Most live auctions (with no online component) advertise the significant items with maybe one picture of each, and some description ending...

Of course, the issue is — who is the most interested bidder? Who is the second most interested bidder? Since prior to the auction, these...

Occasionally, a bidder may want to know who the “other” bidder is … in other words, “Who is bidding against me?” One question we take a...

Generally in commerce, flash sales are deep[er] discounts on limited quantities for a short period of time. Presumably a flash [auction]...

https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/auctioneer-licensing-might-be-changing/ In regard to such lack of licensing,...

First, let me clarify that this term “auction” here is just one lot, rather than the term “auction event” consisting of all the lots as...

Said another way, in a forced sale where most hold that anyone can bid including the seller, can any bids be considered in bad faith? My...

I asked for an opening bid of $1,000 and dropped down to $500 when a known-silver-buyer opened the bid at $300. I asked $350 and got it,...

Stanley Forman Reed — without a law degree — serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1938 – 1957 Our...

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

First of all — why would any auctioneer not want the public to know an auction is indeed absolute? The words “absolute” or “without...

Terms and conditions of an auction [particularly online-only or simulcast] might say, “No shipping,” “15% Buyer’s premium,” “$20 handling...

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...

ALL HORSES ARE SOLD AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS. The buying and selling of horses, especially horses purchased to serve as...

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

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

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

Auctioneers are agents for their sellers. As such, they can renunciate (quit, give up) their appointed duties. As attorney Lee D....

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

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