auctions taking place in their county. Late...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 25, 20102 min read
Is it okay for the auction staff to bid?
I am somewhat new to the auction scene and was wondering if it is standard procedure for workers at an auction to bid on items that they...
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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
Dec 16, 20095 min read
Buyer’s Premium
In fact, it’s not more difficult to find ads that say, essentially, “come to our auction since we don’t charge a buyer’s premium” as it...
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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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