285 auction platforms · 41 countries
The platforms that actually run the sales — vehicles, machinery, insolvency stock, government surplus — with what you need to know before you register.
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Ely, United Kingdom
Sells Agricultural machinery, Construction machinery and site equipment, Trailers +3 more
Cheffins has been trading for over two hundred years and runs one of the fixtures of the English farm machinery calendar: the Cambridge Machinery…
Dromore, United Kingdom
Sells Excavators and earthmoving, Construction machinery and site equipment, Cranes and lifting +5 more
Euro Auctions is one of the largest plant and machinery auctioneers operating in Europe, and the scale is the point: a single Leeds sale runs to well…
Greece
Sells Residential property, Commercial property, Land
i auction is not an auction house but a service layer around the Greek property auction market, and it exists because that market is genuinely hard…
Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Sells Laboratory and medical equipment, IT and office equipment, Office and school furniture
Hilditch Group sells used medical equipment, and it works with more than ninety per cent of NHS trust hospitals — which means that when a British…
Madley, United Kingdom
Sells Passenger cars, Trucks, Motorhomes and campers +5 more
Brightwells runs one of the more varied auction calendars in Britain from its centre at Madley in Herefordshire. In a single fortnight it will sell…
Spain
Sells Excavators and earthmoving, Construction machinery and site equipment, Trucks +2 more
rbauction.es is the Spanish-language entry point to Ritchie Bros., the global heavy-equipment auctioneer. Be clear about what that means: this is not…
Buyer's premium, VAT, minimum charges, admin fees and deposits — how each one is calculated on European auction platforms, with real published rates from 11% to 30%.
Where each European state sells what it seizes, confiscates or writes off — 58 official and state-linked auction platforms in 32 European states, with who may bid on each.
Which European car auction platforms accept private buyers and which are closed to licensed dealers — with the access rule, country and fee position for each, from 137 platforms we track.
How Germany's customs auction site works: who is allowed to sell there, the five-minute closing rule, why no buyer's premium is charged, and what collection within ten days involves.
What it costs to win a lot at Europe's largest industrial auction house: the buyer's premium and VAT stacked on the hammer price, the soft close, and what collection actually requires.
How European auction platforms are actually organised: the four kinds of seller, who is allowed to bid, what the hammer price leaves out, and the checks worth making before you register.
