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Auctioneers and mouth breathing
Mouth breathing is not unique to auctioneers. Singers, teachers, public speakers, announcers, athletes, and many others breath through...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20112 min read


What is auction fraud?
In talking with other auctioneers about fraud, as well as others including auction buyers and sellers, there are considerable differences...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 19, 20114 min read


How does an auctioneer quiet a noisy crowd?
First, why would an auctioneer have an overly noisy crowd? People do attend auctions to purchase items, but also to converse with friends...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 16, 20112 min read


Auctioneers & Deconstructing the Deal
The article that gets my attention is titled Deconstructing the Deal by Kentin Waits of wisebread.com. Among his suggestions on getting a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 9, 20113 min read


Internet Auction Calendars
My intent in this article is to focus on the paramount characteristic of any Internet auction calendar — the number of people who look at...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 8, 20112 min read


Misleading auction advertising
As an auctioneer, I have written 1,000’s of auction advertisements. As Executive Director of The Ohio Auction School, I have taught...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 3, 20115 min read


Why didn’t it sell at auction?
A large real estate firm is holding a ballroom auction of bank owned properties, and about 40% don’t sell after being put up for auction....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 24, 20114 min read
Does one auction purchase spur another?
Tim is an auctioneer in Florida. His once-a-month antiques and collectibles auction is about to begin. This particular auction has a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 13, 20113 min read


Is maximizing the absentee bid proper?
Here’s a typical example of what we’re addressing here: Terrell’s Auction House has an auction coming up Monday night and has a 1955...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 8, 20114 min read


Does order of sale matter?
One comment Walter would make to me almost every week at our auctions was, “You’re selling all your good stuff first … you’re going to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20113 min read


Old English Auction Case Law
While the United States has developed many such auction and auctioneer laws, English (United Kingdom) courts in the 1700’s and 1800’s...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 28, 20104 min read


Auctioneer says sold for wrong amount?
To generalize the question at issue, let’s say an auctioneer is selling real property at auction, and the bidding goes as such: ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 25, 20102 min read


Auctions & Holidays
For instance, can a successful public auction be held July 4, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter, or on...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 23, 20102 min read


Should the reserve be disclosed?
Marvin wishes to consign his 2009 Jaguar XF Coupe to the local auto auction. Marvin paid about $59,000 for this car about a year ago,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20104 min read


Item at auction is, but maybe not?
So, that 1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar is MS-60, but maybe not? This could just as well be a parcel of land, a piece of commercial...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 19, 20103 min read


Two auctioneers book the same auction?
One such instance was in 1983, when an auctioneer in Indiana opened the Sunday newspaper to see that he and another auctioneer in that...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 9, 20103 min read


Auction or sale?
It is an auction or is it a sale? While they’re all technically auctions, many in the auction business use the word, sale instead of...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 30, 20102 min read


What is shill bidding?
So what is shill bidding? Let’s look first at the word, “shill.” Shill means basically to falsely advocate a position in attempts to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 25, 20103 min read


Auctions & the sense of touch
Too, the auctioneer would typically wade through the crowd prior to the auction, shaking hands, putting a hand on a shoulder to have a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 22, 20102 min read


When the auctioneer says, “Sold!”
What does it mean when the auctioneer says, “Sold!?” In the United States, contract law is fairly clear that upon the declaration of...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 19, 20102 min read
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