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Say auctioneers were being sued in class-action lawsuits all over the United States (which is not happening.) What might our trade...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 28, 20243 min read
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No liability for accuracy, errors, or omissions?
Let’s see … an auctioneer is selling some real property at auction. He advertises that this subject property is about 5 acres (+/-) with...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 12, 20223 min read
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Selling at (or about) a certain time
Many auctions have specific times set for certain property — the house/real property sells at 12:00 noon. The car sells at 1:00 pm. The...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 19, 20213 min read
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You don’t have an “order of sale?”
Your auction is set to start in about an hour (if you actually decide to start in about an hour?) and I’m an interested bidder. I’ve...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 17, 20213 min read
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Good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care
Or, if you prefer, I suppose, “Bad faith, negligence, unreasonableness, and carelessness?” As a frequent auction expert witness (over 40...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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Treating bidders with honesty, integrity, and fair dealings?
Nope. We just can’t do it. Auction bidders aren’t owed any honesty, nor integrity, and certainly not fair dealings. On the contrary,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20213 min read
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What causes [auctioneer] bad behavior?
As we get phone calls and emails from attorneys all over the United States, asking if we can be of assistance in litigation, sometimes,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 23, 20202 min read
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“The chant is not important”
J. Stephen Proffitt III, Esq. (commonly known as Steve Proffitt) said it. I found such in a state auctioneer magazine published in 2011....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 20, 20192 min read
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“Professional” auctioneers shouldn’t be trusted? Really?
Do I think most auctioneers are lairs? Do I think to be a “professional” auctioneer, one must lie? I do not. Further, I believe very...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 9, 20193 min read
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Honesty in the auction business
However, just as there are bad doctors, bad accountants and bad baseball players … there are some bad auctioneers. Extremely bad if they...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 25, 20132 min read
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The delicate balance of a great auction
There are also other forced sale auctions including foreclosures, repossessions and court-ordered actions (lacking the seller’s consent)....

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 30, 20113 min read
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The Opening Bid …
National Public Radio (NPR) recently conducted a radio show from an auction where bank owned homes were being offered to the public at...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20104 min read
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What do auctioneers owe their customers?
It is not the same as “client” as the client has hired us to perform duties on their behalf. Customers, on the other hand, are typically...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 19, 20092 min read
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