Who else in commerce lies to customers and gets away with it? If Walmart is advertising a sale, and then you get there and they aren’t —...

First, here’s a consideration — as we published and commented regarding in 2017: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/...

UCC 2-328 as adopted by states around the United States. Then too, there is general contract law and a select number of court cases which...

The essence of this case is noted here: On Friday, July 25, 1947, the War Assets Administration conducted a sale of war surplus property...

Steve Proffitt in auction circles) — attorney at law and auctioneer — proposed openly and consistently that auctioneers do not have the...

The resolutions oppose enforcement of universal gun background checks, high capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, red flag laws,...

Supreme Court of the United States case Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895) and numerous subsequent cases has established the...

J. Stephen Proffitt III, Esq. (commonly known as Steve Proffitt) said it. I found such in a state auctioneer magazine published in 2011....

When auctioneers do anything other than “properly represent” anything they are putting up for auction, they are doing a disservice. For...

Facebook concerning Time Magazine. Indeed some people — when confronted with facts counter to their claims — use the “just joking”...

Relatedly, we wondered what the highest priced collector automobiles were sold at auction anywhere by the major car auction enterprises. ...

Our principal, several bidders, the listing agent and our broker all commented how “quickly” this auction process moved this property,...

First, I am an auctioneer and appraiser and serve as Distinguished Faculty at Hondros College where I teach law, appraisal and other...

What that doesn’t mean is that all of that data is factual; nor does it mean that with more users the data generally becomes more...

Does this sound familiar? Bidders must agree to sales which are “as-is” where-is, all selling “with reserve,” we’ll be taking fictitious...

However, a court says that because you have had emails, phone calls and/or website advertising into the state of Alaska the dispute...

We’ve written about sales talk or puffing more than once, including here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/puffing-...

Some occupational licenses are difficult to obtain. In a few states, a simple manicurist license takes 6 years to secure. Our question...

However, in November 2017 Christie’s (New York) Alex Rotter relayed a phrase from a phone bidder never before heard at an art auction: ...

In Veronica M. Dougherty’s paper cited below, she notes this passage: The same common sense accepts the ruling, cited by Plowden, that...