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The same item sells over and over and over again?
It’s likely that the seller (owner) and/or auctioneer is trying to “make a market.” What’s making a market? For example, a...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 11, 20192 min read


Online auction providers and those late to the game
However, several years later, this platform and others evolved into connecting sellers with bidders/buyers directly with no traditional...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 5, 20192 min read


Buy this at auction and …
However, what if an auction advertisement said, “Buy this at auction and ski down the hill from your back door,” or “Buy this at auction...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 12, 20182 min read


Seller bidding beyond reserve?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/different-types-of-auctions/ The right for the seller to bid — outside of a forced...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 14, 20183 min read


I have it but I don’t … and then again, again, again …
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/unethical-bid-calling-3-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not/ Amplifying this attorney’s...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 29, 20183 min read


You can’t believe anything I tell you …
Okay folks, let’s get our auction underway. I’m Walt Davis and I’ll be your auctioneer today. Now, remember, you can’t believe anything...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 23, 20153 min read


As-is and fairness
Many cars selling at auction sell, “as-is” and “where-is” and essentially include terms that the bidders are to not rely on any...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
May 1, 20153 min read


Can an auctioneer say, “Sold!” and not mean it?
This typically involves promises between buyer and seller to provide the subject property to the high bidder and making the related...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 29, 20153 min read


Auction bidder obstacles
In fact, we coined the phrase “prospect of a deal” some time ago. Yet, despite this powerful draw to an auction, can an auctioneer make...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 30, 20123 min read


What is an “unreserved” auction?
There are not three, four nor five types. Additionally there are no legal “hybrids” of the two types. In other words, an auction is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 8, 20126 min read


Puffing versus misrepresentation at auction
Puffing goes on in the auction business every day. Auctioneers (and sellers utilizing auctioneers) talk to bidders, and represent in...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 15, 20113 min read


Sellable position
Now, before we discuss this particular subject of, “sellable position,” we’ll talk about what a ringman normally does. Ringmen work the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 17, 20113 min read


Unethical Bid Calling #7, The Drop Off
Standard bid calling in the United States involves the auctioneer suggesting a price a bidder might bid, the bidder bidding that amount,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 24, 20103 min read
How to address online auction ethics
I have titled this post in reference to a post I recently read by Will McLemore titled similarly about unethical auctioneer bid calling...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 28, 20103 min read
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