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Auctioneers “embracing” technology
Auctioneers need to be attentive to technology changes — meaning they need to pay attention to them, try them out, and see if such is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 1, 20233 min read


Auctioneers, ChatGPT, and AI
What you are reading is “content” that began in my brain — written by me without the assistance of any “artificial intelligence.” I’ve...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 24, 20232 min read


Auction shipping costs
For some live auctioneers and many online auctioneers, shipping is becoming more and more expensive. As such, sometimes the shipping...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 21, 20232 min read


Online bidding turned off prior to live auction?
Many auctioneers conduct simulcast auctions with online and live bidding occurring at the same time. These same auctioneers often allow...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20232 min read


Auctioneers tell me “benefit” doesn’t matter …
Yes, prices do indeed go up somewhat frequently. We noted in 2020 that prices did go up for many auctioneers, and we were surprised by...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 15, 20232 min read


“AS IS” and what it is, maybe is, or isn’t
Let’s say this picture is an actual fork, marked “sterling silver.” Sterling silver here in the United States is generally by weight...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20234 min read


Auction increment nonsense
We have conducted thousands of auctions, and taught auction bid calling techniques around the United States, and testified in several...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 10, 20232 min read


Auctions and the “previous” bidder
All too often, a high bidder retracts his bid, and the previous bidder is made the high bidder without his knowledge or consent. Is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20233 min read


Who are we working for?
I wonder sometimes. Are we real estate (real property) auctioneers working for our client’s best interest or our own? We’ve sold real...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 4, 20233 min read


When you’re selling “high-valued” assets
If there’s been one consistent message I’ve tried to deliver over the past 10 years or more — it’s that when auctioneers are selling...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 31, 20232 min read


Can (and do) auctioneers change the “size” of the “ask?”
The short answer is, “yes.” Relatedly, this has been going on for as long as auctions have been used to sell property in the...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Apparently little known bid calling basics
If you have participated in a live or online auction, the auctioneer’s “chant” nor the online platform is generally placing bids. We say...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 26, 20232 min read


What “Sold!” doesn’t have — a dispute
In the case of Kline v. Fineberg, 481 So. 2d 108, 109 n.1 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985) the court analyzed what happened at the auction. ...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 16, 20233 min read


The cost of that “one more” bid …
The argument is, essentially, if an auctioneer is to maximize price for the seller, and a bid comes in “while the hammer is falling in...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 11, 20234 min read


Social media and Proverbs 20:14
We sold lots of real and personal property at live auctions for decades, until our first online (simulcast) auction was held. In that...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 8, 20233 min read


Auctioneers … and for no reason at all?
We recently wrote about auctioneers reserving unilaterally to decline any bid and any bidder — apparently, even a registered bidder with...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 6, 20232 min read


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

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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Your platform is [just] your competition
I freely admit that when auction platforms started to appear, I (and many others) decried their plans … to possibly allow non-auctioneers...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20232 min read


Buyer inspection & UCC § 2-316
Auctioneers often inquire if one can sell “as-is” (AS IS) without offering the bidders/buyers the opportunity to inspect the property...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 28, 20224 min read


Auction bright lines and a noteworthy footnote
We’ve written before that denoting an absolute auction requires the use of “absolute” or “without reserve” — and no other words do so —...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 24, 20223 min read
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