Our question today is … can auctioneers “make” bidders bid? Can I as an auctioneer gesture to a bidder and say, “I have you at $2,000?” ...

The short answer is, “yes.” Relatedly, this has been going on for as long as auctions have been used to sell property in the...

More specifically, “Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid from any bidder?” We would ask, does “bidder” mean “registered...

Absolute auctions, by definition, involve selling to the highest bidder. So, if an auctioneer has a current bid of $750,000.00 and a...

A recent auction attendee (we’ll call him James) is also an attorney. He called me once he arrived to an auction, asking me about what...

English auctions Sealed bid auctions Dutch auctions In analyzing these three types, we first start with our definition of each: An...

In other words, can an auctioneer have Julie on at $500 and ask (demand) Rachel bid $525 to outbid Julie, and when Rachel bids $525, then...

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...

With the advent of online bidding, some are arguing that the computer-assisted bidders can slow down an auction. Some argue bidders who...