The Auction

After many weeks of preparation the actual day of the auction sale has arrived. For the auctioneer and the team it is not just a case of turning up at the sale venue and taking the sale, but rather there must be a period of careful preparation beforehand to ensure that the very best results are achieved. For the auctioneer with an early evening sale, to work through a busy agency day from the office and then at 5.30 pm to scoop up the file and dash 12 miles to the venue, arriving on the late side and then with an obviously cursory attitude to conduct the auction, is both patently failing in the duty of care to the vendor client and delivering a hammer blow to the goodwill of the firm of auctioneers, let alone demeaning the worth of auction and the standing of the profession.