I’ve often said state and federal legislatures don’t do a very good job legislating. Laws are written and/or adopted and then enacted,...

Kathy is an auctioneer at an onsite real property auction and a good crowd is in attendance. She opens the auction with terms and...

Could an auctioneer lie about what is being sold, the high bid, shipping charges, provenance, and a bunch of other stuff and then claim...

We wrote about auctioneers purchasing and not paying any less nor more than anyone else, despite charging commission. That treatise can...

Buyer’s premiums are charges added to the buyer’s “hammer price” to constitute the total purchase price — plus any other costs. In other...

I certainly get asked this frequently … as an auctioneer, auction school instructor, and presenter otherwise. “Who’s the best...

Many auctioneers and sellers choose to sell large lots of land in an “open combination” (also known as “multipar,” “multi-parcel” or...

We had been in the auction business only a few months when we received a telephone call from Larry who said he owned an antique store and...

There is very little that gets the attention of an auction buyer more than being awarded the property (the “bid”) and then suddenly (or...

Emma Bailey was likely the first “full-time” woman auctioneer in the United States (and possibly the world) beginning her career on May...

Are there auctioneers with college degrees? Not a degree in auctioneering, but some other discipline? We previously wrote about...

If we’ve stressed one notion lately, it’s that all auction bidders must be held to the same terms and conditions. In other words, if the...

Hannes Combest, FASAE, CAE, has been Chief Executive Officer at the National Auctioneers Association since June 2008. She recently...

I clicked on a website and a popup appeared asking me to agree to the terms and conditions. It seemed that if I said, “Okay” I could...

A seller contacts me and wants me to take their property, put it online and get it sold. I’m a contemporary auctioneer — selling...

James entered the auction business in 1945. He worked at an auction house, eventually taking over as the new owner in 1959. Every...

Could an auctioneer (and/or seller) be guilty or liable for restraint of trade for restricting an auction to only certain — qualified —...

Tom is an auctioneer who takes various live and online classes on the subject of “auctioneering,” surveys the Internet for articles, and...

Nothing quite gets people’s attention more than the word, “free.” Of course, there is another phrase that gets considerable attention —...

Many auctioneers charge a buyer’s premium — for instance, if you bid $10,000 for an auction purchase, with a 10% buyer’s premium added,...