#licensed

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Sep 6, 20232 min read

Are you using another’s FFL?

You? An auctioneer who’s selling firearms and isn’t licensed as a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL.) You decide you will utilize an FFL...

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...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 21, 20172 min read

Auctioneer, FFL and Contracts

More specifically, as we have written before, the non-FFL auctioneer can sell firearms in basically one situation: The sole circumstance...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 14, 20173 min read

The auction of firearms and qualified events

Let me begin with this: generally this type of thought process is not a bad thing — “Is there a better way to do this?” “Wonder if I can...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Dec 17, 20143 min read

Auctioneers (not) protecting the public?

Sometimes the subject involves some auctioneer doing something either unethical and/or illegal. For example, at an auctioneer convention...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Sep 25, 20132 min read

Honesty in the auction business

However, just as there are bad doctors, bad accountants and bad baseball players … there are some bad auctioneers. Extremely bad if they...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jan 14, 20133 min read

Auctioneers and recovery funds

In that article, we mentioned that some states have augmented or completely replaced the requirement for auctioneers to be bonded, and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 19, 20125 min read

Hiring an auctioneer?

Bob owns a car auction and needs an auctioneer for his new Friday night run. Carla’s father died and she needs an auctioneer to sell his...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 15, 20123 min read

I don’t need an auctioneer’s license …

Most of those who do — license in a statewide-fashion, while the others license by county, region or product segment. However, in these...