#ownership

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Mar 4, 20213 min read

Auctioneers … who owns your data?

I clicked on a website and a popup appeared asking me to agree to the terms and conditions. It seemed that if I said, “Okay” I could...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 20, 20202 min read

Failure to pass the background check

I viewed an auction where in the terms and conditions regarding a firearm noted: “Failure to pass the background check will result in...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 7, 20202 min read

Clear title at auction

Bidders have a right to assume whatever they are buying at auction has clear title. What do we mean by that? That the subject property...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jul 16, 20202 min read

Auctioneers: Whose data is it?

There might not be a single company not harvesting data these days … from an auctioneer in the middle of nowhere collecting phone numbers...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Mar 9, 20173 min read

When does title transfer at an auction?

Absent any contract provisions to the contrary, for personal property the UCC § 2-401 will be applicable here. For real property, title...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Feb 16, 20173 min read

At an auction, who’s not the seller?

The auction was underway, and after about 30 minutes, a fairly regular buyer known by the auctioneer interrupted the auction with this...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Nov 10, 20163 min read

Auction title and possession

At auction, the words, “title” and “possession” take on somewhat special meaning — but not all that special. In a personal property...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 20, 20143 min read

Auctioneer buys and then …

What about the auctioneer’s staff bidding? Can they bid at auctions when they are working for the auctioneer? Should they bid at...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Aug 17, 20102 min read

What does it mean to “buy something back?”

A television station just today reported that banks were, “buying homes back” at foreclosure auctions taking place in their county. Late...