Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
When can the seller bid without recourse?
Specifically, this was first codified as state law in the Uniform Sales Act (3) and (4) in 1906. Once the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Auctioneer licensing and auction lawsuits
After my presentation, one of the Committee members asked me if there appeared to me to be a correlation between the lack of licensing...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 31, 20192 min read
Are online auctions going away? Probably …
Every seller of insurance, groceries, legal services, clothing, rental cars, airlines, hotels, vehicles … is trying to find how (or...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 28, 20192 min read
Auctioneers poaching auctioneers
Basically, the poacher creates a Google ad and puts his competitors’ company names in as keywords — so that when someone searches in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 23, 20192 min read
Are auctioneer member benefits only for members?
National Auctioneer Association has a 3-legged stool approach: Education, Promotion and Advocacy. Somewhat naturally, some auctioneer...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 20, 20193 min read
Is there anything wrong with this auctioneer cartoon?
USA Today. Most all of my auctioneer friends around the country who commented about it found the comic offensive to our occupation and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 16, 20192 min read
$7.5 Million in storage unit auction?
The story is here: https://www.thisisinsider.com/five-hundred-dollar-storage-unit-had-7-million-inside-storage-wars-2018-11 which has...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 13, 20192 min read
Should I post that on Facebook — or anywhere?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/hiring-auctioneers-and-social-media/. Recently we noted this again in regard to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 9, 20192 min read
Intent: Direct and circumstantial evidence in auction cases
Here’s one of those prior writings: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/genuine-intent-to-transfer-to-the-highest-bid...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 7, 20193 min read
Hiring an auctioneer — is it price or value?
… A fraction of 1% saved in power transmitted soon pays the cost difference between a poor belt and a good one. One breakdown may wipe...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 3, 20192 min read
Number of bidders, competition, intensity, willingness … to bid?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/auctioneers-alpha-and-beta-and-more/. Our thinking comes from conducting thousands...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Is it simply “as-is” with inspection and/or a “return policy?”
First, if you as an auctioneer are selling property “as-is” and “where-is” then you need to allow bidders reasonable opportunity to...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 26, 20192 min read
Auction super precedents
We discussed if there were any other cases which would help or hurt her client’s claims and there really aren’t any of material nature. ...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 18, 20192 min read
Are we making buying at auction easier or more difficult?
I’ve been a long-standing advocate for auctioneers to join the 21st century — simpler, more equitable terms and conditions. Yet,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 15, 20193 min read
Death of a salesman?
Arthur Miller. It concerns an over-the-hill salesman facing a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Bad auction bidder and we do what?
First of all — auctioneers are advised that in order to do that, you better have your client’s knowledge and consent — memorialized in...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 9, 20193 min read
“Professional” auctioneers shouldn’t be trusted? Really?
Do I think most auctioneers are lairs? Do I think to be a “professional” auctioneer, one must lie? I do not. Further, I believe very...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Where is auction collusion more prevalent?
Bidders sometimes arrange to not bid against each other thus depressing prices. Some bidders engage other bidders to “make sure” their...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 3, 20194 min read
Online auctions making the seller more, or the auctioneer more?
Most live auctions (with no online component) advertise the significant items with maybe one picture of each, and some description ending...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 1, 20193 min read
Auctioneers, Alpha and Beta and more …
Of course, the issue is — who is the most interested bidder? Who is the second most interested bidder? Since prior to the auction, these...
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