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Auctioneers & Agency
No agency exists unless created — and what creates it? Knowledge of the relationship, and consent to it. Agency begins with the client...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 2, 20222 min read


Would auctioneers rather you didn’t read it?
Many say when it comes to contracting (contracts, terms, and conditions, and the like) that sellers and bidders have a “duty to read” the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 15, 20212 min read


Auction Expert Witness Reports
I find myself sitting in a conference room with 7 attorneys — all with the same firm. We’re discussing the subject case when one...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 24, 20212 min read


What? Your vendor raised prices?
Auctioneers can’t ever seem to believe it … a vendor raised prices. It could be software, a platform’s sell-through, training,...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 10, 20203 min read


Auction previews and “as-is?”
An attorney suggested to me in a court case in which I was hired as an expert witness … that auction previews were subject to the “as-is”...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 27, 20202 min read


Helping auctioneers or the auction industry?
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...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 6, 20182 min read


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

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 16, 20182 min read


How the auction industry lost at least one bidder
If there is one single consistent theme running through the minds of plaintiffs in these cases, it might be: Auctioneers “running the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 18, 20183 min read
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