Car Auctioneer recommendations

[-Cappo-]

Wasn't sure if this is best in GG or Car Buying?

This is very much NOT a camouflaged for-sale ad, but I'm looking for any experience of selling via a car auction. The car probably loosely fits into the "modern classic" genre, value £20-25k. I've decided that I want to use an auction house which will collect the car from me, take it away, and send me the money once sold. I don't want it hanging around the house and then people asking to view, etc, so I want the auction house to deal with all that faff.

Collecting Cars, I believe, leave the car with you unless you engage one of their specialists, but there aren't any in my neck of the woods.

The only two I can come up with currently are Anglia and Matthewsons. Does anyone have any good/bad/ugly experience of either of these, or indeed another option?

[andrewcliffe]

There are lots of auction houses, ranging from the big boys - RM Sothebys and Bonhams to smaller provincial auction houses

-Iconic
-H&H
-Historics
-Brightwells
-Anglia Car Auctions
-Dore & Rees
-Barons
-Manor Park Classics,
-SWVA
-Cheffins
-WB & Sons
-Hampsons
-Morris Leslie
-Classic Car Auctions

Then there are those like Car & Classic, Pistonheads and Collecting Cars who just run the auction and let you sort out the actual transaction with the buyer.

Each will have a multitude of fees ranging from a listing fee, photography fee, transport, as well as a sellers premium.

[-Cappo-]

Thanks, that’s quite a list. I’ll have a look through those.

Meantime, if anyone has any direct experience, feedback would be appreciated.

[andrewcliffe]

You want an auctioneer who is proactive in marketing, both to their mailing list but also their social media channels. I would not contemplate a late entry into an auction as there may not be enough time for buyers to find the auction.

Anglia Car auctions has a catalogue for their next sale up a month in advance and its been up a couple of weeks already. Its getting added to.

In comparison East Anglia Motor Auctions is supposedly holding a Classic & Retro auction on the 22nd March, and when you visit their website there is no idea of what is being sold, and its less than a fortnight to the auction.

[sixor8]

Manor Park have no entry or listing fees, and charge 6% (5% plus vat) to the seller. Others occasionally have periods of free listing (SWVA for example) if they agree your reserve. I've sold through both and delivered my cars personally, collection is EXPENSIVE. SWVA it's free within a certain distance (I think it was 50 miles??)

[andrewcliffe]

also consider the buyers fees as some buyers will often bid with an eye on the end value including their premium. Manor Park are 12.5%, ACA are 8%.

[sixor8]

Plus VAT of course, so 15% and 9.6% respectively. It's a 'service charge' I think, it was announced as much on the rostrum at a CCA auction (now Iconic), so it is not recoverable. So why do so many action results not include it? Manor Park DO include it on their published results however.

[okv3]

Bonhams Online offer a concierge service, I think it's about £700 + VAT but they take the car from you and deal with prospective buyers and eventually the buyer directly.