The case at the Supreme Court of New Jersey known as John C. Sullivan v. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. (A-57-20) (085225) was...

Auctioneers use a variety of platforms to host their own websites, provide for online bidding, and/or to disseminate a variety of content....

Auctioneers often take absentee bids or allow bidders to bid online where they are privy to the bidder’s maximum bid. Our question today...

I’ve repeatedly held that state and federal legislatures (and relatedly governors/presidents) aren’t terribly good at writing law, which...

We’ve noted that auctioneers cannot disclaim expressed warranties, and shouldn’t disclaim implied warranties, but many mistakenly...

Let’s see … an auctioneer is selling some real property at auction. He advertises that this subject property is about 5 acres (+/-) with...

Auctioneers often ask if there is any “proof” absolute auctions produce the highest prices for sellers. While there isn’t a consensus of...

Our question today is: “Would an auctioneer accept a seller’s property for auction and sell it absolute if the seller requested such?” ...

I have noted that Daniel P. West has linked to my blog once if not more times and I appreciate that, and I have linked to his blog in...

Many auctioneers have told me that their favorite type of “with reserve” auction is a seller-confirmation auction — a right to accept or...

Do we as auctioneers have to treat all bidders to the same terms and conditions — in other words, equal footing — and are those terms and...

With recent changes to 26 U.S. Code § 6050W lowering the threshold for transaction reporting requirements from $20,000 to $600 for...

It’s supposed to be easy … and most of the time it is. However, things happen: The Internet goes down, the online platform goes down,...

Auctioneers like having a lot of discretion. Steve Proffitt held auctioneers should have little or no discretion and I tend to agree: ...

If I have used a guiding principle in my business as well as writings on this platform, I would say it comes down to two such thoughts:...

One of the first auctions I worked in Columbus, Ohio was a personal property auction conducted by Jack B. Smith, Auctioneer. It was a...

We have written lately and otherwise about auctioneers saying something is “something” and then disclaiming that this same property is...

The UCC § 2-316 is often cited in regard that auctioneers can disclaim an express warranty. For instance, I can say I’m selling a Vincent...

A mansion (not the above mansion) went to auction and the high bid was $45.76 million. A news headline thereafter read that a “$87.8...

Auctioneers are confronted with any number of laws. Legislators author bills that become law when a governor or the President signs (or...