Britannia AuctionsCollective auctions and single item consignments in Telford
A moulding shop rarely closes. It changes one machine at a time, and the machine that comes out, an injection moulder, a granulator, a dryer, a chiller or a hopper loader, still has a buyer somewhere. Automotive component makers on Stafford Park and Hortonwood work the same way with presses and test rigs. Food processors at Halesfield replace a mixer or a wrapper. Tweedale and Heath Hill add vehicle lifts and vans from the repair trades.
Each is a single lot. A collective auction takes it into a regular online sale with items from many vendors, listed by lot number only, where buyers bid across the whole catalogue for a week or two. The buyer pays us, collects in a fixed window, and we account to you after cleared funds.
Tell us the phase and unit number, what the machine is, what it weighs and where it stands.
Moulding machines and ancillaries from the plastics trade
Plastics kit is used across the country and it is used to travelling. Injection moulders, granulators, dryers, chillers, temperature controllers, robots and hopper loaders are bought by moulders anywhere, and bidding is online, so a haulier collects for the buyers who are not close. Tooling and moulds belong to whoever owns the parts they make, which is usually the customer, so check ownership before you call.
An injection moulder has to be assessed before it is entered. The tonnage, the weight, the route to the door and the specialist handling it needs all bear on what removal costs, and a small machine on a pallet is a different job from a large one. The machine can be collected and sold from our premises where that is agreed, or catalogued where it stands and lifted once by the buyer after the sale.
Send us the tonnage, shot size, control and year, and a photograph of the machine and the doorway.
Presses and vans from the numbered phases
The numbered phases make Telford's estates easy to work in. A unit on Stafford Park or Halesfield has a clear address and junction 4 of the M54 within minutes, which keeps a collection visit short. We still check the yard, the door, the floor and the loading help available before booking, because that is what decides the vehicle and the cost.
Automotive component makers turn out presses, tapping machines, air tools and inspection kit. Repair trades at Tweedale and Heath Hill add four post lifts, tyre changers, compressors and the odd van, which needs its V5, keys, MOT history and service record with it. Workshop tidy ups produce hand tools and consumables, which we lot in sensible groups so each is described on its own.
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth and Stafford are well placed to attend the viewing, and bidding is open more widely. Anything on finance needs the funder's agreement before we list it.
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 Telford
- Our moulding shop on Halesfield has one small injection moulder to sell. Is a shared sale the right place?
Yes, for most machines. A small or medium tonnage moulder sits in a collective sale beside other engineering lots, in a catalogue moulders already work through, and the kit travels, so bidding is not limited to the county. A very large or very new machine may do better by private treaty, which we also offer. Send us the tonnage, shot size, control, year and photographs, and we will give you a view and recommend the route.
- We have moulds and tooling on the shelf that customers never collected. Can they go in?
Only if you own them. Moulds are often the customer's property even when they have sat on your shelf for years, and a mould sold without the owner's agreement causes trouble for everyone. Check your contracts, write to the customers if you need to, and once ownership is clear we will catalogue them. A mould sells best with the part it makes and its drawings alongside.
More questions about single items and small lots
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- 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.