We ask a somewhat rhetorical question this morning … what is “scheduled maintenance?” Of course, it’s two things: “Scheduled” and...

For online auctions — and for that matter, any auction — bidders can disclose or keep confidential their maximum (max) bid. I might...

Almost every week we receive a call, asking essentially “Can the seller bid disguised as another genuine bidder?” State law does allow...

Many auctioneers tend to specialize. For instance, maybe an auctioneer chooses to only sell coins, or only sell pottery, or only sell...

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...

First, let’s define some terms here: Express warranties are statements of fact and/or promises that the property will conform to the...

While most all net listings are deemed illegal in real property transactions, are net listings legal when the subject property is...

Ritchie Bros. held their first auction in 1958 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Ken, Dave and John conducted their first of many to follow...

Greater Giving published an article titled: Raise more by hiring an auctioneer. That can be read in full here:...

We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...

Stanford University economist Brad Larsen along with Ciara Farronato of Harvard, Andrey Fradkin of Boston University, and Erik...

The National Auctioneers Association dictates in their Code of Ethics that auctioneers [members] “shall recognize the limitations of...

https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/one-bid-and-200-other-bidders-stand-in-silence/. In that treatise, we suggested...

First, if you as an auctioneer are selling property “as-is” and “where-is” then you need to allow bidders reasonable opportunity to...

The particular definition of confidence in which I’m referring is more so “self-confidence:” … a feeling of self-assurance arising from...

Today, we explore what standard of care any auctioneer has regardless of how they hold themselves out to the public. We answer a...

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 …...

The entire story is here: https://www.holidaysincornwall.com/farmers-stand-in-silence-at-auction-so-a-young-man-can-buy-back-his-family-...

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...

Facebook‘s stock plunged 19% losing about $119 billion in market value constituting the biggest single-day loss for any public company in...