Auctioneers who charge a buyer’s premium are being told they shouldn’t be charging a buyer’s premium. Maybe auctioneers who solely...

We were one of the first auctioneers (1993) to accept credit cards at all our auctions including even on-site auctions with no landline...

Buyer’s premiums are charges added to the buyer’s “hammer price” to constitute the total purchase price — plus any other costs. In other...

The bidding reached $130,000 (I wasn’t bidding) and the auctioneer was asking $135,000. The other bidder who had bid $125,000 didn’t...

At that time, we used a Verifone 330 credit card swiper, a DC power supply, a Motorola bag phone and a long antenna. We were the first...

We wrote about the buyer’s premium some time ago. We also wrote about the net effect of the buyer’s premium discussing how buyers...

Today, there is no state in the United States where the buyer’s premium is not found. Yet, auctioneers in Wisconsin are not permitted to...

In fact, it’s not more difficult to find ads that say, essentially, “come to our auction since we don’t charge a buyer’s premium” as it...