Auctioneers tell me that they had a “seller confirmation” auction and the seller had a “secret reserve” and the auction didn’t reach that...

Those in the auction business know more about the auction business than those outside of it. For example, while auctions have “urgency”...

Should auctioneers guarantee their sellers any certain results from the auction of their property? Should sellers be persuaded to sell at...

When I attended auction school I was told two things I’ve repeated my entire life thereafter to other auctioneers. In fact, I’ve heard...

Almost all auctions use a sense of urgency in that bidders must make up their minds quickly. A live auctioneer may only take bids for 30...

I’m sometimes mystified by how some auctioneers view their business model. We’ve held for decades that all auction bidders/buyers are...

Let’s say it’s 1930 — for example — auctioneers were primarily known in their “community” and we knew his or her spouses, their kids’...

Auctioneers for 100’s of years have placed “… and many more items too numerous to mention” at the bottom of each advertisement —...

For example, if an auctioneer was selling 5,100 acres of farm land, the advertisement should read “5,100 Acres Farm Land Selling at...