Mike frequently attended auctions with his father. It was rare that a week went by that he and his father didn't attend at least one auction in the area. By age nine, Mike had decided what he wanted to be when he got older.

After graduating from Eaton High School, Mike went on to attend The Ohio State University. He graduated from OSU in just over 3 years with a degree in Mathematics. Mike then attended Missouri Auction School and began his auction career shortly thereafter.

Mike's first work as an auctioneer, following auction school, was for a Halloween fund-raiser at the Concord Church, near his boyhood home. Members dressed up in costumes; Mike sold baked goods, artwork and crafts, raising over $2,000 for the church.

Even before attending auction school, Mike took and passed the Indiana Auctioneer test. He then began helping Jim Kottyan, Auctioneer in Richmond, Indiana. Mike helped setup auctions and then worked as ringman, clerk, cashier and assisting auctioneer. Upon moving to Columbus, Mike continued to assist established auctioneers until booking his first auction.

As the years passed, Mike continued to enhance the services he brought to his clients. In 1993, he was one of the first auctioneers in the country to provide remote wireless credit-card processing for all his auctions.

Soon after, he was first to utilize camera-ready auction advertising. In 1997, he published his first auction website. In 1998, he opened his own auction house and started The Ohio Auction School. The next year, Mike implemented his e-mail list, fax-on-demand, broadcast fax and voice information line services.

When a business such as our auction company needed to expand and require more assistance from staff members, we continued to be blessed with some of the very best auction staff available. Pictured here in 2004 are Mike, Linda Godwin, Sue Rheinscheld, Merlin Rheinscheld, Tom Klug and Norma Welch. Our client wanted to take this picture to remember us for doing such a good job. She sent us a copy of the photograph to distribute to our staff.

Today, Mike Brandly, Auctioneer maintains offices in Groveport, Ohio. With the assistance of 16 staff including Lisa Mantle, Corporate Administrator and Linda Godwin, Project Supervisor, Mike holds auctions year-round (every Wednesday) at his auction facility as well as many on-site auctions throughout Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky.

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