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Selling at (or about) a certain time
Many auctions have specific times set for certain property — the house/real property sells at 12:00 noon. The car sells at 1:00 pm. The...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 19, 20213 min read
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You don’t have an “order of sale?”
Your auction is set to start in about an hour (if you actually decide to start in about an hour?) and I’m an interested bidder. I’ve...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 17, 20213 min read
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Hiring an auctioneer — is it price or value?
… A fraction of 1% saved in power transmitted soon pays the cost difference between a poor belt and a good one. One breakdown may wipe...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 7, 20193 min read
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Is your auctioneer providing an experience?
The biggest changes? Probably live auctions to online auctions, and maybe more importantly the changing customer/client desires and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20193 min read
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Sued because of auction sale price
Here’s one such article from 2012 where the sellers actually sued the buyers for “buying too cheaply:” https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wor...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 25, 20172 min read
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Auctioneers managing bidder expectations
How does the bidder (customer) feel about participating in the auction? What is the likelihood the customer will participate in this...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 26, 20122 min read
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Auctioneers managing seller expectations
How did the seller (client) feel about the results? What is the likelihood the client will hire this auctioneer again, and/or recommend...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 26, 20123 min read
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Why didn’t it sell at auction?
A large real estate firm is holding a ballroom auction of bank owned properties, and about 40% don’t sell after being put up for auction....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 24, 20114 min read
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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...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 3, 20102 min read
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Seller wants his identity and sales prices kept confidential at auction
It is now 3 years after Mr. Georges Wyatt purchased his long-desired painting. He now wishes to sell the painting at auction, and wants...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 30, 20103 min read
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