I was asked just today in a seminar I was teaching what I thought of this phrase … what I thought it meant for auctioneers. I have to...

Here’s the article, titled “Absolute versus reserve auctions: Is it ever legal to retract a bid?” The subtitle of Wayne’s article...

To paraphrase, he asked … “I wonder how one’s social media presence and activity may affect contract auctioneering and overall auctioneer...

There are likely four parties involved in such situations: (1) the seller, (2) the bidder(s,) (3) the auctioneer & (4) the online...

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

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...

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...

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...

“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,...

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

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

The ATF licenses persons who “engage in the business” of selling firearms in the United States. A Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) is...

Terms such as this often include that “buyer’s must register,” “everything is being sold ‘as-is,'” and “payment is due at a certain...

Specifically, we’ve looked closely at court cases which have concerned — and in many cases provided precedent in regard to — the auction...

In contrast, we work in an environment of “customary practice” more than anything else. What we do — how we operate — our procedures —...

Interesting that auctioneers (and attorneys advising auctioneers) are talking about putting terms addressing “tie bids” in their terms...