Preferred Auction Company offers live auction sales both offsite and onsite. Our auction advantage allows your consignment item(s) full exposure to an open live bidding environment. Each item is fully cataloged, photographed, described and listed online in our Featured Upcoming Auction Section. At show time, auction items are offered in a printed form to ensure your consignment gets all the focus it deserves. Your items, one minute to fame is what it is all about, and we are dedicated to see it succeed.
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A collaboration of numerous auction items ranging from antiques, tools, home decor and everything under the sun, will be held at a prominent location with easy access for potential bidders. An unlimited number of consignors can consign items to an offsite auction sale.
Live auction services at your door step. Our sophisticated mobile auction equipment is easily transported to your location to transform your home or business into a professional auction arena. From auction set-up, check-in and check-out, our know-how with over 30 years experience will turn your home into an auction market place that will attract motivated and excited bidders from all over. A single consignor is featured on an onsite auction sale.
Preferred Auction Company offers complete real estate listings and auction sales from all across Ontario. From small and large rural and suburban houses to large farms with acreage, our auction expertise and marketing strategy will make the difference from just a simple listing with a realtor to active selling the auction way! Utilizing our onsite sale approach, Preferred Auction Company are at your door step, with a captive audience and motivated buyers in attendance, bidding on your real estate on the spot. A live open bidding auction environment is a smart and aggressive way to market your real estate to all your prospects at one time. View our section on
Real Estate Auctions for more details.
Held and conducted offsite or onsite, specialty auctions are live auction sales that are carefully marketed towards a specific audience. These live auction sales can be held and conducted at a specific location such as a bankruptcy or closing place of business, or on a prominent location to manage and catalogue items and cater to a large number of potential bidders.
Specialty Auctions items can consist of Military Memorabilia, Firearms, Coins, Farm Equipment and Machines, Industrial Goods and Machines, Contractor Building Supplies, Landscaping Stone and Supplies, etc, just to name a few. Specialty Auctions are a great way to market numerous items to a captive audience in one specific location. A Specialty Auctions is a great option for a consignor with a surplus of items with a theme.
As a third generation family in the Holstein Cattle and Standardbred Harness Racing Horses, Preferred Auction Company has been involved with Livestock Auctions for over 70 years. H. Allan Dickenson, Billy D’s Grandfather is a Hall of Fame Winner and builder of the horse racing industry. He was one of Canada’s leading racing pioneers. He was one of the founders of the Canadian Trotting Association (CTA) in 1939. H. Allan Dickenson was a well known and admired individual who devoted his life to service and betterment of the industry. Adopted from his Grandfather’s passion and commitment to ‘getting the job done’, Preferred Auction Company is proud to carry on his tradition and this very philosophy. Preferred Auction Company today is involved with Standardbred Canada Sales (SC Sales) conducted several times at year in the Hamilton area.
Preferred Auction Company is very proud to be involved with numerous charity organizations across Southern Ontario. Our auctioneers and their good natured, fun loving personalities connect with their audiences and achieve results. We are currently the featured Auction Service for the Good Shepherd Harvest Dinner and Auction of Hamilton, the Walter Gretzky CNIB Auction of Brantford and the Norfolk Woman Shelter Art Auction of Norfolk Country to name a few. Preferred Auction Company is always willing to conduct and support notable charitable organizations of Southern Ontario through our auction service.