Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
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...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 5, 20202 min read
What makes something worth $450 Million?
We wrote in November 2019 about the “Salvator Mundi” painting selling for an excess of $450 Million at auction in 2017. Today, we...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Happy buyers = happy sellers?
Could happy buyers mean happy sellers? Not “happy” that they got a good deal necessarily, but happy with the process (and the property)...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Sell together or separate?
I was called to help a younger auctioneer with his farm equipment auction. Other than some hints on staffing, marketing, and related, he...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Sending out to an expert?
Hailey is an auctioneer in Vermont who sells primarily sports memorabilia. Her auctions include basketball, football, baseball, hockey,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Auction previews and “as-is?”
An attorney suggested to me in a court case in which I was hired as an expert witness … that auction previews were subject to the “as-is”...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 24, 20202 min read
Russ Hilk and “Which platform?”
On a somewhat regular basis some [newer] auctioneer asks, “Which platform should I use to start doing online auctions?” Typically, Russ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 21, 20201 min read
A poem: The Auction
One coat of pride, perhaps a bit threadbare; Illusion’s trinkets, splendid for the young; Some items, miscellaneous, marked ‘Fear’; ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 20, 20202 min read
NAA’s Mission, Vision, & Cornerstones
The National Auctioneers Association (NAA), founded in 1949, is an advocacy group representing auctioneers, auction businesses and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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...
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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...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Expert witnesses are always targeted
Let me begin with a thank you to the many auctioneers who have reached out to me lately. I continue to talk with maybe 2-3-4 auctioneers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Expert witness standards
Many people every day of the week testify in courts and otherwise as expert witnesses. I’ve testified dozens of times as such and today...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 11, 20201 min read
A poem by Clara Smith Reber
For sale at auction today at high noon: An old-fashioned buggy and a one-horse sleigh, A music box that still plays a tune, A rocking...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 10, 20202 min read
Forests, trees, and policies
We have concluded that the more we can do for the bidders/buyers — to an extent — the more bidders/buyers we’ll have. As a result, our...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 9, 20203 min read
Can we be less unconscionable?
In the past several years, auctioneers have been encouraged to act more and more unconscionable. What’s unconscionable? Unreasonably...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Why all auctioneers sound (at least slightly) different
However, have you heard a father and son as auctioneers sound similar? Have you heard mother and daughter as auctioneers sound similar? ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Absentee bids and confidentiality
She is also busy. She is a corporate attorney focusing on general business litigation and is also a volunteer at Goodwill Industries...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 6, 20202 min read
How auctioneers know something …
How do auctioneers know something? How does anyone know anything? Generally, people learn things through observation and research. We...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 5, 20202 min read
An unjust law need not be followed?
Acts 5:29 (New Testament) says in part: “We must obey God rather than human beings.” In other words, Christian auctioneers can disobey...
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