Recently, I was asked, “Can an auctioneer auction his own property?” The answer seemed clear enough, and I responded, “Sure, it happens...

Yet, some auctioneers sell items for less than these reserve amounts. How can this happen? How it was explained to me was that if the...

Typically, an auctioneer will introduce himself, or herself, and also introduce the staff, likely note that bidders must register, items...

Of course, the brother, or anyone else for that matter, could have purchased these items at the auction, but that was not evidenced by...

Today, with wireless technology, the auctioneer can wear a lightweight headset which allows for hands-free operation, (or use a cordless...

State law in 49 of the 50 states in the United States dictates bidders may retract their bid at an auction anytime, for any reason, up...

State law in 49 of the 50 states in the United States dictates that items may be withdrawn prior to the start of the auction, no matter...

A question we’re asked in auction school quite often is, “How many staff will I need for my auction?” The answer is, generally, in...

Many studies over the years have concluded that people are generally more happy with experiential purchases than material purchases. One...

Our answer to our attorney in this case was, essentially, “We can’t do that.” As we explore this issue here, you’ll see that we suggest...

The word auc·tion·eer is obviously the word, “auction” with the affix “eer.” The “eer” in the English language means someone associated...

There are auction houses (locations where auctions are held, typically a type of commercial facility, on some regular basis, as compared...

This is my eighth “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...

When I attended auction school, decades ago, I remember distinctly (the very first day) that we were taught to say, “Sold!” when we...

This is my seventh “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...

I have titled this post in reference to a post I recently read by Will McLemore titled similarly about unethical auctioneer bid calling...

This is my sixth “aberrant auction law” find, and numbered as such. When I find more, I’ll attempt to number sequentially, although I...

As we have attempted to count the number of auctioneers in the United States, and so far have estimated about 85,000, another question...

Will McLemore wrote on his blog about how to erode the credibility of real estate auctioneers with no-sales. You can read his blog here:...

Here, we hope to shed some light on this mystery, and possibly get closer to solving it. How many auctioneers are there? This is of...