Can an auctioneer association discipline a member?
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Auctioneers donating their time to 501(c)(3)
I’ve conducted hundreds of auctions for nonprofit [501(c)(3)] organizations. For the most part, we have charged a fee for those …
Ohio Auctioneers & Trust Accounts
We have written before about the prudence of every auctioneer having a trust (also known as an “escrow”) account for …
Auctioneers, Facebook, Censorship and [Fake] News …
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 Facebook‘s stock plunged 19% losing about $119 billion in market value constituting the biggest single-day …
Auctioneers, the IRS and appraisals
Many auctioneers including myself complete personal property appraisals for IRS charitable contributions. New rules were just adopted July 30, 2018 …
Representing (or misrepresenting) auction bidders …
I have not once said that bidders need to be identified when bidding. I have noted that California has passed …
Helping auctioneers or the auction industry?
Recently there was some interesting — and quite frankly hurtful — comments made about my expert witness work. To be …
When has the UCC 2-328 been a bad idea?
We recently wrote that for auctioneers it’s better to stay out of court than win in court, and lots better …
Auctioneers — you want to win in court, or stay out of court?
I’ve told auctioneers for years that it’s good to be on the “right side of the law.” That is, if …
Are we as auctioneers too difficult to understand?
This question gets asked every so often … are we as auctioneers talking too fast? Are we too difficult to …
The NAA IAC Final Round Questions ’18
At the 2018 National Auctioneers Association (NAA) International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) held Friday, July 20 in Jacksonville, Florida, three questions …
Auction expert witness and standards of proof
As we serve more and more as an expert witness (and consultant) in auction related legal cases around the United …
No auctioneer licensing so anything goes?
We tend to hear this argument somewhat regularly: “There is no auctioneer licensing in that state, so anything goes …” …
Can a lot be unsold at auction?
Some questions are easier than others to answer. We think our subject question today is academic — can a lot …
Is free speech always free?
We have long advocated to auctioneers all over the United States to put everything in writing. Certainly, contracts, and other …
More bidders or the right bidders?
The question again seems to be do auctioneers need more bidders (a larger bidder pool) or just the right two …
The “basics” of the auction business?
I published this blog on June 6, 2018 about the auction industry losing bidders due to some illegal/unethical practices: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/how-the-auction-industry-lost-at-least-one-bidder/ …
What does your free auctioneer cost you?
My dear friend Christie King (pictured here with her equally dear late brother Scott King — just as I remember …
At auction … when is it “Sold!?”
It seems like a simple question — when is an item “Sold!” at auction? In a live auction, most people …
South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al.
A very material case for auctioneers at the Supreme Court of the United States was decided June 21, 2018. The …
