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10 things to know when bidding on your first online auction
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/10-things-to-know-when-attending-your-first-live-auction/. Relatedly, for everyone...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 3, 20203 min read


Who is easier to charge — seller or buyer?
Of course, not all retail buyers are inexperienced, and not all sellers are professional. However, our question is generally who is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 2, 20202 min read


10 things to know when attending your first live auction
Some people have never been to a live auction. Today we discuss 10 (ten) things to know when attending your first auction: Check the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 28, 20203 min read


Auctioneers & IRS Form 8300 reporting
The law requires that trades and businesses (such as auctioneers) report cash payments of more than $10,000 to the federal government by...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20202 min read


Auctioneers, firearms and raffles
If the organization owns the gun being raffled, and all other laws are being followed in that particular state about raffles, that...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 26, 20202 min read


It is not worth what it won’t sell for
Terry Mangum said something similar and he’s exactly right: It is not worth what it won’t sell for. In other words, a piano listed...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 25, 20203 min read


Raise more by hiring an auctioneer
Greater Giving published an article titled: Raise more by hiring an auctioneer. That can be read in full here:...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 24, 20202 min read


Why hire a National Auctioneers Association member auctioneer?
National Auctioneers Association (NAA) member. NAA members are exposed to the preeminent auction-related education opportunities...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20202 min read


We’re going to auction the safe … unopened?
We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20202 min read


Auction advertising that’s “just enough” information
Auctioneers for 100’s of years have placed “… and many more items too numerous to mention” at the bottom of each advertisement —...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 19, 20202 min read


Is being an auctioneer like gambling?
For instance, an auctioneer named Emily meets with Frank and Wanda Horton to discuss their upcoming move to a retirement center. Most of...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 18, 20202 min read


Can an auctioneer sell something he knows nothing about?
Auctioneers who contract with sellers to serve as their auctioneer to market, promote and secure the highest possible bid need to know...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20202 min read


At auction, is it need or want?
After you have all your needs, it’s okay to have considered some wants, isn’t it? As an auctioneer for nearly 40 years, I can tell you...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 14, 20202 min read


We’re selling this stuff at auction, unless we decide otherwise
Our most recent treatise on that subject is here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/auctions-which-are-or-not-fair-...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20202 min read
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[Auctioneer] licensing doesn’t matter to consumers
Stanford University economist Brad Larsen along with Ciara Farronato of Harvard, Andrey Fradkin of Boston University, and Erik...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 12, 20202 min read


The question was, “Can I bid what I want to bid?”
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/bid-calling-is-just-numbers/. An out-of-town bidder arrived at our auction house...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 11, 20202 min read


Auction cancellation fee that is fair
As such, in the National Auctioneers Association award-winning magazine (Auctioneer, December 2019/January 2020) Matthew Parker...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 10, 20202 min read


Auctioneers advertising their auction at your auction
Take this above auction advertisement of groceries, drapery, ironmongery, and furniture. Can Mr. John Fisher advertise his March 6, 1869...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 7, 20202 min read


Online auction where he can’t bid, they can’t bid and/or maybe nobody can bid …
So, auctioneers are no-doubt being advised to put in their terms that if the online bidding platform is not accessible, the auction can...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20203 min read


Auctioneers and payment methods
PayPal … in other words, we have tried to keep up with commerce generally in the United States. We wrote prior about us beginning to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 5, 20202 min read
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