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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 15, 20232 min read
Auctioneers: “I shouldn’t be required to take CE”
There are auctioneers in the United States arguing they should not be required to take any continuing education (CE) as practicing...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 12, 20222 min read
Auction [license] law principles
In states which license occupations, and in particular auctioneers and auction activity, the law essentially gives permission to conduct...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 14, 20223 min read
Is “highest and best” selling by auction?
In very high demand, low inventory real property markets (seller markets) often listing brokers will note that they will entertain...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 3, 20222 min read
More auction licensing hypocrisy
Some states (maybe 13 or so) require auctioneers to take continuing education (CE) periodically. The balance of other states either do...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 21, 20203 min read
The White House and occupational licensing
On December 14, 2020, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order on Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility. The complete...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Auctioneer licensing and auction lawsuits
After my presentation, one of the Committee members asked me if there appeared to me to be a correlation between the lack of licensing...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 22, 20192 min read
What the lack of auctioneer licensing causes …
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/auctioneer-licensing-might-be-changing/ In regard to such lack of licensing,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 11, 20183 min read
No auctioneer licensing so anything goes?
Similarly, charity auctions typically involve a charity as defined under IRS regulation section 501(c)(3). These auctions might be for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 2, 20173 min read
Auctioneer licensing in the United States
Those acting as auctioneers, or otherwise engaged in the auction business, are required to be licensed in some states in the United...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 7, 20172 min read
Auctioneer associations — licensing & discipline
It is not unusual for an auctioneer association executive director, officer and/or director to receive a communication from a consumer...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Sole regulator of auctioneers, auctions
And the other “about one-half” don’t license auctioneers in a comprehensive fashion. In those states which license auctioneers statewide,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 25, 20153 min read
Two types of auctioneer regulators
I am currently consulting with an attorney in a far southern state about their auction laws and a related court case. Yesterday, she...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 19, 20133 min read
Online auction licensing is here …
AuctionWeb (soon after to be www.eBay.com) was opened for business September 5, 1995 and the first item sold via an online auction was a...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 4, 20102 min read
Aberrant Auction Law, Michigan #8
This is my eighth “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20102 min read
Aberrant Auction Law, Massachusetts #7
This is my seventh “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 25, 20093 min read
Auctioneer licensing — good or bad?
Some license in a comprehensive manner and for others it’s more like a permit and/or formality. Some states which have licensing are...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20092 min read
Are eBay sellers auctioneers?
About one-half of states license auctioneers on a state-wide basis. Some states require only a fee be paid, while others require...
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