Auction terms versus auction descriptions …
I get a laugh sometimes when I review auction terms and conditions. I get an even bigger chuckle when I …
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Pinhooking in the auction business
Pinhooking in general, and maybe “alley trading” if happening in real time such as right before they go in the …
Bilingual Auctioneers …
Thank you … or for some gracias (Spanish,) grazie (Italian,) danke (German,) Je vous remercie (French) … In fact, at …
Bidders, last good faith bids and recourse
We have written extensively on the UCC 2-328 and its many subtleties. In our topic today, we reference a treatise …
Auctioneer setting the bid in at the stated minimum?
A curious discussion took place at an auctioneer get-together about auctioneers setting the bid in — particularly at real estate …
The Auctioneer Triple Crown
Thoroughbred Racing has The Triple Crown which is made up of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes races. Auctioneers have a similar Triple Crown in terms of auctioneer bid calling contests.
Although there are dozens of auctioneer bid calling contests in the United States each year, the three most well-known and prestigious are as follows:
Auctions where buyer won’t pay; seller won’t convey
As auctioneers, two distinct situations arise periodically in regard to property being sold: A bidder becomes the buyer and he …
Auctioneer handheld microphone danger
Erin Doherty Ward recently remarked about her concerns regarding an existing third-party microphone for an event. She has now secured …
Six auctioneer vocal cord myths
I think I might have heard it first in grade school, then high school, then auction school … “Milk tends …
Online-only auction platform goes down …
We have previously written about online auction bidding becoming unavailable: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/online-bidding-goes-down/. Today, we explore if an online-only auction platform goes …
Sued because of auction sale price
We have written about auction-related lawsuits and associated sale prices before, where sellers were unhappy. Here’s one such article from …
Diversity in the auction business, NAA
In 2014, Google Senior Vice President Laszlo Bock wrote an article on Google’s diversity “issue:” https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/getting-to-work-on-diversity-at-google.html Bock noted in his …
But that other bidder was drunk
We have written before about bidders who are drugged or otherwise mentally impaired. Today, we explore the rights (if any) …
Should the auctioneer “set the [bid] in?”
Randy Wells says, “I ran a weekly auction house for 17 years and I can say that I probably started …
Can auctioneers trust any online platform?
Auctioneers have given their data (particularly buyer data, but also seller data) to online platforms as we have partnered to …
At auction without the genuine intent to sell
We’ve written extensively about auctions where the seller has the “Genuine intent to transfer to the highest bidder regardless of …
But the bidders chose to bid again …
An an auction, nobody makes (requires) a bidder to bid, although some auctioneers are known to be pretty persuasive. Given …
Can auction bidders pay too much or over value?
We have two questions here: One, can bidders pay too much? Second, can they pay over value? Quite frankly, we’re …
Car auction lights
What do those lights mean at a car auction? There is certainly no nationwide standard, but there is a pattern. …
When can auctioneers reopen the bid?
We’ve argued a somewhat strict interpretation (practicing our textualism?) of the UCC § 2-328 and the limited right the auctioneer …
