Auctions and disclosing the sale price
Kathy is an auctioneer at an onsite real property auction and a good crowd is in attendance. She opens the …
Tag Archives: Auction Law
Auctioneer: I’m lying but you know it?
Could an auctioneer lie about what is being sold, the high bid, shipping charges, provenance, and a bunch of other …
Auctions and the restraint of trade
Could an auctioneer (and/or seller) be guilty or liable for restraint of trade for restricting an auction to only certain …
More on COVID-19 magic waivers
It seems no matter the issue, some people always assure everyone all we need is yet another disclaimer and/or waiver …
A $1,000,000 reason to …
One might ask, “Do auctioneers need to treat all bidders the same, other than ‘price’?” In other words, do we …
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 …
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 …
Commercially reasonable & Inspection
We wrote about a week ago about a case litigated in Kansas and the citing of the basic tenets of …
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? …
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, …
Can auctions be irritating?
Our question today is: Can auctions be irritating? I’ve held they can be, but when a fellow auctioneer tells me …
The Supreme Court of the United States & auctioneers
I’ve seen reference to the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court) and “common law” rulings, and that decisions …
Auctioneers and attorney opinions
The last number I could find (2018) noted there were 1,338,678 licensed practicing lawyers in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., …
Auctioneers and case law
Auctioneers (along with the public) are regulated by law here in the United States. Where does that law come from? …
Magical auctioneer disclaimers
Yes, I used the term “magical disclaimers” where I suggested live auctioneers aren’t likely secure from potential (or actual) liability in regard …
Auctioneer immunity?
Is there such a thing as “auctioneer immunity?” I can’t find a reference to any federal or state law, but …
Auctioneers individual rights vs any one else’s
Auctioneers are generally very conservative. Auctioneers are generally rigid individualists, proclaiming their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of …
