Auctioneers and confidence
I’ve heard it many times in my career — confidence is an auctioneer’s stock-in-trade, confidence is an auctioneer’s most valuable …
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What’s faster? Live auction or online auction?
I think this is a simple question: What’s faster — a live auction or an online auction? Maybe it’s not …
Our auction had more views …
Comparing or contrasting statistics from auctions can be fun. One auctioneer had a live auction with 450 bidders and 1,126 …
Can my auctioneer just “walk away?”
This telephone call more or less started with a question … “Can my auctioneer just walk away?” “Quit?” My answer …
Auctioneer says this guy is a deadbeat?
Auctioneers, auction associations and others regularily share information on so-called “deadbeat” bidders — bidders that don’t pay, write bad checks, …
Auctioneers and the standard of care
Sellers routinely hire auctioneers and in doing so — generally — hire one they feel can adequately handle the subject …
Are we making it harder or easier to buy at auction?
Let’s see … I can buy groceries on my iPhone and they are delivered and placed in my kitchen … …
Crazy auction terms and conditions?
I suppose I’m possibly a connoisseur of less-than-common (unusual, odd, possibly even crazy) auction terms and conditions. Of note, I …
Asking/requiring a bidder to leave the auction
A bidder is jawing, talking about other auctions to distract bidders or is otherwise causing a commotion at your auction? …
Auctioneers and standard form contracts
Many auctioneers get supplies (bid cards, settlement sheets, signs, for example) from various companies including N.A.S.H (National Auction Supply House), …
UCC 2-328 allows reopen if other bidder is upset?
Generally, I pick topics to write about given circumstances of which I’m aware or research. Other mornings, I have emails, …
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 …
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/ …
Benefit auctions and auctioneer escrow accounts
People attend benefit auctions for a variety of reasons — but one of those reasons is typically that their contribution …
Maybe selling absolute with binding opening bid?
It’s selling without reserve and we have bids … How do we know that? Because it says “without reserve” clearly …
Different buyer’s premiums for different bidders?
It happens all the time. Onsite (live) bidders 10% buyer’s premium (BP) and online bidders 18% BP, for example. Thus, …
The future of the MLS for auctions
The future of the MLS? The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) most real estate practitioners use? Yes, the question is: What …
Is the reserve price a material fact?
Buyers at auction want to know lots of things such as the number of bedrooms, annual taxes, the horsepower of …
Don’t bid live — bid online?
We regularly keep an eye on online auction platforms — particularly when they lie and/or if they seem to be …
Is that next bid a higher bid?
I was the auctioneer for an event in Chicago and had a bid of $270 on one lot up for …
