Britannia AuctionsCollective auctions and single item consignments in Hull
Caravan and holiday home production is seasonal, and the joinery, upholstery and chassis firms that supply it retool between seasons. That is when a single beam saw, an edgebander, a spindle moulder or an industrial sewing bench comes off the floor at Sutton Fields or Stoneferry and needs a buyer. Along Hedon Road it is different kit, a surplus forklift, a set of pallet trucks or a trailer left over when a haulage contract changes.
One machine is not a sale. A collective auction is the answer for it. We enter your lot into an online sale with items from many other vendors, identified by lot number only, and the bidding runs for a week or two. The buyer pays us and collects in a fixed window, and we account to you after cleared funds.
Tell us what the machine is, whether it is three phase and what floor it stands on.
Woodworking and upholstery kit between caravan seasons
The caravan supply chain is the most distinctive source of single lots here. Panel saws, edgebanders, CNC routers, dust extraction units, spray equipment, staple guns and industrial sewing machines are all standard fare in the joinery and upholstery shops across the East Riding, and they are replaced one at a time as production changes.
The trades that use them go wider than the caravan firms. Kitchen fitters in Beverley, shopfitters in Goole, upholsterers and marine trimmers all work with the same machines. Bidding is online and open across the country, and the trade in Hessle, Cottingham, Hedon and Driffield is close enough to inspect the lots before the sale closes.
Timing follows the build year. A machine that comes off the floor in late summer, once the season's units have left, can be catalogued before the winter build starts, and we will propose a sale to suit the date you give us.
Forklifts and trailers from the port haulage yards
Port work generates a second kind of single lot. Freight forwarders and hauliers along Hedon Road and around King George Dock run forklifts, pallet trucks, trailers and yard tugs that come off contract when a customer moves, and one truck is worth selling rather than parking behind the shed.
A forklift is a straightforward lot. It drives onto a lorry, the trades that use one are in every town, and the bridge and the A63 keep the Lincolnshire side and Brough near enough to attend the viewing day. Trailers need their plate and any test paperwork with them.
A lot can be collected and sold from our premises where that is agreed, with a set viewing day and staff on hand to release lots on collection. Before we book a vehicle we check the yard: the approach and turning space, the door dimensions, the surface and what loading help is on site. Sutton Fields and Priory Park differ from the older units near the docks, and we send what suits the site.
What these sales can include
- Single machine tools
- Individual vans and pickups
- Compressors and generators
- Welding equipment
- Woodworking machines
- Hand tools and power tools
- Office furniture and IT equipment
- Catering equipment from a single kitchen
- Small plant and attachments
- Garden and grounds machinery
- Trailers
- Workshop consumables and stock
How a collective sale works
A collective auction is a regular online timed sale made up of lots from many vendors. Each vendor's lots are identified in the catalogue by lot number only. Buyers see one catalogue and bid across it, so a small consignment sits in the same sale as the larger ones.
Your lots are photographed and listed alongside the others. Bidding runs online, with lots closing in sequence on the sale date. Each lot is offered as seen under the auction terms, with buyers expected to inspect before bidding. The buyer pays the hammer price plus a buyer's premium, with VAT charged where it applies and shown separately.
After the sale, buyers pay and collect within the collection window. We account to you from cleared funds once it has closed and the sale is reconciled, less the agreed commission and any agreed costs.
The collective auctions and single item consignments page covers minimum viable value, at our premises or at yours, what to bring and what to tell us, timescales and unsold lots.
Questions about selling in Hull
- Our joinery shop at Sutton Fields has replaced one beam saw. Is one saw enough for you?
Yes. A beam saw or a panel saw is a proper lot. What it makes depends on the model, the year, the blade size, the condition, the electrical supply and any faults, so send photographs of the machine and its supply and tell us what is known. We will say what interest we would expect and value, and say which sale it suits. Anything else from the same shop, such as blades, clamps and extraction, can go in alongside it.
- Does anyone from across the Humber bid on Hull lots?
They can. The bridge puts Barton-upon-Humber and the Lincolnshire side within an easy run for a trade buyer collecting a forklift or a saw, and online bidding removes distance from the question altogether. Local buyers can view in person on the day, and a buyer at the other end of the country can bid on the description, the photographs and the condition report. The collective sale reaches both, and the lot is described for both.
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Guides
- How a commercial asset auction works
A stage by stage account of an online timed auction for business assets. It covers the asset schedule, cataloguing, viewing days, how bidding closes, buyer's premium and VAT, collection and how you get paid.
- What happens to unsold lots
Not every lot sells, but the site still has to be cleared. This guide covers why lots go unsold, private treaty after the sale, lowering or removing the reserve, a later sale, scrap and WEEE recycling, and what disposal costs.