We wrote about duties auctioneers owe their clients (sellers) in 2009. As we noted then, auctioneers are special agents for their...

Bib has held over 10,000 auctions in his career — mostly livestock, farm equipment and real property. Today, Bib is holding an auction...

The joy of teaching is almost always amplified by questions and commentary from attendees before class, at breaks and after class; nearly...

Today, there is no state in the United States where the buyer’s premium is not found. Yet, auctioneers in Wisconsin are not permitted to...

For instance, a fairly regular buyer of depression glassware who attended our auctions in the late 1980’s would regularly mention the...

This made me wonder what the minimum cost an auctioneer would incur to sell an item for $1.00 (or for any amount) at a live auction....

Today, we explore if an auctioneer can be using too few filler words. In other words, other than the current bid (the have) and the...

Auctioneer David Whitaker of Ames, Iowa noted recently that too many filler words also contribute to “additional time, and time is money.”...

In this article, we will be exploring the time between auction items. Just how long does an auctioneer take between “Sold! for $3,500 to...

I’m guessing that the word, “standard” is being used in this manner to mean usual, common, or customary. Yet, is the buyer’s premium any...

While it is important to note that a few of those states have slightly modified that same state law, all those states basically operate...

Since Christie’s and Sotheby’s introduced the buyer’s premium in 1975 in England, and soon after (1977) in the United States, the buyer’s...

I’ve wondered if this is actually what’s going on at auctions … In fact, there is substantial evidence that humans enter into a light...

“The faster you sell them, the better prices are.” It seems valid that during an auction, the faster the pace — the better — for several...

In Yale University’s study, it was noted that celebrities are well regarded, and people may experience positive emotions when they think...

There are two parties to an auction. On the one side, there is a seller who typically owns the item, or otherwise represents the title...

We wrote about auction bid rigging, also known as auction collusion, some time ago. First, is there a difference between “rig rigging”...

First, why would an auctioneer have an overly noisy crowd? People do attend auctions to purchase items, but also to converse with friends...

My intent in this article is to focus on the paramount characteristic of any Internet auction calendar — the number of people who look at...

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