An auction event essentially invites bidders/buyers to participate by allowing them to contract with the auctioneer/seller. This contract...

We as auctioneers have two choices when selling anything at auction: Sell it absolute or sell it with reserve. The absolute auction...

We wrote about credit card chargebacks in 2012, largely looking at when the buyer is out of town — or across the country — and the...

His story was fairly straightforward in that his seller-client had hired an auctioneer to sell a coin collection. The auction took place...

However, it seems some auctioneers don’t know much of what legally is going on when they bid call. Here, we present the legal mechanics...

We have written before about the suggested shifts away from auctioneers using the word “auction” in their advertising. Most notably: The...

For example, an auctioneer might say, “Start me out at $15,000 …” [the invitation to bid $15,000] and then a bidder might bid $5,000 [the...

We have written extensively about auctioneers reopening the bid; for instance, here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/07...

I have read virtually every article, book and blog regarding auction law and/or customary practice that exists. And I’ve sure seen some...

In so doing, I always stress the importance of knowing the law as well as customary practice regarding the auction industry. One topic...

Otherwise, this same brief 254 words is referenced in courts around the United States every day; the implications of the UCC 2-328 are...

By standing in our context here we mean, “Who does have a legitimate right to sue … an auctioneer?” In a somewhat recent discussion...

At auction, the words, “title” and “possession” take on somewhat special meaning — but not all that special. In a personal property...

Let’s start with this premise: Auction marketing is distinctly different than other marketing. Retail operations need buyers and when...

“I hired an auctioneer and things didn’t go right … so what can I do? I don’t have a written contract.” Our first question might be,...

In discussing appraisal techniques in classes all across the United States, three (3) particular terms are sometimes the focus. Those...

Murray was a chancellor and a professor of law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a former dean of the University...

Likewise, real estate brokers are licensed by state and thus permitted to practice real estate in that state. As large regional [real...

In more modern times, and certainly in most auctioneer-license states, auctioneers endeavor (or are required) to enter into a written...

After graduating from The Ohio State University, I attended auction school. Soon after I was working as an auctioneer in the Columbus,...