Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Give up selling live — do it all online?
Those auctions have involved generally a person acting as an auctioneer, accepting bids from auction attendees and selling property to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 30, 20132 min read
Why an online-only auction would (or should) hide results
Do online-only auctioneers hide sale prices (auction results?) It appears to me that most do. Why would an online-only auctioneer do...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 11, 20132 min read
Why is the online auction final sale price not listed?
He won about $700 worth of items, and inquired about the selling prices of a few other items on which he left absentee bids. I’m glad to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 8, 20132 min read
That next generation of auction buyers
I’ve heard this type of statement over and over again at conventions, seminars, and other auctioneer gatherings …“These younger buyers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 4, 20132 min read
Online auction school?
In other words, there are those who wish to complete auction school via an online course, rather than sit — and stand — and walk — and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 19, 20133 min read
The NAA IAC Final Round Questions ’13
At the 2013 National Auctioneers Association (NAA) International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) recently held Friday, July 19 in...
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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
Apr 17, 20132 min read
The cost shift in auction advertising
The auctioneer I worked for was a fairly busy auctioneer, holding 1-2 personal property auctions per week in the Columbus, Ohio area. For...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20134 min read
Bidding on auction items on the Internet
In regard to personal property, they can go to a store or retail outlet, warehouse outlet, a mall, a flea market, a yard sale, a garage...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20133 min read
eBay vs. online-only auctioneers
I believe it’s fair to say that eBay originated the online auction concept. AuctionWeb (soon after to be www.ebay.com) was opened for...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 1, 20132 min read
The auction industry in 2050
While I have no crystal ball (still looking for a working model) I invite those who read my expectations to comment about their own. I’m...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 13, 20123 min read
Online platform owns the bidders’ email addresses?
Tim conducts auctions every other week at his 7,000 square foot auction facility just outside of town. Years ago, Tim decided to augment...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 23, 20123 min read
Solely for the purpose of increasing the bid?
In fact, she has over 200 in her collection and they are all on display in her home, barn and garage. Natalie began her interest in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 26, 20123 min read
Online auctioneers using the same photos for different items?
Obviously, at a live auction, bidders can see the property for themselves; and in that live environment, the human eye can isolate 10-12...
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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...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 1, 20123 min read
Auction atmospheres
Almost all of these auctions, since 500 B.C. — over 2,500 years — have been live auctions. In other words, an auctioneer stands in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 8, 20124 min read
Customer breaks item scheduled in online auction
Over 300 lots of glassware, china, figurines and other somewhat delicate collectibles are scheduled to sell to the highest bidders on...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 16, 20123 min read
Are Internet auction laws necessary?
By 2007, upwards of $80,000 in goods and services sold on www.ebay.com every minute of every day. Today at various times just as much or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 3, 20123 min read
Online auctioneer policy changes
In essence, they are now being more upfront with bidders when the bidder’s maximum absentee bid [maximum pre-bid] is disclosed to the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20122 min read
Online ownership prior to auction?
For example, say the auction date is November 15. November 1 the auction house places a list of the items to be offered at auction on...
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