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Is free speech always free?
We wrote about contracts always being in writing here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/auctioneers-always-written...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 6, 20182 min read
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What is all this auction “jargon?”
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/the-public-and-auction-jargon/ Today, we explore some of the most common auction...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 30, 20183 min read
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Giving my advice to auctioneers
I recently returned home from what has become my annual “auctioneer convention season” including conferences and other events in Ohio,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20183 min read
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I have it but I don’t … and then again, again, again …
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/unethical-bid-calling-3-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not/ Amplifying this attorney’s...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20183 min read
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Unfair, unreasonable, inequitable … what does it all mean?
Shortly thereafter our first blog, fellow blogger extraordinaire and good friend Aaron Traffas wrote about our undertaking: ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 8, 20183 min read
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… but my seller cashed the check
Most recently, an inquiry involved a breach of contact of sorts — where the auctioneer did not follow the legal expressed wishes of his...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 21, 20173 min read
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A curious auction claim — and a “slip of the tongue”
As Mr. Sharif knew well, in American Contract Bridge rules, bids by players which are deemed inadvertent (a slip of the mind, slip of the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 21, 20172 min read
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Can an auctioneer/seller deny someone from attending their auction?
Our question today regards an auctioneer/seller denying another auctioneer — or anyone else — from attending their auction. And the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 18, 20172 min read
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The “corruption” of the auction industry?
Some might say (including Shannon Hunter, Auctioneer) that these are the two most material issues in the auction industry today. In...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 11, 20173 min read
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“As-is” and I can or can’t inspect?
Bill’s father Gene had served in the Unites States Air Force from 1947 until his retirement in 1991 and had flown these 19B’s (UH-19’s)...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 31, 20173 min read
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Auction deemed a stunt?
Recently, an auction of the Lincoln Park Plaza (Michigan) apparently did not result in a completed sale. Adam Miller, Lincoln Park’s...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 10, 20172 min read
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The integrity of the bidding process
Our topic today specifically regards bankruptcy auctions, but applies equally and reasonably to any type of auction anywhere in the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 28, 20174 min read
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‘Reasonably advantageous’ auction terms
I stay at many hotels throughout the year (although I have never stayed at the Black Bear Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania.) In doing so,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 19, 20175 min read
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Bid calling really does matter
Further, we wrote that auctioneers who are highly skilled in bid calling are paid a premium over those who are not, and that additional...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 8, 20173 min read
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Real estate agents … auctioneers … and real estate auctioneers.
“They say that [Zillow,] a company they empowered and trusted, is taking advantage of them.” Yep — auctioneers heard how many times...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 29, 20172 min read
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Coming in waaaaaay below the pre-auction estimate
“Famed artist Billy Woble’s painting estimated at $3,000,000 – $5,000,000 sells at auction for $7,500,000,” instead of “Famed artist...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 22, 20172 min read
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Does the “buyer’s premium” show to the seller?
Following the auction, of course, the auctioneer would have to settle the auction with his seller. In doing so, that settlement...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 20, 20173 min read
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Where is auctioneer CE needed? Everywhere …
Brad Bergefurd, OSU Extension Educator & Horticulture Specialist, Charissa McGlothin, OSU Agriculture & Marketing Program Assistant and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 8, 20172 min read
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Auction terms versus auction descriptions …
So the auctioneer/auction company is able to succinctly express the precise terms and conditions of the auction — you must pay within 36...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 1, 20173 min read
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Pinhooking in the auction business
If alley trading, owner A is set to sell his car in the auction. Just before, B buys the car from A for $10,000. Then B runs the car...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 30, 20173 min read
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