SVA auctions hang up the gavel for the final time!
Publish Date: 16 February 2023
By Jade Shrubsole
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After 39 years SVA auctions will hold their final auction on the 22nd February 2023. Shaun Vigers is set to hang up the gavel for good and retire after many successful years running the auction house based in Scotland. He uses the EIG live stream for his auction and you can view the final auction here.
The brochure contains 10 lots, offering properties on behalf of Scottish Water, Perth and Kinross Council and Sustrans as well as their private clients. The properties are located across Scotland with lots in and near Wick, near Gairloch, two in Aberdeenshire, one in Aberdeen as well as the “Cumberland Barracks” in Coupar Angus. The latter comprises an interesting opportunity to acquire a building steeped in history which currently offers six vacant flats. View all lots here.
Shaun's final comments before his last auction as auctioneer at SVA:
"Finally, this will be the last auction held under the SVA Property Auctions banner. After 39 years of organising and/or conducting nearly 200 auctions along with preparing and/or offering nearly 7,000 lots, it’s time to hang up the gavel. I have transitioned from re-introducing the sale of property by public auction in Scotland with a hard copy black and white brochure distributed by post and holding ballroom style events, to today’s fully digital downloadable catalogues with online live steamed auctions via the internet. I am not sure what the next innovation will be, but I will be watching with interest. I feel that we must have got something right over those 39 years as the vast majority of clients only left us when they ran out of property to sell! I regard this as a fitting tribute to my colleagues’ –both past and present – dedication, attention to detail and determination to see each sale through to completion."
At EIG would like to wish Shaun and all his team the very best for the future we have been honoured to work with him and his team for many years covering all of their auctions supporting them with our auctioneer services.
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