Year of resilience for Cumbrian auctioneers 1818
29/12/2020
1818 Auctioneers valuer Ken Payne with the Caterpillar pin which made £4,700 at auction. Credit: 1818 Auctioneers.
An auction house on the Cumbria Lancashire border has said thanks to its resilient staff, and prompt action to improve its online sales, it has fared well in an extraordinary year.
1818 Auctioneers, which has been trading for over 200 years, said the business was in good shape for 2021.
It had made no redundancies during the coronavirus pandemic.
Auction manager Bill Nelson said:Â âAuctioneers are entrepreneurs at heart, making the most of new opportunities and change.
“For us, this year, that meant working hard to get the best out of our online auctions, making the experience as bidder-friendly as possible, and making it simple and safe to drop and collect items.