WHERE THE SALES ARE
ANGLIA CAR AUCTIONS
Based in King’s Lynn and supersized sales offer cars from £500 to £100,000 and well beyond.
■ Buyer’s premium: 6%
■ 01553 771881
■ angliacarauctions.co.uk
BARONS
Sales at Sandown Park/Kempton Park offer anything from £500 up to high five-figure sums.
■ Buyer’s premium: 10%
■ 023 8066 8413
■ barons-auctions.com
BONHAMS
A selection of sales held at all three Goodwood events as well as Beaulieu, along with the Aston Martin sale. All prices covered.
■ Buyer’s premium: 15% (to £500,000), 12% (above £500,000)
■ 020 7468 5801
■ bonhams.com
BRIGHTWELLS
Sales at Leominster and Bicester, offering cheapies through to sixfigure sum machinery. Good with pre-war and project cars.
■ Buyer’s premium: 10%
■ 01568 611122
■ brightwells.com
CLASSIC CAR AUCTIONS
The ‘everyman’ sibling to Silverstone Auctions, offering cars up to £50,000. Alongside traditional classics, modern classics are well represented.
■ Buyer’s premium: 11%
■ 01926 640888
■ classiccarauctions.co.uk
CHARTERHOUSE
Sales at Shepton Mallet and one at Sherborne Castle, with regular classics and rarities. Interesting projects often appear.
■ Buyer’s premium: 11%
■ 01935 812277
■ charterhouse-auction.com
COYS
All values and all eras of cars covered, at a variety of locations around the country.
■ Buyer’s premium: 15%
■ 020 8614 7888
■ coys.co.uk
DORSET VINTAGE AND CLASSIC AUCTIONS
Well-established West Country auctioneer now based at Henstridge Airfield. Strong in traditional classics and pre-war cars, covering anywhere from £500 to £100,000.
■ Buyer’s premium: 5%
■ 01963 363353
■ dvca.co.uk
EAST ANGLIAN MOTOR AUCTIONS
Based in Norfolk, EAMA, as a general rule, stays below the £50,000-mark and offers regular as well as modern classics.
■ Buyer’s premium: 6% ■ 01953 859180
■ eama-norwich.co.uk
H&H
Recently returned to its Buxton venue, with sales also at Duxford. Strong mix of cars from serious six-figure (and occasionally beyond) down to bargain-basement cheapies.
■ Buyer’s premium: 12.5%
■ 01925 210035
■ handh.co.uk
HISTORICS
Popular classics, the rare, the luxurious and the project, from four-figure to six-figure sums – Historics covers it all at its Brooklands and Ascot sales.
■ Buyer’s premium: 10%
■ 01753 639170
■ historics.co.uk
THE MARKET
Online-only auction platform that operates automatic bidding, allowing bidders to submit maximum bid from the off.
■ Buyer’s premium: 0%
■ 01865 521088
■ themarket.co.uk
MATHEWSONS
North Yorkshire auction house whose team has recently been the subject of new TV series Bangers and Cash.
■ Buyer’s Premium: £500999, £75. £1000-2000, £150. £2000-20k, 7.5%. £20+, 5%
■ 01751 474455
■ mathewsons.co.uk Scottish-based classic auctioneer, sales held near Perth. Strong on traditional and modern classics from a few hundred pound upwards.
■ Buyer’s premium: 5%
■ 01821 642574
■ morrisleslie.com
SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
Luxury, performance and sporting cars are Silverstone’s fare, as are quality projects.
■ Buyer’s premium: 12.5%
■ 01926 691141
■ silverstoneauctions.com
SOUTH WESTERN VEHICLE AUCTIONS
Four sales a year from its Poole base, SWVA returns a consistent 90 per cent-plus sales rate, offering cars from the low hundreds to mid five-figures.
■ Buyer’s premium: 8%
■ 01202 745466
■ swva.co.uk
WEST OXFORDSHIRE MOTOR AUCTION
Independent motor auction house that holds both modern and classic car sales. .
■ Buyer’s premium: 6%
■ 01993 774413
■ woma.co.uk