Cycle Auction Update No.2

Several more bikes have been added in the last week and there is a second draft version of the catalogue with valuations for everything.  A “final” version will be published latest Thursday morning. The latest bikes include Four folding bikes from 2 x Ridgeback, Refex and Saxon A Saracen Frenzy Mountain Bike Specialized Crossroads AND TODAY … Read more

Cycle Auction Update

We have a good looking set of lots for the auction on the 7th June. The Cycles and Frames are now a respectable collection, the highlights being: Ruxley Cycles Aluminium road bike hand built in Kent in the late 80s with Campagnolo components Optima Recumbent Possibly a prototype of the Dawes Galaxy 531ST Holdsworth touring … Read more

Auction Report – 3 May 2014 – Top Sales

Highlights from May’s auction reflected the sheer variety of lots we offered our customers. Rather like The Generation Game random lots slipped by on the conveyor belt (well, screen!): cuddly toys ( well, Pelham puppets!); Hornby trains; Faberge glasses; jewellery; small items of furniture; war memorabilia and even the Mystery Object (see photo). If you … Read more

Bidding Etiquette and Conventions

Bidding at auction has a set of seemingly unwritten “rules” which I am now going to reveal by writing them down. Firstly minimalist bidding is a feature of Lovejoy and other auction related programmes but next to useless for oak aged auctioneers such as ourselves. We “sell” you a bidding card for you to vigorously signal your bid.  Preferably … Read more