Here’s what we’re seeing — and hearing as auctioneers: “You may have been told that you can’t do … something … and actually you can.” ...

Some jurisdictions have more recently permitted online (Internet) advertising to substitute for newspaper advertising. Nonetheless, what...

As such, in the National Auctioneers Association award-winning magazine (Auctioneer, December 2019/January 2020) Matthew Parker...

Supreme Court of the United States case Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895) and numerous subsequent cases has established the...

We’ve learned a lot since that first case in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most notably, if you are an auctioneer there is absolutely no...

The National Auctioneers Association dictates in their Code of Ethics that auctioneers [members] “shall recognize the limitations of...

After my presentation, one of the Committee members asked me if there appeared to me to be a correlation between the lack of licensing...

https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/hiring-auctioneers-and-social-media/. Recently we noted this again in regard to...

We discussed if there were any other cases which would help or hurt her client’s claims and there really aren’t any of material nature. ...

Our analysis today regards the seller bidding in an absolute auction — and in particular if the seller bids first. Within the few legal...

Mike Brandly, Opening Speaker, Ohio Auctioneers Association Conference 2019, Columbus, Ohio Seemingly everyone has an opinion about...

I note that any prior ruling could be binding or a principle and therefore persuasive. Therefore precedent may not be binding but be...

First of all, I’m not going after anyone as I’m not a party to any of the lawsuits where I’m asked to testify. Rather, either the...

Most cases in which we’ve been involved have been civil cases, where the standard of proof has been generally either a preponderance of...

If there is one single consistent theme running through the minds of plaintiffs in these cases, it might be: Auctioneers “running the...

I would offer probably not. Cases at the Supreme Court of the United States are probably the best ones to use as fact. Yet, consider...

UCC 2-328 extensively in classes around the United States, as well as in several articles contained within this blog. One such UCC 2-328...

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

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

It might be land, a tractor or a piece of jewelry. Sellers want to know before consigning such, or maybe are just curious. Auctioneers...