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Auctioneers and medical freedom
I’m all for freedom. I eat where I want to eat (The Top Steakhouse the other night with the love of my life, for example,) I pretty much...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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Auctioneers, freedom, and liberty
Increasingly, it appears [Coronavirus] vaccines and auctioneers don’t mix. “It’s my body …” or “It’s a hoax …” or “There’s a 99% chance...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 15, 20213 min read
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Auctioneers and personal choice
The United States is a county founded on freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble, freedom to keep and bear,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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The dangers of “absolute discretion”
Tom is an auctioneer who takes various live and online classes on the subject of “auctioneering,” surveys the Internet for articles, and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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Nobody can shut down my auction business?
Auctioneers are generally hard-working individuals who enjoy a great deal of freedom. Other than licensing in some states and 254 words...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Auctions during Coronavirus
Auctions are indeed continuing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cases across the United States tended to wain during the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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Auctioneers? Is a mandatory mask requirement constitutional?
Auctioneers are telling this auctioneer (me) that the government can’t make them wear a mask. I’m also hearing that the government can’t...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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Even when your state reopens … should you have a live auction?
So what’s the risk? Besides the somewhat obvious risk that bidders don’t yet feel comfortable attending a live auction, what if someone...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 9, 20202 min read
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Auctioneers and not being able to work
This has meant many auctioneers are being emotionally and economically impacted like never before. For example, this writing has been...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 25, 20203 min read
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NAA: State of the Auction Industry amid COVID-19
National Auctioneers Association conducted weekly surveys of member and non-member auctioneers starting March 25 (then April 1, April 8,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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A state telling an auctioneer he can’t work is unconstitutional?
Many auctioneers continue to argue that such a limitation is unconstitutional; that they cannot be denied their individual right of life,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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Auctioneers & force majeure clauses
What is “force majeure?” French and Latin languages suggest the origin of the word means “superior force.” Other meanings include “chance...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 27, 20202 min read
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Auctions and a pandemic
Live auctions (and some online auction previews/pickups) generally gather large groups of people together in the same immediate area....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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