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Online platforms dictating what can/can’t be sold? Sure they are …
That aforementioned article can be read here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/bibles-and-flags-at-auction/...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 16, 20183 min read


Auctioneers deal with urgency …
Hondros College. In those classes, students often ask what the customary commission is for selling real property; additionally, they...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 12, 20182 min read


Legal precedent in auction cases …
I note that any prior ruling could be binding or a principle and therefore persuasive. Therefore precedent may not be binding but be...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 10, 20183 min read


Going, going, gone … at auction
Sotheby’s recently sold a framed image of a girl reaching out for a red, heart-shaped balloon for $1.4 million. Then moments later a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 8, 20182 min read


“As-is” with absolutely no inspection opportunity
Of course, caveat emptor is the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 5, 20183 min read


Make an auction offer irrevocable … accept it.
As most know, in contract law offers basically remain open until acceptance, rejection, revocation, expiration, operation of law, death,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 3, 20182 min read


The highest price … or the highest offer?
Song Dynasty. One such example came up for auction in London, England and Dr. Yao planned to attend and bid. The day of the auction, Dr....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 1, 20182 min read


Asking/requiring a bidder to leave the auction
This question is almost the same question we answered in 2017 when we wrote about denying a bidder from participating in an auction event....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 25, 20182 min read


Auction events are often not perfect …
One thing I think we’ve learned over this time is that “auction events are not perfect.” What do we mean by that? We mean just that …...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 21, 20182 min read


Using a POA to circumvent auction licensing
The question becomes: “Can a power of attorney (POA) circumvent the licensing requirement?” It appears to us that unless the state has...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 20, 20182 min read


Auctioneers and standard form contracts
N.A.S.H (National Auction Supply House), Keifer Auction Supply and Missouri Auction School. Additionally, and our topic today, some...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 17, 20182 min read


Can counterfeits, replicas, knockoffs … sell at auction?
Take a look at this $1,000 Federal Reserve Note. In fact, it’s not a $1,000 Federal Reserve Note at all, but rather a forgery,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 13, 20182 min read


UCC 2-328 allows reopen if other bidder is upset?
Quite frankly, bid calling isn’t terribly complicated in that auctioneers basically take (accept) bids from individual bidders until...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 10, 20183 min read


The opportunity to bid a certain amount?
Auctions generally don’t assure this bidder he’ll get this item if it sells for $750 — or even less depending upon the increments. For...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 5, 20183 min read


Simulcast auctions … how they work and how they don’t
eBay works this way. For example, we have Bidder A and Bidder B. Bidder A submits a $750 maximum bid on eBay and his high bid is at $5 …...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 3, 20185 min read


One bid and 200 other bidders stand in silence?
The entire story is here: https://www.holidaysincornwall.com/farmers-stand-in-silence-at-auction-so-a-young-man-can-buy-back-his-family-...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 29, 20182 min read


Higher bids “placed” online
The online bidder is (understandably) upset, “How did I not get this item for my maximum $750 bid? How did someone else get this item for...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 27, 20183 min read


Auctioneers are asked, “What do you charge?”
Ask a surgeon what it costs to perform surgery. Ask a car repair technician what the charge will be to repair your car. Ask an insurance...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20182 min read


Can an auctioneer association discipline a member?
Sometime last year, one quilter was accused of making inappropriate comments to another. The harmed quilter notified the officers and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 23, 20182 min read


Auctioneers donating their time to 501(c)(3)
As can be seen in IRS Publication 526: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf, the “value of your time or services” is not deductible....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 20, 20181 min read
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