Beaulieu Autojumble - Anyone going?
Discussion
It's great, well worth a visit
I go every year
If there are 2 of you going, get a Catalogue entry through Bonhams (the people who do the onsite auction) as the entry fee is less and you get to jump the (huge) queues for normal entry
If you don't go for the catalogue option, there's a list of the auction lots on bonham's website
I go every year
If there are 2 of you going, get a Catalogue entry through Bonhams (the people who do the onsite auction) as the entry fee is less and you get to jump the (huge) queues for normal entry
If you don't go for the catalogue option, there's a list of the auction lots on bonham's website
Sunday is quieter, but only because most of the good deals are gone.
Beaulieu is a very calm show, and a very good natured one. The regulars go there for the social as much as anything, and on day 1, you'll see people heading steely eyed around the stalls, looking for that elusive 1956 Model D overturned, sleevevalved, intersplined halflocked type A(b) widget.
They have the site plan beforehand, and they'll pencil out their route beforehand, and when it opens, off they'll go. The Cars for Sale area is good, expect some great bargains on the final day and you get access to the museum too, which is a great view.
I'm not going this year.. even now, just typing this.. I wish I was. A great show.
Beaulieu is a very calm show, and a very good natured one. The regulars go there for the social as much as anything, and on day 1, you'll see people heading steely eyed around the stalls, looking for that elusive 1956 Model D overturned, sleevevalved, intersplined halflocked type A(b) widget.
They have the site plan beforehand, and they'll pencil out their route beforehand, and when it opens, off they'll go. The Cars for Sale area is good, expect some great bargains on the final day and you get access to the museum too, which is a great view.
I'm not going this year.. even now, just typing this.. I wish I was. A great show.
Al Rush said:
Sunday is quieter, but only because most of the good deals are gone.
Very true, the reason that Saturday is busiest is partially to do with this and partially because the auction takes place on the saturday, and watching the South West's very own version of Barrett Jackson is always entertaining.
i been most years for the last 25 years as a stall holder with various mates and my dad.
the event has changed loads over the years. it used to be primarily an autojumble for vintage car/ bike type spares (there used to be saying that if you couldn't find it there, it didn't exist!), but now there's not that much vintage stuff, and a lot of the spares are modern, sort of 70's onwards type stuff.
demand for stalls has dropped as well, in its hay day if you didn't return you application for a stall by return of post, you wouldn't get one! its the same with tickets, the ammount of perfectly respectable men who used to sneak in through the woods was quite funny.
just be aware its quite big and spread out, so the chances are you won't get to see all the stalls.
its well worth getting there by half nine (or earlier) as the gates open ten, and by ten there are usually big ques. take a packed lunch as the food can be a little dear, and take a back pack to put your buys in.
if you've never been, i'd say go for it, some of the bargains are unbelievable.
the event has changed loads over the years. it used to be primarily an autojumble for vintage car/ bike type spares (there used to be saying that if you couldn't find it there, it didn't exist!), but now there's not that much vintage stuff, and a lot of the spares are modern, sort of 70's onwards type stuff.
demand for stalls has dropped as well, in its hay day if you didn't return you application for a stall by return of post, you wouldn't get one! its the same with tickets, the ammount of perfectly respectable men who used to sneak in through the woods was quite funny.
just be aware its quite big and spread out, so the chances are you won't get to see all the stalls.
its well worth getting there by half nine (or earlier) as the gates open ten, and by ten there are usually big ques. take a packed lunch as the food can be a little dear, and take a back pack to put your buys in.
if you've never been, i'd say go for it, some of the bargains are unbelievable.
It seemed quieter, I got up early and decided to hack on down. People not spending either. Bonhams did well though, 80% sold.
Early start.
Beaulieu. Of course! New Forest umm.. cows. Hang on..
Lovely setting.
Before we go any further, thank you (sorry, ex infanteer rambling).
If you have loins, prepare to experience tingling.
Come on.. you gotta love ‘em. Pricey at 14k though.
Nice, not a drop of tartan red or wire wheels in sight. But at 9k, it flattered to deceive.
Cossie Masher?
In case the visitors from the Continent needed reminding at this classic show, we used to manufacture lots of cars in the UK you know.
Like these.
They’re tingling again..
Ok. Looks like we’ve got some old suitcases and a rusty old bike here folks.
Lovely patina.
Sigh. Imagine these in the old rear view.
I was taught to drive in one of these. And umm, in case my mum is reading lets not say what I was taught in that cavernous back.
Ally bonnet. I need one for the Sebring. But not at £200 I don’t. Bizarre prices as usual.
Sweet little Pop. Lovely.
Someone’s going home happy.
Morris.
4x4 E Type? Mmm.
7k? No thanks. Engine puts that tacky clock in the shade though.
Lovely XK150, tempting at 28k.. initial appeal ruined by paintjob by Stevie Wonder.
Beautiful.
They’re tingling again you know.
Lambo. Body looked like Joan Collins getting up to meet the postman and forgetting to put on the slap.
The good, the bad, and the ugly?
Jags, jags everywhere.. and not a drop of petrol to drink
Wire wheels. On a Cortina. Mmm. Nice.
Nice Spridget.
Phew, not ivory and cream.
Sweet.
Est: 12-16k
STILL tingling.
Beautiful.
Ditto. Those convertibles are so’ooo Elton John.
The end of the Dino Resto is Nigh.
Nice.
Of course, in those days, we didn’t need cup holders, crumple zones, acres of ‘tactile’ surfaces (no marketing people obviously) and we were a lot smaller too, in an deprived post war kind of way.
THAT window. Car just seemed far too ‘busy’ for my liking.
Driving it must have made you feel being on Land of the Giants.
I don’t care what you say. I’m not listening. I want one. 8K at Bonhams. Bargain.
You could get a real one for that. The sun affects traders too, obviously.
Umm. Some old cars.
Another lovely Citroen. They’ll never advertise in PPC, so I can safely say, where did they go wrong??
RS and Model T.
A stall.
Old AA vehicles.
Still perfect.
Early start.
Beaulieu. Of course! New Forest umm.. cows. Hang on..
Lovely setting.
Before we go any further, thank you (sorry, ex infanteer rambling).
If you have loins, prepare to experience tingling.
Come on.. you gotta love ‘em. Pricey at 14k though.
Nice, not a drop of tartan red or wire wheels in sight. But at 9k, it flattered to deceive.
Cossie Masher?
In case the visitors from the Continent needed reminding at this classic show, we used to manufacture lots of cars in the UK you know.
Like these.
They’re tingling again..
Ok. Looks like we’ve got some old suitcases and a rusty old bike here folks.
Lovely patina.
Sigh. Imagine these in the old rear view.
I was taught to drive in one of these. And umm, in case my mum is reading lets not say what I was taught in that cavernous back.
Ally bonnet. I need one for the Sebring. But not at £200 I don’t. Bizarre prices as usual.
Sweet little Pop. Lovely.
Someone’s going home happy.
Morris.
4x4 E Type? Mmm.
7k? No thanks. Engine puts that tacky clock in the shade though.
Lovely XK150, tempting at 28k.. initial appeal ruined by paintjob by Stevie Wonder.
Beautiful.
They’re tingling again you know.
Lambo. Body looked like Joan Collins getting up to meet the postman and forgetting to put on the slap.
The good, the bad, and the ugly?
Jags, jags everywhere.. and not a drop of petrol to drink
Wire wheels. On a Cortina. Mmm. Nice.
Nice Spridget.
Phew, not ivory and cream.
Sweet.
Est: 12-16k
STILL tingling.
Beautiful.
Ditto. Those convertibles are so’ooo Elton John.
The end of the Dino Resto is Nigh.
Nice.
Of course, in those days, we didn’t need cup holders, crumple zones, acres of ‘tactile’ surfaces (no marketing people obviously) and we were a lot smaller too, in an deprived post war kind of way.
THAT window. Car just seemed far too ‘busy’ for my liking.
Driving it must have made you feel being on Land of the Giants.
I don’t care what you say. I’m not listening. I want one. 8K at Bonhams. Bargain.
You could get a real one for that. The sun affects traders too, obviously.
Umm. Some old cars.
Another lovely Citroen. They’ll never advertise in PPC, so I can safely say, where did they go wrong??
RS and Model T.
A stall.
Old AA vehicles.
Still perfect.
Funny Al, you obviously did as I did and walked the entire place!!
I recognise every single photo there.
I managed to spend a fortune, although didn't buy anything at Bonhams this year (unfortunately, that Lotus Cortina was lovely - 23k + premium though)
What surprised all of my party was just how much 1990's XJ series Jaguar you can buy for £4k
I recognise every single photo there.
I managed to spend a fortune, although didn't buy anything at Bonhams this year (unfortunately, that Lotus Cortina was lovely - 23k + premium though)
What surprised all of my party was just how much 1990's XJ series Jaguar you can buy for £4k
Scrump said:
Bump!
I am planning on going to the Autojumble on Sunday 11th September this year.
Anyone else visiting or anyone going to be a stall holder?
I usually go on the Sunday,I am planning on going to the Autojumble on Sunday 11th September this year.
Anyone else visiting or anyone going to be a stall holder?
Don't really need anything but always end up buying some old tat
nice to chat to the stallholders and see how well it has gone for them in this world of internet sales etc. 
Scrump said:
The last time I went was before 2006, must have been in the ‘90s
I went to the very first Autojumble, as a punter, in 1967 when there were fewer than 100 stalls, and then as a Trader for the best part of the next 50 years. A stall pitch in 1971 cost me £2.50, including a table and 2 chairs!
Fast forward to the '90s, and there were well over 2000 stalls, and a waiting list for pitches. The fields (four by this time) were filled with stall holders and attendees from all over the world.
Even in those peak years, trading on the Sunday was a fraction of the level of Saturday, and year on year more and more stallholders packed up on Saturday night and did not return or set up on the Sunday, especially if the weather forecast was poor. In later years the Beaulieu management tried to crack down on this, and threatened to withhold the automatic allocation of preferred spots to offenders for the following year.
Nowadays demand is not so great so they do not have the same muscle, and I think you will find plenty of unoccupied spaces, although there will still be more than enough to get round in a day.
I have not been myself since the pandemic struck, so I will be interested in your observations after the event.
I-am-the-reverend said:
I went this year for the first time in 15 years. Sunday's car boot traders were where bargains were found - as usual the regular traders were on drugs judging by their prices.
£1000 for a pair of AVO Escort pattern wings?
Every stall seemed to have 5 or more old Haynes manuals.
I went , spring jumble seems to be dying a death, not busy at all. I think they should return to September jumble only.£1000 for a pair of AVO Escort pattern wings?
Every stall seemed to have 5 or more old Haynes manuals.
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