The Indiana Auctioneers Association started this program, and it quickly grew to the point that their state association was overly...

One right that is sometimes given up, but other times not, is the right to bid on that property at the auction. Why do sellers want to...

Standard bid calling in the United States involves the auctioneer suggesting a price a bidder might bid, the bidder bidding that amount,...

At The Super Auction, held twice annually, each auctioneer participant contributes one or more auction rings of their own items (each...

Auctioneers generally don’t start the bid. What happens at a typical auction is the auctioneer suggests a price to the audience (legally,...

A television station just today reported that banks were, “buying homes back” at foreclosure auctions taking place in their county. Late...

As we have discussed in various posts, there are two types of auctions: With reserve Without reserve In a with reserve auction, the...

The study is broken into 3 basic parts, with a preface. I will also comment on some of the statistics presented. Part III of the study...

The study is broken into 3 basic parts, with a preface. I will also comment on some of the statistics presented. Part II of the study...

The study is broken into 3 basic parts, with a preface. I will also comment on some of the statistics presented. Part I of the study...

The study is broken into 3 basic parts, with a preface which we discuss here. I will also comment on some of the statistics presented....

The phrase, “I’ve got it all over the house” communicates to the bidders that there is much interest in this item being sold; the...

Auctioneers are, on the whole, very social beings. They enjoy being around other auctioneers and discussing the industry they so enjoy. ...

As we have noted before, auctioneer bid calling is a series of oral contracts. A bid is received from a bidder and is accepted by the...

First, many states in the United States require a license to act as an auctioneer. And, most of those license states require...

At the 2010 National Auctioneers Association (NAA) International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) recently held Friday, July 16 in...

We concluded rather swiftly, that the answer was, “No,” that auctioneers were not commodities. Let’s first look at what a commodity is:...

We wrote concerning the number of auctioneers a few months ago. Here, we wish to discuss how many auctions there are, and where they are...

These support personnel often are a spouse, children, father, mother, or other family; many auctioneers hire employees (or contract with...

In our article about tag (estate) sales, we noted that at an auction, everything sells for market value. We made this statement without...