HYPERAMS, LLC announces that Buffalo, NY based Blackbird Asset Services, LLC will be merging its operation with HYPERAMS effective immediately. Blackbird’s Managing Director, David Fiegel, will assume the role of Managing Director of Auction Services, and manage all facets of HYPERAMS auction operations. All of the New York Blackbird operations—including auction and appraisal services—will remain. We look forward to the additional capabilities and services the HYPERAMS merger bring to the firm.

Over the course of an auctioneer’s career, they regularly hear the same question from both clients (sellers) and from customers (buyers): “What happens to the stuff that doesn’t sell?” Sellers will often ask who is responsible for cleaning up things that might not...