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Macbook Air
Sold at a police auction, this is most likely a
recovered item of lost or stolen property.
£28.00
Dyson Vacuum
Sold at a liquidation sale, this is most likely
stock from a retailer that has gone bust.
£27.00
Police Auctions
Police recovered lost property and
seized items that cannot be reunited
with their rightful owners.
You can find a lot of lost and recovered goods for
sale at police auctions. This is because when goods
are handed in to the police, it is usually possible for
the finder to have the goods back if they are not
claimed within a certain period of time. However, if
the police find goods, then they can be sold at the
discretion of the Chief Constable. Often, the goods
end up being auctioned.
More About Police Auctions
Police and Government Auctions UK contains website
links, locations and telephone numbers of a range of
auction houses that dispose of items on behalf of the
police forces. Some even specialise in certain types of
goods. For example, one of the companies listed
holds two auctions per month for well maintained
used police and various other emergency services
vehicles.
Here are some example bargains that have sold at
police auctions:
Finding Police Auctions
Popular Items
We find that a lot of bikes appear at police
auctions especially during the months of fine
weather when more people commute to train
stations or their place of work.
Clothing also features highly at one of the key
auction houses that we list - this is generally
recovered from serial or one-off shoplifters and
because of the quantities involved it makes more
sense from a monetary point of view to dispose
of the items at auction rather than re-unite it
with the shops where it came from.
About
police-auctions.org.uk was set up in 2007 to
bring together a range of information and
resources relating to police and government
auctions occurring in England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
Police and Government Auctions UK is a popular
guide available as an e-book (PDF) which includes
background information, useful advice, summaries
of the types of goods available as well as lists of
relevant auction houses for the following types of
auctions and sales:
Police Government
Property Cars
General Surplus Stock
You also receive complimentary access to the
members area where we maintain a current list of
key auctions taking place in the near future. You
will receive an email when additional content has
recently been added to the members area.
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