Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Grading your online auction
How do bidders view your online (or simulcast) auction when shipping is generally involved? From viewing eBay‘s feedback system, it...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Auctions & woefully uninformed reporting
The Centralia, Washington Police Department is now using eBay to sell seized goods, instead of traditional auctioneers. An article in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 2, 20213 min read
Are auctioneers “eBay stores?”
A seller contacts me and wants me to take their property, put it online and get it sold. I’m a contemporary auctioneer — selling...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 3, 20203 min read
10 things to know when bidding on your first online auction
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/10-things-to-know-when-attending-your-first-live-auction/. Relatedly, for everyone...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Online auctions: How many items? How long until the closing?
There may be no certain “right” number of items (lots) nor any certain “right” amount of time those items (lots) are exposed to the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Buyer’s premiums: awareness and effect
Another auctioneer noted that being aware of the buyer’s premium and it having an effect on one’s bidding are two different things. As...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 13, 20193 min read
… it doesn’t sell so we put it on eBay?
eBay so that “… unsold auction goods automatically list on eBay and are optimized for visibility. It’s a unique marketing tool that...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Can “anyone” do an online auction?
Let’s see … open the app, take a picture (or several) with my phone, type a little description, check a few boxes, and press upload? ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 3, 20185 min read
Simulcast auctions … how they work and how they don’t
eBay works this way. For example, we have Bidder A and Bidder B. Bidder A submits a $750 maximum bid on eBay and his high bid is at $5 …...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 11, 20152 min read
Auctioneers & the first-sale doctrine
This cornucopia of auction offerings sometimes includes copyrighted and/or trademarked property — such as a book, which clearly denotes...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 9, 20152 min read
Proxibay
May 8, 2014, Invaluable and eBay announced a partnership: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/invaluable-ebay/ July...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 3, 20153 min read
I’m going to sell it at auction; what’s it worth?
Selling an oil painting for $500 is wonderful if the seller is expecting $200 and not good at all if the seller is expecting $2,000. As a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 19, 20153 min read
Should she buy at auction?
She is also enrolled in night classes working towards her masters degree in finance. Her mother’s birthday is coming up and Ashley is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 29, 20142 min read
Sothebay’s?
It’s July 14, 2014, and Sotheby’s announces they plan to offer their auction inventory on eBay. What changed from December 31, 2008 and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 15, 20142 min read
Invaluable eBay
It’s May 08, 2014, and Invaluable and eBay announce a joint agreement to bring eBay Live Auctions back to life. What changed from...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20133 min read
eBay vs. online-only auctioneers
I believe it’s fair to say that eBay originated the online auction concept. AuctionWeb (soon after to be www.ebay.com) was opened for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20133 min read
Online-only auctioneers “competing away?”
These auctions often take me from, for example, Columbus (Ohio) to Washington D.C. to Los Angeles to Chicago, and then back to Columbus,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20092 min read
Are eBay sellers auctioneers?
About one-half of states license auctioneers on a state-wide basis. Some states require only a fee be paid, while others require...
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