How auctioneers know something …
How do auctioneers know something? How does anyone know anything? Generally, people learn things through observation and research. We either …
Category Archives: Auction School
An unjust law need not be followed?
Acts 5:29 (New Testament) says in part: “We must obey God rather than human beings.” In other words, Christian auctioneers …
Auctioneer purchased my items — do I still pay commission?
A recent caller asked me, “If the auctioneer purchased my items, do I still pay commission?” My answer was, “Yes, …
Does court confirmation make it a reserve auction?
I saw a recent auction advertisement … selling “absolute to the highest bidder” and then later in the same advertisement …
Disclosing what you should know
This is an “Iron Clad” 4 Quart Watering Can. Best I can tell it’s in good shape and likely is …
Auctioneer at a laundry
I had reason to stop in briefly to this laundry near our auction house. Probably not unlike countless small-town laundries …
How different attorneys can (and shouldn’t) help auctioneers
In a recent story, we noted attorneys (lawyers) can represent clients as advisors, advocates, negotiators or evaluators. As well, lawyers …
NAA’s Virtual C&S
The National Auctioneers Association (NAA) has held its annual Conference & Show (C&S) every year with its first gathering in …
Auctioneers, discrimination & Google
I’ve been instructed to not “Google” anything … but I’m sure glad I don’t have to pay any attention to …
Mottram and “what if?”
J. G. White & Co., Limited (Auctioneers) of London, England was contracted to sell property held by the United States …
” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”
You are an online auctioneer and you know that online platforms sometimes aren’t reliable. As such, your attorney has told …
Auctioneers: Stay in your lane
Auctioneers should be auctioneers. Dentists should be dentists. Doctors should be doctors. Attorneys should be attorneys. In other words, stay …
Auctioneers, tolerance, empathy and caring
There are many definitions of tolerance, empathy and caring. For auctioneers — and especially auctioneers in auctioneer associations — these …
Commercially reasonable & Inspection
We wrote about a week ago about a case litigated in Kansas and the citing of the basic tenants of …
Auction block removed
June 5, 2020, this 176-year-old 800-pound slave auction block was removed from a street corner in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I say …
Auctioneers and what’s reasonable
A host of laws and rules auctioneers are encouraged to follow use the word, “reasonable.” So, what does reasonable mean? …
Selling “as-is” and “where-is”
More today on auctioneers selling “as-is” and “where-is” and not allowing bidders the opportunity to inspect prior. It would seem …
Bidder can’t reasonably inspect?
I’ve had this question dozens of times when I talk about pre-auction inspection opportunities. That question is generally, “What if …
Attorneys often don’t agree …
As I’ve pointed out in a few prior blogs, attorneys often don’t agree. One attorney states some auction-related law, rule, …
Westgate State Bank v. Clark, 642 P.2d 961 (Kan. 1982)
Forced sales, court-ordered auctions, and the like are often held to a “commercially reasonable” standard. It’s clear commercially reasonable is …
