Auctioneer's Authority From the Seller - California Law

Civil Code (Refs & Annos) 
Division 3. Obligations (Refs & Annos) 
Part 4. Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions (Refs & Annos) 
Title 9. Agency 
Chapter 2. Particular Agencies 
Article 1. Auctioneers (Refs & Annos)
§ 2362. Authority from seller
Auctioneer's authority from the seller. 
An auctioneer, in the absence of special authorization or usage to the contrary, has authority from the seller, only as follows:
1. To sell by public auction to the highest bidder;
2. To sell for cash only, except such articles as are usually sold on credit at auction;
3. To warrant, in like manner with other agents to sell, according to Section 2323;
4. To prescribe reasonable rules and terms of sale;
5. To deliver the thing sold, upon payment of the price;
6. To collect the price; and,
7. To do whatever else is necessary, or proper and usual, in the ordinary course of business, for effecting these purposes.
Cite as Cal. Civ. Code § 2362