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Could your auction purchase be a fake?
If you attend or otherwise bid on property at an auction, could your purchase be a fake? Further, if you purchase a fake item, what...
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Highest “bona fide” bidder?
It’s been said (even memorialized in some state law) that at an absolute (without reserve) auction, the seller has the bona fide...
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 6, 20213 min read
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Is that really the seller bidding?
Almost every week we receive a call, asking essentially “Can the seller bid disguised as another genuine bidder?” State law does allow...
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 4, 20213 min read
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Auctioneers & the first-sale doctrine
This cornucopia of auction offerings sometimes includes copyrighted and/or trademarked property — such as a book, which clearly denotes...
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 11, 20152 min read
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