As an auctioneer, I have written 1,000’s of auction advertisements. As Executive Director of The Ohio Auction School, I have taught...

We have written extensively about auctioneer bid calling. For those in the United States, bid calling is nearly all uniform in one...

A large real estate firm is holding a ballroom auction of bank owned properties, and about 40% don’t sell after being put up for auction....

The article further noted four major points about online-only auctions, noted below:• A “soft” close provides last-second bidders with no...

Tim is an auctioneer in Florida. His once-a-month antiques and collectibles auction is about to begin. This particular auction has a...

Here’s a typical example of what we’re addressing here: Terrell’s Auction House has an auction coming up Monday night and has a 1955...

One comment Walter would make to me almost every week at our auctions was, “You’re selling all your good stuff first … you’re going to...

While the United States has developed many such auction and auctioneer laws, English (United Kingdom) courts in the 1700’s and 1800’s...

To generalize the question at issue, let’s say an auctioneer is selling real property at auction, and the bidding goes as such: ...

For instance, can a successful public auction be held July 4, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter, or on...

Saturday arrives, and Sarah goes out to her car in order to drive to her weekend destination. She pulls up to a parking place just...

Marvin wishes to consign his 2009 Jaguar XF Coupe to the local auto auction. Marvin paid about $59,000 for this car about a year ago,...

So, that 1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar is MS-60, but maybe not? This could just as well be a parcel of land, a piece of commercial...

One such instance was in 1983, when an auctioneer in Indiana opened the Sunday newspaper to see that he and another auctioneer in that...

It is an auction or is it a sale? While they’re all technically auctions, many in the auction business use the word, sale instead of...

So what is shill bidding? Let’s look first at the word, “shill.” Shill means basically to falsely advocate a position in attempts to...

Too, the auctioneer would typically wade through the crowd prior to the auction, shaking hands, putting a hand on a shoulder to have a...

However, a particularly curious statement was made during a recent episode of Auction Kings filmed at Gallery 63 in Atlanta, Georgia. As...

Yet, some language in the articles caught my eye as odd. For instance, one article noted, “A leather bull foot stool — including a tail...

For our discussion, we are referring to bid calling as the usually rapid oral exchange with bidders, accepting bids, and asking for...