Our business started from a small acorn, planted by company founder John Pye, who began trading with a horse and cart in 1968, undertaking the smaller probate property clearances in Nottingham that other established Auctioneers weren’t interested in.

From these humble beginnings John Pye worked hard to grow the business and water its roots with infectious enthusiasm for Auctioneering and client service, cemented by initiative and resourcefulness, extracting value from all manner of challenging instructions. This early company ethos of resourcefulness remains rooted in everything we do to this day.

As a long standing family business we also benefit from an established senior management structure, underpinned by generational auction industry knowledge, supported by a clear vision of the long game, with no external shareholders to have to satisfy.

This personable ethos is at the heart of John Pye Auctions organic growth, which has seen our auction network branches spread from one site to over 20, across regions, industries and multiple markets.

We believe we are only as good as our last auction; our continual aim is to create the most accessible and varied auctions, presenting these to wider audiences for every new offering to sustain benchmark recoveries for our clients to add greater value to their business operations and bottom line.

More About John Pye Auctions

Introduction

Welcome to John Pye Auctions – the UK's leading commercial auction house network, fusing traditional auction principles with modern day digital technology. Our aim is to be the leading auction 'one-sto...

History

John Pye & Sons Ltd was founded in 1968 by John and Ann Pye, originally as a partnership trading for many years under the title of ‘Furniture & General Auctions’ from Nottingham’s old Cattle Ma...

Ethos

Our business started from a small acorn, planted by company founder John Pye, who began trading with a horse and cart in 1968, undertaking the smaller probate property clearances in Nottingham that other est...

Development

John Pye Auctions has continually been at the forefront of UK auction industry innovation. The business has developed from a single site operation in Nottingham's old Cattle Market to the UK's biggest au...

Innovation

John Pye Auctions competitive advantage has been built upon decades of industry innovation. We were the first UK auction house to transition fully from live traditional auctions to timed online auctions, ...

Marketing and Sponsorship

John Pye Auctions has a proud history of sports sponsorship support from community grassroots clubs through to regional, national and international sports clubs and events. We were the first UK Auction Ho...

Quality Management

John Pye Auctions is an ISO 9001 accredited company, recognised by the the World's International Standards Organisation and British Standards Institute (BSI).   Our certified and established quality m...

Risk Management

As a business we take risk management seriously and have an established track record of effectively and successfully managing a myriad of operations, commercial and repetitional risks for our clients, many ...

Environmental

As a family business, John Pye Auctions takes environmental issues seriously and operates an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS). The ISO 14001 EMS is an internationally agreed standard that h...

Awards & Accreditations

John Pye Auctions has been continually recognised as a leader of best practice, development and innovation within the auction industry and wider business. In 2015, 2016 & 2017: awarded three consecuti...

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