Ringmen (and ring women) often have to communicate that a bid has been offered by a bidder so that the auctioneer notes such a bid. To...

Specifically, we’ve looked closely at court cases which have concerned — and in many cases provided precedent in regard to — the auction...

While studies have held that auctions should be live or online, and not both, this method persists in some markets. The argument made is...

These ringmen typically help present property to the bidders, and also relay bids and other information to/from the audience and the...

An an auction, there is typically a person “working the ring,” commonly referred to as a ringman. This person is charged with basically...

Now, before we discuss this particular subject of, “sellable position,” we’ll talk about what a ringman normally does. Ringmen work the...

Simply put, when an auctioneer says, “Sold!” or uses some other customary closing, he or she denotes: The auctioneer cannot take any...

As I frequently teach auctioneer continuing education, I am often asked about this particular issue, as well as more general 1099...

This made me wonder what the minimum cost an auctioneer would incur to sell an item for $1.00 (or for any amount) at a live auction....

In this article, we will be exploring the time between auction items. Just how long does an auctioneer take between “Sold! for $3,500 to...

“The faster you sell them, the better prices are.” It seems valid that during an auction, the faster the pace — the better — for several...

At The Super Auction, held twice annually, each auctioneer participant contributes one or more auction rings of their own items (each...

As we have noted before, auctioneer bid calling is a series of oral contracts. A bid is received from a bidder and is accepted by the...

What selling in more than one ring does is get the auction over more quickly. For example, if an auction has 1,500 lots, one auctioneer...

This is my tenth “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...

A question we’re asked in auction school quite often is, “How many staff will I need for my auction?” The answer is, generally, in...

Were any of us born auctioneers? Well – maybe close – in that our father or mother was an auctioneer and we were bid-calling at age 2. ...