Lots Road Auctions

I have been to quite a few sales here and they concentrate on furniture and more expensive items.
If you are looking to sell the minimum
consignment is £500, so most of the items come from antique dealers rather than individuals having a clear out. The charges are quite steep too I suspect that they people who regularly send items get a handsome discount.
Saying this, some good lots do come up I have brought some lovely Georgian antiques. Its worth having a look at their online catalog that has photographs of all lots. Something they should be congratulated on as you would be surprised at how many auction houses are stuck in the pre-​ebay era.
If you are looking for smaller objets d’art, the smaller auction house just up the road Francis Smith is an excellent place to find some real quality pieces. They don’t have a minimum £150 estimated value for lots so you can buy many items here that you cant buy at Lots Road, from silver, foot stalls, china etc.

At first I was quite intimidated by the idea of a live auction. What if I came out of the action and didn’t win? What if I accidentally overpaid? What if I bought something that I didn’t have a chance to inspect properly? I was so intimidated that I forced my boyfriend to bid for me. But, I soon got over this. I actually grabbed the bidding card from my boyfriend and went a bit mad. Just for the record, I did win, I didn’t over pay and the chairs were in perfect condition!
The variety of items is quite amazing from week to week. From furniture to prints to candlesticks, you can find hundreds of items with an immense amount of character. I find myself trolling the site week after week looking for my next big find.
The experience is also quite pleasurable… the auctioneer is a darn funny guy, making fun of bidders and taunting them into bidding just a little bit higher. Plus, he told me I had a nice smile when I won a set of French armchairs. (When in doubt, flirt!). Anyway, the process is very organised at Lots Road Auction – you can view items online or on location a few days before the actual auction. The actual bidding process runs smoothly and on time. The payment process is equally as easy. I was even helped to a taxi with my two large chairs!
I enjoyed my experience so very much! I’ll definitely be back!

I had never been to an auction before, so my visit last week was exciting and I really didn’t know what to expect. I have a vision of a load of old rubbish being sold but how wrong I was. There is some tat but by the look of the people buying, there was also some good stuff and they were snapping it up big time.
They sell beds, mirrors, pictures, antiques, dining tables the lot and from what I saw, if you can out muscle the dealers you have a bargain on your hands.
You may need a little help in how to make a bid and you do need to register first but there are plenty of people on hand to talk you through it and it can be a lot of fun.
Go down there just for the experience if you wish but be warned you might just fall into the trap of having a go… Brilliant

Found this place through a particular lot we were interested in and as we where down in London decided to pop along to take a look at it.
Nice auction house, shabby chic, it almost looks like any lots that didn’t sell and were never collected adorn the toilets!
Random that all the chairs within the sale where used as the seating for it — hence if you wanted to look at one in particular you felt rather uncomfortable having to ask someone to move (either that or you just looked like you were staring at them!) — similarly if the sale has already started (our case) again a bit awkward. They managed to get the dates on the painting we were looking at correct but wrongly situated it within the ‘antique’ lots — we found it fine but pity the artist born in 1945 being called antique!
We couldn’t stay to bid so opted for phone bidding, which worked great and managed to get the lot we were interested in, which always increases your favour of a place! Collection was simple enough — although they don’t offer a wrapping service, saying that they were lovely enough to find something to cover it with, but in future might be better to just take your own.
All in all an enjoyable experience.

Great auctions.
They have modern and antique furniture.
Not sure of exact times, but you can view all of sunday, and the auctions go i think from 12 (modern) and then 3 (antiques).
You just turn up and look around. If you think you might buy, you register your details and get a card.