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Licensed auctioneers and their small voices
I think there’s a far greater issue moving forward in the auction industry as I discussed with Georgia Auctioneer Colton Moore a few days...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 2, 20163 min read


Auctions with shared costs
Many auctioneers have auctions at facilities such as a fairgrounds, community center, and the like. These facilities charge rent — say...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 22, 20162 min read


Auctioneers: always written contracts
That’s because I thought every auctioneer knew this, and such writing would be largely uninteresting; however, I have been convinced of...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 19, 20162 min read


What did your attorney say?
We help attorneys with appraising and selling assets held in estates, guardianships, bankruptcies and other similar situations. We assist...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 15, 20162 min read


National Auctioneers Week
Here’s the scoop. Per the National Auctioneers Association (NAA), National Auctioneers Week has been marked as an extension of National...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 11, 20162 min read


Fiduciary duty in auction marketing
He is one of the few other bloggers who I have listed on the “blogroll” on my blog — and for good reason. Ryan’s blog is a tremendous...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 8, 20163 min read


Sole regulator of auctioneers, auctions
And the other “about one-half” don’t license auctioneers in a comprehensive fashion. In those states which license auctioneers statewide,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 5, 20162 min read


Auctioneers vs. Auction Portals
I’ve been involved in 100’s of divorce appraisals. Some marriages as short as a few months, and some as long as 40 years. Nobody gets...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 21, 20162 min read


I drove … miles and the auction is canceled?
“That’s false advertising! That’s bait and switch! That’s misrepresentation!” Ellen had got up early, got dressed, stopped for coffee,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 15, 20162 min read


Auctioneers and watermarking
Auctioneers take lots of photographs. Auctioneers use lots of photographs in marketing property for auction, and otherwise. Today, we...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 11, 20163 min read


Auction Prices
In 2015, this study ranked Jeff Wyler Automotive Family Inc. as the 39th largest car dealership group in the United States. In 2014,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 8, 20163 min read


Auction post cancellation?
Frank bequeathed (and technically devised) the lumberyard to her upon his death per his will. However, Connie desired to sell the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 4, 20163 min read


How much will I get at auction?
It might be land, a tractor or a piece of jewelry. Sellers want to know before consigning such, or maybe are just curious. Auctioneers...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20162 min read


Consumers and “auctions”
Instead, John notes, they are searching using terms such as “buy” and “for sale” when looking to purchase something. The implication...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 26, 20162 min read


Seller and buyer identity at auction
And lots of discussion lately about buyers wanting / deserving seller information from property purchased at auction. While a state (such...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20161 min read


The Ford F-150 Experiment
At a class recently held by the National Auctioneers Association, an instructor asked auctioneer attendees what they would search on the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20163 min read


Nobody bids just once …
This was no doubt in regard to a live auction where an auctioneer can assume nobody bids just once. In other words, if he bids $5,000,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 2, 20162 min read


The word “auction” in auction marketing?
For example, if an auctioneer was selling 5,100 acres of farm land, the advertisement should read “5,100 Acres Farm Land Selling at...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20163 min read


The smallest increment
We have written about the conflict with minimum bid increments and a without reserve (absolute) auction. Most notably, our analysis here...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 25, 20163 min read


Auctioneers can sell a house in how many minutes?
Yet, what exactly did we do in ten minutes? We simply put the home in contract in ten minutes — not something any real estate agent...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 21, 20162 min read
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