Auction News Magazine – 6 November 2026

This week's issue of Auction News brings together a varied selection of auctions from across the UK, with sales covering everything from woodworking and fabrication machinery to contractors' plant, commercial vehicles and warehouse equipment.

Featured on the front cover is a major sale of woodworking machinery and ancillary plant through Middleton Barton Valuation. Inside, you'll find plenty more for those working across the industrial and engineering sectors, including CNC machine tools, sheet metal machinery, packaging equipment and specialist road rail vehicles.

There's industry news to catch up on, too. BTG Eddisons reports £27 million in property auction sales during October, including an appearance at the National Landlord Investment Show in London. We also take a look at the upcoming sale of Lime House School in Cumbria, where BPI Asset Advisory is bringing more than a century of school history to auction through a sale of its contents.

This Week's Auction Highlights

Woodworking Machinery & Ancillary Plant – Middleton Barton Valuation

Featured on this week's front cover, this online auction includes a substantial range of woodworking and industrial equipment. Lots include panel saws, band saws, dust extraction systems, compressors, welding equipment, strapping machinery and workshop essentials.

Vehicles, Warehouse Handling Equipment & Packaging Machinery – Lambert Smith Hampton

Commercial vehicles from manufacturers including Volvo, DAF, Isuzu, Iveco and Renault feature alongside bag filling machinery, conveyors, pallet wrapping equipment and Jungheinrich warehouse handling equipment.

Tracked & Wheeled Road Rail Vehicles, Contractors' Plant & Equipment – Sanderson Weatherall

This specialist sale brings together excavators from Komatsu, Doosan, Caterpillar, Kobelco, Mecalac and Takeuchi, as well as road rail vehicles, suction excavators, rail dozers and other contractors' equipment.

Forklifts, Reach Trucks & Attachments – John Pye Auctions

On behalf of the administrators of Headlam Group Plc, this online public auction features Toyota reach trucks, electric counterbalance forklifts, pallet trucks and carpet boom mast attachments.

CNC & Conventional Sheet Metal Machinery – BTG Eddisons

This manufacturing equipment sale includes a Gema powder coating line, Nordson powder coating booth, diesel generator and a selection of CNC and conventional sheet metal machinery.

Metal Fabrication Machinery, Equipment & Motor Vehicles – Proudley Associates

Among the lots are Bystronic press brakes and guillotines, CNC plasma cutting equipment, machine tools, welding equipment, forklifts and commercial vehicles.

CNC Machine Tools & Fabrication Equipment – MGR Appraisals

Engineering highlights include Doosan CNC lathes and machining centres, Fronius welding systems, laser equipment, robotic welding technology and a range of fabrication and workshop assets.

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