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A President and shill bidding
Vox. Apparently President Trump asked his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to secure a fake bidder to purchase a painting of the President...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 5, 20192 min read


Can “anyone” do an online auction?
Let’s see … open the app, take a picture (or several) with my phone, type a little description, check a few boxes, and press upload? ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20192 min read


When is a seller’s bid a shill bid?
What is shill bidding? Shill bidding is generally any bidding which lacks the “genuine intent to purchase” and rather bidding in order...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20192 min read


Live, online-only or simulcast?
First, is an auction (live, simulcast and/or online-only) suitable at all? Generally, we have held that auctions are suitable [only]...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 25, 20193 min read


Is your absolute auction being advertised/conducted as such?
First of all — why would any auctioneer not want the public to know an auction is indeed absolute? The words “absolute” or “without...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 22, 20192 min read


Online auction bidders don’t read?
Terms and conditions of an auction [particularly online-only or simulcast] might say, “No shipping,” “15% Buyer’s premium,” “$20 handling...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20193 min read


Auctioneers and confidence
The particular definition of confidence in which I’m referring is more so “self-confidence:” … a feeling of self-assurance arising from...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20192 min read


What’s faster? Live auction or online auction?
Live auctioneers can sell 2-3-4 lots of personal property a minute. Let’s say the average lot takes 25 seconds — so they sell in 25...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20193 min read


“As-is” and should have known
ALL HORSES ARE SOLD AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS. The buying and selling of horses, especially horses purchased to serve as...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 11, 20193 min read


Our auction had more views …
We know far more about this online auction than this antiquated live auction, right? Maybe. Did you know that the 286 of the 450...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 7, 20192 min read


What if the seller bids first in an absolute auction?
Our analysis today regards the seller bidding in an absolute auction — and in particular if the seller bids first. Within the few legal...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 4, 20193 min read


How many auctioneers are there?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/how-many-auctioneers-are-there/ A couple notes here in early 2019: The auction...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 30, 20193 min read


Can my auctioneer just “walk away?”
Auctioneers are agents for their sellers. As such, they can renunciate (quit, give up) their appointed duties. As attorney Lee D....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 28, 20192 min read


Auctioneer opinions?
Mike Brandly, Opening Speaker, Ohio Auctioneers Association Conference 2019, Columbus, Ohio Seemingly everyone has an opinion about...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 23, 20193 min read


Auctioneer licensing might be changing
Further, it’s being stated that licensing in many cases creates unreasonable barriers to conducting business. The Institute for Justice...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 21, 20191 min read


The threat to live (all) auctions
If there is a real threat to consider here, it’s the threat to all auctions, not only one type. As we’ve written before … in 2003 the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 18, 20193 min read


Is your auctioneer providing an experience?
The biggest changes? Probably live auctions to online auctions, and maybe more importantly the changing customer/client desires and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20193 min read


Auctioneer says this guy is a deadbeat?
For the most part, this is really good information in that other auctioneers can take note, and take precautions to avoid the same these...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 14, 20192 min read


Auctioneers and the standard of care
Today, we explore what standard of care any auctioneer has regardless of how they hold themselves out to the public. We answer a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 9, 20192 min read


Are auctioneers the next travel agents?
Kenny Lindsay has been trying to tell us but I’m not sure everyone is listening — or maybe not understanding? Our question today is,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 7, 20193 min read
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