Live auctions seem to be few and far between around here anymore, everything is online.
I know why it's just sad, my wife and I enjoy going to the live auctions. Never know what your guna get lol.
Is it like this in your neck of the woods?

Very few here I seen one coming up in early April first I seen in a while

There's still auctions here that do both live and online.

Lots of them here. The old farmers that retired go to all of them for something to do. It like their morning coffee and social club

I think there is more estate auctions than ever, but that they can be hard to find out about now because there is no one good place they are all advertised in. Almost all auctions used to be listed in the newspaper local to the auction. There are few newspapers left. Readership of the remaining newspapers is tiny, so auctioneers often won't put ads in them.

Most auctions are listed online on a multitude of sites. Unless you look at all the sites, its easy to miss an auction.

Most auctioneers no longer put signs out in front of where estate sales will be, weeks in advance, because thieves see the signs and burglarize those empty homes.

I recommend checking the personal websites of the auctioneers in your area.

Keith

Auctionzip.com

MO still has quite a few in the rural areas along with flea markets, I bought my storage container online I think it’s cleaner on line with less pressure on the bidding end at least it was for me.

I like online auctions too. I think they are less competitive and thus cheaper to purchase at. A good live auctioneer will get the crowd pumped up and goad bidders into a bidding war.

Some auctioneers, especially the Amish ones around Mount Hope and Sugar Creek, Ohio, are very hard to understand. I typically send a buyer to those auctions. The Amish on my end of the state are easy to understand.

We live out in the country. There's not much close to us. If I made an hour or two drive to an live auction, I would have a tendency to pay more than I should for an item, or buy items I only sort of want, so I wouldn't feel I wasted a trip. I like online auctions because I don't have to potentially waste a trip, except when the auctioneers lose an item, which has happened 3 times.

I like live auctions too. They are exciting. I can usually get a better look at what I am buying. There is usually a lot of items that would never make an online auction. I tend to go to good nearby auctions. I like not paying a large buyer's premium at live auctions.

The produce auctions will be getting good towards the end of next month. I enjoy produce auctions too.

Keith

I really enjoy listening to the rhythm of a good auctioneer.

Online auctions have largely taken over here. There are still occasional live auctions which are usually paired with a online component. Livestock sales are still overwhelmingly live auction format.

One thing I have noticed with the online auctions is that often items, that in a traditional auction you would expect to be thrown into a $5 box lot, are separated and sold individually and often bring very high prices.

I've used auctionzip for 10-12 years. They usually color code live (blue) and online (red) auctions on there calendar. Used it the other day and 10 of the 11 live auctions were on line only!!
I have a few auction sites on my favorites list and still most of em are online. An ole blind pig will find an acorn once in awhile