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Identify parties to auction sale contract
We previously wrote about keeping the seller’s identity (and sales price) confidential at auctions. That article can be read...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 1, 20123 min read


Why join the National Auctioneers Association?
Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, the NAA represents the interests of thousands of auctioneers in the U.S., Canada and across the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 24, 20123 min read


Auctioneers and ivory
And, auctioneers somewhat frequently discuss what is legal and illegal concerning the selling of ivory … and like items. Like items? In...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 16, 20123 min read


Auctioneer contracts with sellers, and hold-harmless clauses
These auctions are often for executors of estates, guardianships, people retiring or moving, and the like. While William has been fairly...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 12, 20123 min read


Are all auctioneers … Republican?
My answer was essentially, “While it may seem so, they are not all Republican.” However, the fact remains that most auctioneers appear to...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 8, 20122 min read


Auctioneer associations in the United States
Largely since the 1940′s, auctioneers have formed state associations within the United States. These organizations were created in order...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 5, 20122 min read


State auctioneer association management
Indiana Auctioneers Association Board of Directors 2012 Largely since the 1940’s, auctioneers have formed state associations within the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 3, 20122 min read


Selling absolute, but we can, “add or delete?”
Selling to the highest bidder, regardless of price. Auctioneer reserves the right to add or delete property from this auction or to alter...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 24, 20122 min read


Online platform owns the bidders’ email addresses?
Tim conducts auctions every other week at his 7,000 square foot auction facility just outside of town. Years ago, Tim decided to augment...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 13, 20123 min read


Uniform Sales Act of 1906
His accomplishments included helping to formulate the state constitutions of North Dakota and South Dakota, private secretary to U.S....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 3, 20124 min read


Auction contract with binding (or nonbinding) arbitration
As well, we’ve written about the types of contracts auctioneers enter into, or are materially involved in supervising. Two such articles...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 1, 20123 min read


Solely for the purpose of increasing the bid?
In fact, she has over 200 in her collection and they are all on display in her home, barn and garage. Natalie began her interest in...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 23, 20123 min read


The UCC 2-328 and the withdraw’s missing noun?
In that time, I have covered each word of the UCC 2-328 (all 254 words) hundreds of times, to groups as large as 170 attendees in one...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 14, 20122 min read


Seller withdrawal; excessive penalties
She wishes to withdraw some consigned firearms, and place reserves on others, after signing a without reserve auction contract with an...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 11, 20122 min read


Auctioneer says you can withdraw with penalty?
Claire decided after consigning some firearms, she wished to withdraw some of them, and place reserves on some otherwise selling without...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 9, 20123 min read


Handheld microphones & directionality
In fact, we’ve recommended that every auctioneer always use a sound system when bid calling. Auctioneers generally use either a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 4, 20122 min read


Seller withdrawal or auctioneer withdrawal?
The auctioneer she chose was a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) with an auction facility near Louisville, Kentucky. With the auction day...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 3, 20123 min read


The disguised effect of a reserve
During Adam’s tenure at Dale Motor Cars, Adam purchased over 15 cars for his personal collection. Adam stored most of his cars in his...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 31, 20123 min read


Do “valuable” items require reserves?
Yet, on an appointment today, after I explained the merits of selling personal property absolute, I heard: “That’s real valuable, so I’ll...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 28, 20122 min read


Online auctioneers using the same photos for different items?
Obviously, at a live auction, bidders can see the property for themselves; and in that live environment, the human eye can isolate 10-12...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 26, 20123 min read
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