Auctions what a bargain

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I am so pleased, I went out today to a little local village auction nr Sittingbourne. Apparently it's held every first Sunday in the Month. I bought a Strimmer £2.00 and an electric Rake and another strimmer and an aereator for the garden for a fiver My sister-in law bought the aereator for £2.50 from me, so for £4.50 I have an electric rake (Qualcast with a box) a strimmer and a spare strimmer ( I shall give that one to my daughter) all for £4.50.They are all in complete working order and I am so pleased with myself. There was so much stuff going there ,it is stolen/recovered goods via the local Police force and there were some terrific bargains to be had .One chap bought a Lap-top complete with Windows XP and Excel an various other programmes on it for £50.00 .I can't go in May as i shall be in Blackpool for the meeting, but come the first Sunday in June I shall go back for some more bargains.
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Smashing_Blouse

Wow some great bargains there!!. Will have to keep an eye in the papers to see if we have any.

Prudent

I went to a local auction a few weeks ago with a friend. I was very pleased with my bargains which included a dyson for £10. I can only go during holidays, so was looking forward to going in the Easter holidays. Sadly it has closed down.

pawpurrs

Jackie whereabouts is this? Wouldnt mind a gander myself, next month! Cheers x

Burlesque_Babe

I love auctions. For anyone near Poole , there is one at Salisbury every Friday evening at the building which is a cattle auction during the day (though not in the same room I hasten to add!!), there is one next Saturday in Wimborne and also one next Saturday in Poole (very few bargains there though, as lots of dealers go and they have some fantastic stuff)

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pawpurrs wrote:

Jackie whereabouts is this? Wouldnt mind a gander myself, next month! Cheers x

Bobbin Village Hall,just outside Sittingbourne,Kent.Free to get in and just register when you are inside .It opens at 10-12a.m. just so you can have a look around and then it starts at 12.00. There are plenty of seating if you want to rest your legs and a tea and coffee hatch on site run by the local village ladies .They do a jolly good sandwich or home made cake as well
If you want you can buy a catalogue for £1.00 but you are not obliged to. A reall y good couple of hours can be had for free and you may pick up a bargain or two as I did.:D

Queenie

JackieO - around my area they hold regular auctions; sadly I haven't been able to get to many in the past.

Do take advantage of any preview day (usually the day before) to have a nosey around. Often, there are job lots of boxes that are worthy of a good rummage; then note the lot number! Then, on the day (this is where it's worth that £1 for the cateloge), you'll know when that lot will be coming up and be ready to bid if need be. In my experience, those boxes end up going for £1-£2 and it's amazing what treasures lurk within. Ok, not antiques, after all these autioneers know their stuff. But definately items worth having if you need them for £1 :laugh:

In one £2 box lot, once all the stuff I wasn't interested in was put to the side for the charity shop/tip, I had kept a boxed clock in the style of a china plate, a glass and metal cafetierre, a boxed as-new-teapot in a cup, a cheapy plastic clock which I gave a makeover to. Not bad for two quid

Auctions can be great fun!!!

marybishop

Anyone know of any in the Surrey/South London area or maybe a little bit further afield? Was due to go to Greasbys in Tooting tomorrow but they dont have any of what we were after (laptop/MP3 player) so not bothering. Do know of one in Chertsey called Wellers but point of interest here is that they only sell electrical items to traders and not general public - but they don't mention this on their website. Happened to find this out by chance when I rang to see if OK to take kids (age 13) as wanted MP3 player - that was when they said they couldnt sell that sort of stuff to joe public. Asked why not and apparently to do with health and safety as these items are not tested and not warranted so might be dangerous! Just hope the traders check them out before they sell them on to some poor unsuspecting person!

calleyw

The bbc website have a search for auctions and they are not just antiques but all sorts.

Here is the link

HTH


Yours

Calley

Westywoodpecker

That link was really useful, thanks.

calleyw

Westywoodpecker wrote:

That link was really useful, thanks.

Glad I could help.


Yours


Calley