James entered the auction business in 1945. He worked at an auction house, eventually taking over as the new owner in 1959. Every...

Could an auctioneer (and/or seller) be guilty or liable for restraint of trade for restricting an auction to only certain — qualified —...

Tom is an auctioneer who takes various live and online classes on the subject of “auctioneering,” surveys the Internet for articles, and...

Nothing quite gets people’s attention more than the word, “free.” Of course, there is another phrase that gets considerable attention —...

Many auctioneers charge a buyer’s premium — for instance, if you bid $10,000 for an auction purchase, with a 10% buyer’s premium added,...

We previously wrote about auctioneers specializing here, where auctioneers only sell a certain type of property: ...

I’ve probably written about this issue more than any other. The question is essentially “Why are auctioneers intentionally misleading...

Nope. We just can’t do it. Auction bidders aren’t owed any honesty, nor integrity, and certainly not fair dealings. On the contrary,...

Many auctioneers tend to specialize. For instance, maybe an auctioneer chooses to only sell coins, or only sell pottery, or only sell...

We’ve held that auctioneers should disclose all known material facts concerning any property they are putting up for auction. This...

The so-called “hammer” falls at an auction, and the property (car, firearm, airplane, truck, tractor, artwork …) is sold to … who? ...

Auctioneers always want a big crowd — the number of people standing there and/or the number of bidders registered online. Generally, bid...

I must see 100’s of memes on my average day. The ones involving mathematics usually get my attention since I have an appreciation for...

Suddenly I’m seeing again that “equity” is a bad thing — especially if you say it into a microphone more than once. No, not “equity”...

Auctioneers are fiduciaries for their sellers or consignees. Auctioneers owe clients (principals) obedience, loyalty, disclosure,...

Our question is simply, “Could posting false information have consequences?” The easy answer is, “yes.” A follow-up question to that is,...

These two women want to register for your auction. What should they have to provide you as an auctioneer in order to do so? Driver’s...

I majored in Mathematics at The Ohio State University. One of my several particular interests in math was prime numbers. As most of you...

Some days I wake up and think … am I in another country? Maybe I’ve been transported to a different planet? No, I’m in the United...

We discussed a few months ago the issue of auctioneers not advertising their auctions in certain places because they disagree with that...