Auction Categories

The UK auction market covers everything from multi-million pound property to house clearance lots. Find your category below.

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Residential Property

Houses, flats, bungalows, and residential development plots sold at auction. Often includes repossessions, probate sales, and properties requiring renovation.

142auction houses
£185Kavg lot value
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Commercial Property

Offices, retail units, industrial premises, and mixed-use buildings sold at auction. Includes investment lots with sitting tenants and vacant possession sales.

87auction houses
£320Kavg lot value
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Land & Development

Agricultural land, building plots, development sites, and woodland sold at auction. Ranges from small garden plots to multi-acre sites with planning permission.

68auction houses
£95Kavg lot value
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Classic & Vintage Cars

Pre-war, classic, and modern classic vehicles typically over 25 years old. Includes barn finds, concours-quality restorations, and rare marques from specialist auction houses.

34auction houses
£29Kavg lot value
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Vehicles & Transport

Modern cars, vans, motorcycles, caravans, and commercial vehicles sold at auction. Includes fleet disposals, ex-lease vehicles, and seized goods from bailiff sales.

56auction houses
£8Kavg lot value
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Fine Art

Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and photography from Old Masters to contemporary artists. Ranges from affordable works under £500 to museum-quality pieces.

124auction houses
£4Kavg lot value
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Antiques & Collectibles

Ceramics, glass, silver, metalware, rugs, clocks, and general antiques. Covers everything from Georgian silverware and Moorcroft pottery to vintage toys and militaria.

186auction houses
£650avg lot value
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Jewellery & Watches

Fine jewellery, diamonds, gemstones, and luxury watches including Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Cartier. Ranges from estate jewellery to investment-grade pieces.

98auction houses
£2Kavg lot value
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Wine & Spirits

Fine wine, rare whisky, vintage champagne, and spirits sold in specialist auctions. Covers investment-grade Bordeaux, Burgundy, single malt Scotch, and collectors' bottles.

22auction houses
£1Kavg lot value
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Furniture & Interiors

Period furniture, mid-century modern, designer pieces, and decorative arts. Includes Georgian to Art Deco antiques plus contemporary designer furniture and lighting.

152auction houses
£480avg lot value
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Industrial Machinery & Plant

Factory equipment, CNC machines, printing presses, packaging lines, and construction plant from business closures and asset disposals. Often sold in bulk or as going concerns.

41auction houses
£13Kavg lot value
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Agricultural & Farm Equipment

Tractors, combine harvesters, livestock handling equipment, and farm sundries. Includes dispersal sales from retiring farmers and dealer stock clearances.

38auction houses
£8Kavg lot value
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Electronics & Technology

IT equipment, servers, telecoms infrastructure, audio-visual gear, and consumer electronics. Sourced from corporate refreshes, liquidations, and government surplus.

28auction houses
£950avg lot value
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Fashion & Luxury Goods

Designer handbags, haute couture, vintage fashion, and luxury accessories. Includes authenticated Hermes, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton alongside vintage textile collections.

32auction houses
£2Kavg lot value
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Books & Manuscripts

Rare books, first editions, maps, autographs, and historical manuscripts. Ranges from incunabula and illuminated manuscripts to modern first editions and signed copies.

45auction houses
£850avg lot value
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Coins & Medals

British and world coins, military medals, orders and decorations, banknotes, and tokens. Covers Roman hoards to modern commemoratives and campaign medal groups.

36auction houses
£420avg lot value
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Musical Instruments

Pianos, guitars, violins, brass, woodwind, and vintage audio equipment. Includes professional orchestral instruments, vintage electric guitars, and recording studio gear.

18auction houses
£2Kavg lot value

Sporting Memorabilia

Football shirts, cricket bats, boxing gloves, Olympic collectibles, and sporting art. Includes match-worn items, signed memorabilia, and vintage sporting equipment.

24auction houses
£680avg lot value
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Police & Government Surplus

Seized goods, unclaimed property, lost luggage, and government asset disposals. Includes vehicles, electronics, cycles, tools, and miscellaneous confiscated items.

15auction houses
£320avg lot value
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House Clearance & General

Mixed-lot general sales from house clearances, probate, and deceased estates. The treasure-hunting category where undervalued items frequently surface among everyday household goods.

210auction houses
£85avg lot value