Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
What is “scheduled maintenance?”
We ask a somewhat rhetorical question this morning … what is “scheduled maintenance?” Of course, it’s two things: “Scheduled” and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 17, 20213 min read
Can two bidders have the same “max bid?”
For online auctions — and for that matter, any auction — bidders can disclose or keep confidential their maximum (max) bid. I might...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 4, 20213 min read
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...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 12, 20213 min read
I’m known for selling …
Many auctioneers tend to specialize. For instance, maybe an auctioneer chooses to only sell coins, or only sell pottery, or only sell...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Expert witness standards
Many people every day of the week testify in courts and otherwise as expert witnesses. I’ve testified dozens of times as such and today...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 26, 20203 min read
As-is with inspection or return policy if not
First, let’s define some terms here: Express warranties are statements of fact and/or promises that the property will conform to the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 20, 20202 min read
An auction net listing
While most all net listings are deemed illegal in real property transactions, are net listings legal when the subject property is...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Ritchie Bros. & buying with (more) confidence
Ritchie Bros. held their first auction in 1958 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Ken, Dave and John conducted their first of many to follow...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Raise more by hiring an auctioneer
Greater Giving published an article titled: Raise more by hiring an auctioneer. That can be read in full here:...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20202 min read
We’re going to auction the safe … unopened?
We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 12, 20202 min read
[Auctioneer] licensing doesn’t matter to consumers
Stanford University economist Brad Larsen along with Ciara Farronato of Harvard, Andrey Fradkin of Boston University, and Erik...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 9, 20192 min read
How competent must auctioneers be?
The National Auctioneers Association dictates in their Code of Ethics that auctioneers [members] “shall recognize the limitations of...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 19, 20192 min read
Farmers stand together so 80 acre farm goes for one bid?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/one-bid-and-200-other-bidders-stand-in-silence/. In that treatise, we suggested...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Is it simply “as-is” with inspection and/or a “return policy?”
First, if you as an auctioneer are selling property “as-is” and “where-is” then you need to allow bidders reasonable opportunity to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Auctioneers and confidence
The particular definition of confidence in which I’m referring is more so “self-confidence:” … a feeling of self-assurance arising from...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 9, 20192 min read
Auctioneers and the standard of care
Today, we explore what standard of care any auctioneer has regardless of how they hold themselves out to the public. We answer a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Auction events are often not perfect …
One thing I think we’ve learned over this time is that “auction events are not perfect.” What do we mean by that? We mean just that …...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 29, 20182 min read
One bid and 200 other bidders stand in silence?
The entire story is here: https://www.holidaysincornwall.com/farmers-stand-in-silence-at-auction-so-a-young-man-can-buy-back-his-family-...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20182 min read
Auctioneers are asked, “What do you charge?”
Ask a surgeon what it costs to perform surgery. Ask a car repair technician what the charge will be to repair your car. Ask an insurance...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Auctioneers, Facebook, Censorship and [Fake] News …
Facebook‘s stock plunged 19% losing about $119 billion in market value constituting the biggest single-day loss for any public company in...
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