Regions report auction house success stories

Regional league tables compiled for Estates Gazette by Essential Information Group reveal which firms are dominating auction markets across the UK.

REGIONAL LEAGUE TABLE BY AMOUNT RAISED

Region	Auctioneer	R or C	Total sales 2016	Total sales 2015
London	Allsop Commercial	C	£610,278,020	£449,776,650
South-East Home Counties	Clive Emson	R	£158,000,319	£145,677,951
Yorkshire and The Humber	Mark Jenkinson & Son	R	£27,882,250	£27,244,850
North West	Pugh & Company	C	£80,991,439	£70,934,652
North East	The Agents Property Auction	R	£68,754,722	£75,112,476
West Midlands	SDL Bigwood	R	£74,046,325	£76,621,800
East Midlands	SDL Graham Penny Derby	R	£40,442,850	£38,391,501
South West	Hollis Morgan	R	£44,386,500	£38,156,500
East Anglia	Auction House East Anglia	R	£29,602,300	£32,000,750
North West Home Counties	Romans	R	£23,016,500	£25,460,300
Wales	Paul Fosh Auctions	R	£23,709,600	£18,945,900
Scotland	Auction House Scotland	R	£18,687,275	£16,481,105
Northern Ireland	BRG Gibson	R	£24,694,001	£20,363,225

This data, compiled by EIG, shows which auction house based in each region sold the most in 2016. Success stories include North West-based Pugh & Company, which saw total sales rise 14% to £81m last year. Pugh was bought by Eddisons last summer and is the largest auctioneer outside London and the South East. The combined auctions team holds monthly auctions in Leeds and Manchester under the Pugh brand.

The UK’s largest auctioneer Allsop Commercial further consolidated its position as the biggest London-based seller with a 35.7% increase in sales in the last year.

REGIONAL LEAGUE TABLE BY AMOUNT RAISED

(only includes auctions held in the region itself)

Region	Auctioneer	R or C	Total sales 2016	Total sales 2015
London	Allsop Commercial	C	£610,278,020	£449,776,650
South East Home Counties	Clive Emson **	R	£135,288,969	£127,762,750
Yorkshire and The Humber	IAMSOLD **	R	£56,243,451	£37,318,795
North West	Pugh & Company	C	£80,991,439	£70,934,652
North East	The Agents Property Auction **	R	£59,747,222	£64,618,726
West Midlands	SDL Bigwood	R	£74,046,325	£76,621,800
East Midlands	SDL Graham Penny Derby	R	£40,442,850	£38,391,501
South West	Hollis Morgan	R	£43,686,500	£38,156,500
East Anglia	Auction House East Anglia	R	£29,602,300	£32,000,750
North West Home Counties	Romans	R	£23,016,500	£25,460,300
Wales	Paul Fosh Auctions	R	£23,709,600	£18,945,900
Scotland	Auction House Scotland	R	£18,687,275	£16,481,105
Northern Ireland	BRG Gibson	R	£24,694,001	£20,363,225
** Totals only include auctions held within the region

This data shows the leading auction house in each region based on auctions held in that area.

Auction service provider IAMSOLD has emerged as the dominant firm holding auctions in Yorkshire & Humberside, with a 50.7% increase, taking the total it raised in that region to £56.2m. However, Mark Jenkinson & Son raised the most of auction houses actually based in that region (see previous table), at £27.9m.

SDL Group is dominating in the Midlands, through its acquisitions last year of both CP Bigwood (now SDL Bigwood) and Graham Penny Auctions (now SDL Graham Penny). West Midlands-based SDL Bigwood saw a slight drop in total raised, down 3.4% to £74m, but is the fourth largest regional auctioneer by some margin. East Midlands-based SDL Graham Penny saw a 5.3% increase in total raised to £40.4m.