If you desperately need an experienced auctioneer to urgently conduct an important sale, for whatever reason, or you're just thinking how nice it would be to have a professional auctioneer squeeze out the highest bids from all your dearest friends at your annual fund-raising charity sale of goods, why not find out right now how affordable it can be?

It costs nothing to get an Auctioneer Quotation from Auction Locum.- and it could hardly be easier

The Easiest Way of All to Get A Free Quotation

1. A little further down this page (and many other pages) you will see a tab saying "Get Auctioneer Quote"
2. Click on this tab
3. A form will open up for you, with a dark background
4. Fill in your contact details and a few extra details about the auction event for which you might be needing some professional auctioneering assistance
5. In the "Comments" box at the end, add any special aspects of the event in question or the type of auctioneer you want, or anything else relevant

6. When all is to your liking, click the button that says "Get Quote" and that's it..
7. Before you know it, a charming Auction Locum representative will email or phone through a detailed quotation covering everything you want - or possibly ask you one or two further questions about your event and what you need, and then send you an even better quotation.
8. Armed with your quotation, you can now make the most of it.

Other almost as easy ways to get a free quotation

1. Call Auction Locum's Nic Townsend on the telephone with details of your auction and tell us you might like one of our auctioneers to help you out - then ask if you could have a quotation.Here's the number to call: 020 7792 5018. If Nic isn't there, then you can be sure to get him on 07831 574290
2. Instead of talking, you can write about it all and send it to Auction Locum in an email - not forgetting to ask for a quotation by return. If you click on this address -enquiries@auctionlocum.com - it should open up an email message ready for you to fill in and send.
3. You could even throw prudence to the winds, and splash out on a stamp, ink, paper and envelope, then do something like the previous suggestion. Address the envelope to : Auction Locum, 21 Marley House, St. Ann's Road, Holland Park, London W11 4DG PS Remember to ask for a quotation.

If at any time you think you might need our auctioneer services, it has never been so easy to take the next step - get a free Auction Locum quotation.

Auctioneer Hire Charges - Charity Auctions

Flat rate charge (per session) of £350.00 plus travel/ancilliary expenses (see below)

Auctioneer Hire Charges - General Auctions

We quote individually for each commission.

Our quotations for the hire of an auctioneer depend upon various factors - including location of auction, number of Lots involved, price expectations for Lots, approximate duration of auction, anticipated auction turnover and any specialised auctioneering skills or knowledge required.

Quotations will comprise either a percentage of the total hammer-price proceeds, a flat rate charge, or a percentage of total hammer price proceeds with a guaranteed minimum, whichever is greater.

On average our auctioneer hire fees for a single auction session equate to around 5 percent of the total hammer prices achieved with a £500.00 minimum, plus travel and any subsistence expenses incurred by the auctioneer (see below)

Naturally, where very high turnover expectations are involved, as in certain property and art auctions, lower rates of commission will be quoted

In certain cases, especially in respect of first-time clients, a deposit of at least 10 percent of the agreed auctioneer hire fee will be required in advance.

Auctioneers' Travel & Subsistence Expenses

All the auctioneer's normal travel expenses to and from the auction venue will be to the account of the client

We will always try to minimise travel expenses through provision of the Auction Locum auctioneer located nearest to the auction venue, subject to their suitability to the client's requirements.

In cases where urgency, extreme short notice or remote/difficult access to the auction venue may require out-of-the-ordinary travel arrangements, we will if possible quote for the costs of such arrangements in advance and, in certain circumstances involving substantial travel costs (e.g. private aeroplane or helicopter hire), may require payment of some or all of such costs in advance.

Where the auction duration or location or any other circumstances require the auctioneer to stay one or more nights at the place of auction, normal subsistence costs covering meals and hotel accommodation will be charged to the client in addition to travelling expenses. Wherever possible, these will be quoted and agreed in advance.

Our Charges & Expenses - General Principles

Auction Locum are committed to providing the most cost-effective auctioneer services to our clients under all possible circumstances

By keeping our own business overheads at an absolute minimum, and constantly expanding the range, quality and quantity of our personnel and services, we are able to offer auctioneering support of the highest professional standard that will achieve the best possible returns for all our clients, at what to the best of our knowledge are the most competitive rates available anywhere in the United Kingdom.