It’s unfortunate that a small percentage commit bid-rigging, shill bidding, fraudulent inducement, and similar schemes. Such behavior...

Forbes magazine has an excellent article concerning although about keeping employees: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shephyken/2018/02/25/...

What is a reasonable number of bidders? When are enough bidders registered that it’s prudent to open the bidding? Of course, it is...

Several states have prohibited “mass gatherings” in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and those numbers range from 50, 100,...

It’s 2020. Software whether local or online should be (and can be) intuitive. Big buttons, clear visible text, common terminology,...

Contract law has been around since the middle ages — meaning that contracts start with an offer and form with acceptance and in today’s...

Live auctions (and some online auction previews/pickups) generally gather large groups of people together in the same immediate area....

The bidding reached $130,000 (I wasn’t bidding) and the auctioneer was asking $135,000. The other bidder who had bid $125,000 didn’t...

Ritchie Bros. held their first auction in 1958 in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Ken, Dave and John conducted their first of many to follow...

AuctionZip.com and this “other site” are both auction calendar websites, where auctioneers can post upcoming auctions. Recently,...

Live auctions are a great example of a “soft closing.” Bids are taken and only when nobody else bids for a reasonable time, the item...

However, meaning sensitive to these costs doesn’t mean they avoid them, nor pick the lowest cost no matter. Seasoned, professional...

There are thousands of top-shelf auctioneers around the United States. Yet, a select few work at the highest-profile events and even...

Today, we explore a different topic; auctioneers literally say this sometimes: “You can not rely on anything I say …” Our question...

“How did this absolute auction property not sell?” — or the like — is the type of question I get. Due to an absolute auction being “The...

https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/10-things-to-know-when-attending-your-first-live-auction/. Relatedly, for everyone...

Of course, not all retail buyers are inexperienced, and not all sellers are professional. However, our question is generally who is...

Some people have never been to a live auction. Today we discuss 10 (ten) things to know when attending your first auction: Check the...

The law requires that trades and businesses (such as auctioneers) report cash payments of more than $10,000 to the federal government by...

If the organization owns the gun being raffled, and all other laws are being followed in that particular state about raffles, that...