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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


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


Auction disclaimers with irreconcilable conflicts
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/auctioneer-disclaimers/ Kurt R. Bachman, Attorney and Auctioneer with Beers...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 4, 20192 min read


Why are we looking for “tie bids?”
A tie implies sameness — a draw or deadlock. In other words, at auction for there to be a tie bid, both bidders would have to bid the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 31, 20184 min read


Are auctioneers “hired guns?”
We wrote about traits to look for when hiring a contract auctioneer here: http://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/the-9-im...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 26, 20182 min read


Bid from the comfort of your home or office
Apparently an attorney told an auctioneer that this phrase should immediately be removed from his auction advertising — as it implied a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 14, 20182 min read


Buy this at auction and …
However, what if an auction advertisement said, “Buy this at auction and ski down the hill from your back door,” or “Buy this at auction...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 12, 20182 min read


Are we making it harder or easier to buy at auction?
However, auctioneers seem late to the party. While many auctioneers offer online bidding to make it easier to play, otherwise buying at...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 10, 20182 min read


Do auctioneers perceive themselves as ethical?
The data we share in our classes suggests the general public probably thinks auctioneers are on the whole … less than ethical. Very...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 3, 20182 min read


Bid calling and the mailbox rule
Mark Younger and his staff helping our client sell over 3,300 lots. Several times during these recent auctions, it must have appeared to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 26, 20182 min read
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