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It is not worth what it won’t sell for
Terry Mangum said something similar and he’s exactly right: It is not worth what it won’t sell for. In other words, a piano listed...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 25, 20203 min read


Raise more by hiring an auctioneer
Greater Giving published an article titled: Raise more by hiring an auctioneer. That can be read in full here:...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 24, 20202 min read


Why hire a National Auctioneers Association member auctioneer?
National Auctioneers Association (NAA) member. NAA members are exposed to the preeminent auction-related education opportunities...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20202 min read


We’re going to auction the safe … unopened?
We wrote in 2013 addressing if the “known” or the “unknown” sells better and concluded that the circumstances matter: ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 20, 20202 min read


Auction advertising that’s “just enough” information
Auctioneers for 100’s of years have placed “… and many more items too numerous to mention” at the bottom of each advertisement —...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 19, 20202 min read


Is being an auctioneer like gambling?
For instance, an auctioneer named Emily meets with Frank and Wanda Horton to discuss their upcoming move to a retirement center. Most of...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 18, 20202 min read


Can an auctioneer sell something he knows nothing about?
Auctioneers who contract with sellers to serve as their auctioneer to market, promote and secure the highest possible bid need to know...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20202 min read


At auction, is it need or want?
After you have all your needs, it’s okay to have considered some wants, isn’t it? As an auctioneer for nearly 40 years, I can tell you...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 14, 20202 min read


We’re selling this stuff at auction, unless we decide otherwise
Our most recent treatise on that subject is here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/auctions-which-are-or-not-fair-...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20202 min read
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[Auctioneer] licensing doesn’t matter to consumers
Stanford University economist Brad Larsen along with Ciara Farronato of Harvard, Andrey Fradkin of Boston University, and Erik...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 12, 20202 min read


The question was, “Can I bid what I want to bid?”
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/bid-calling-is-just-numbers/. An out-of-town bidder arrived at our auction house...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 11, 20202 min read


Auction cancellation fee that is fair
As such, in the National Auctioneers Association award-winning magazine (Auctioneer, December 2019/January 2020) Matthew Parker...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 10, 20202 min read


Auctioneers advertising their auction at your auction
Take this above auction advertisement of groceries, drapery, ironmongery, and furniture. Can Mr. John Fisher advertise his March 6, 1869...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 7, 20202 min read


Online auction where he can’t bid, they can’t bid and/or maybe nobody can bid …
So, auctioneers are no-doubt being advised to put in their terms that if the online bidding platform is not accessible, the auction can...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20203 min read


Auctioneers and payment methods
PayPal … in other words, we have tried to keep up with commerce generally in the United States. We wrote prior about us beginning to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 5, 20202 min read


Auction seller wants to sell to anyone but a certain person
The seller/owner tells the auctioneer she wants to sell all her property to the highest bidder — but that she wants to sell her sewing...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 4, 20203 min read


Auctioneers checking Facebook for facts?
Facebook for any facts. Clint Eastwood said … the Second Amendment guarantees … the UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute dictates...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 3, 20202 min read


Curious auction terms & conditions
The key issue when selling absolute is to advertise that the auction is absolute (without reserve) so that bidders are properly notified....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 31, 20202 min read


What online auctions could have become
Sunday, November 10 I boarded a plane to Philadelphia to serve as lead auctioneer for an event there on Monday. I arrived at John Glenn...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 30, 20203 min read


Marbury v. Madison and firearms
I would ask this question … if the Supreme Court can be the final arbiter of federal law in the United States, can cases such as United...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20202 min read
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