You know that sometimes during an auction, the auctioneer brings down the gavel to mark the sale of the lot. Then notices out of the corner their eye, as the hammer falls, a last second bid. They auctioneer resumes the auction and ignores the hammer. We are pleased to say this has happened to Auctions […]
Updates and News
CANCELLED – Auction at Badger Farm Community Centre 4th April 2020
Just in case you have missed previous announcements: There will be no auction on Saturday 4th April at Badger Farm Community Centre. And probably not for some months. We are keen to restart and hope you will be too. Keep your distance and look after yourselves. All the best – Bob, Claire, Fiona, Jon, Tricia […]
Auction Dates for 2019
Belatedly here are the auction dates and a downloadable calendar for 2019. The majority of the general auctions are at Badger Farm Community Centre. There will be three at Otterbourne Village Hall and in December we will be back at Itchen Abbas Village Hall. Click here to download the Auction Calendar 2019 with terms and conditions […]
No snow day. The auction is on.
We know it has snowed but this could be one of our best auctions ever. There is a fantastic collection of silver and watches for sale. Driving from New Alresford to Winchester this morning was only damp. No snow or ice on the main roads. The auction tomorrow, Saturday 2nd February will go ahead at […]
Auction is full Saturday 1st September. Please come and bid.
All the space for lots in the Otterbourne Village Hall has been booked by sellers for this Saturday’s auction. Please come along and be one of those bidding for around 400 lots. You can see some of the lots on the related page below.
Privacy Statement Update
Preamble You have probably heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by now. We need to conform with this legislation by the 25th May 2018. Here is the layman’s overview of what we do at Auctions in a Day. We record a few things on paper at the auctions and electronically via our web site […]
Cycle Auction becomes Cycle Jumble on 9th June
After five years of cycle auctions, several things conspired against running one this June. We are pleased to say Andrew Wilcox will run a Cycle Jumble at Itchen Abbas on the 9th June. Cycle jumbles are very popular all over the country. At Ripley north of Guildford there were perhaps 50 sellers a couple of […]
The auction on Saturday 7th April is full (of lots)
We are pleased to announce that our space for sellers is fully booked for Saturday 7th April at Badger Farm. It’s going to be a bumper day for bidders. If you are selling please promote your lots by adding them to this page Will there be more lots for sale Saturday 7th April? on our […]
Auction Dates for 2018
A few differences to our calendar this year. The majority of the auctions are at Badger Farm Community Centre. After a successful auction at Otterbourne last year, we will be holding auctions there in March and September this year. In July we will return to Perins School in New Alresford and this will be combined with […]
Auction tomorrow Saturday 3rd September
We have been enjoying our summer break and hope you have to. Tomorrow is the first auction in the Autumn series starting at Itchen Abbas Village Hall. We have some new sellers bringing along items from a house downsizing and an workshop clearout. These will be as diverse as ever: a metal cutter with 20 x 300mm […]