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Collins & Co. is a Tri-Cities, TN realtor and auction firm whose auctions span real estate, land, estate and probate property, equipment, collectibles and personal property, offered online, live or hybrid. The firm recently became a licensed auction firm in North Carolina and Virginia, and it touts a record-setting sale of a riverfront property on the Watauga River, sold at public auction for the highest price per acre ever recorded there.

Specializing in estates, land divisions, lake properties, equipment, and real estate, McKinley & Associates Auction & Real Estate Co. says it has run the most successful auctions in Southern Kentucky, having sold everything from farms of hundreds of acres to dairies, livestock, autos, machinery, and antiques. The firm also says it can host online or live personal property auctions at its own facility. Its pitch is that it is "the most versatile auction team around," though the site does not publish sale results to back that claim.

Upcoming auctions include a Sportsman Auction online on October 22 (Hansen Auction Service, Latimer, IA), Mayo Auction & Realty's firearms and sportsman sale on October 27, and its storage container and commercial air systems and HVAC equipment auction on October 28. Later in the window, the same host lists fleet vehicles and shop equipment in Shawnee, KS on November 3, an estate auction in Kansas City, MO on November 4, a Historic Butler Victorian real estate auction on November 5, and an Abilene, KS investment real estate auction on November 19.

Bidspotter.co.uk is holding timed online sales ending from October 22 to 23, covering trade stock clearance, vehicles, farm and plant equipment, forklifts and workshop contents, and live webcast auctions starting on October 24 with farm machinery, garden machinery, automobilia, classic cars and motorcycles. Further live sales include a farm machinery dispersal on October 27, a three-day collectables, antiques and tools sale from October 28, garden furniture and general online auctions on October 29, and an automobilia sale on November 7.

Upcoming auctions include the Autumn HIT Sale on 2 November, which opens the autumn calendar alongside the Autumn Yearling Sale, running 2 to 4 November. Both fall within the window, and no later dates appear in the source text.

AtoZ Deals | Online Auctions & Retail is holding a Sunday, October 25 auction with no buyer's premium, so winners pay their bid plus taxes and receive a one-month warranty. Lots span electronics, home goods, fashion, and tools, with new items added daily, and a 90-second auto-extend gives late bidders a chance to respond. The source gives no year for the October 25 date.

Great Western Auction & Appraisal Services specializes in real estate auctions, running traditional brokerage and accelerated auction events across Texas, North Carolina, and national markets. Its current listings include a roughly 1.7-acre lot in Black Mountain, North Carolina, a developer closeout sealed-bid auction in Mansfield, Texas, and mobile and site-built homes in Waynesville, North Carolina. The firm, founded in 1997, also lists estate sales and runs a Realtor-facing MLS search for the Myrtle Beach and Brunswick County areas.

Ray's Livestock Auction specializes in livestock guard dogs, with Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, Akbash and Maremma crosses offered as puppies, started pups and trained adults. The Houston, Texas house also sells cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, horses and hens, including Angus, Brahman and Simmental cattle, Alpine and Angora goats, and Andalusian, Appaloosa and Clydesdale horses. Notably, it sells directly to customers rather than through bidding, a point the site emphasizes against traditional auction houses.

Hayes & Co, a Queensland livestock auctioneer and rural merchandiser, runs regular Silverdale live weight sales alongside sales at Eumundi, Sarina, Kilcoy, Nebo and Silverdale, with its market reports logging head counts of 278 to 1,081 per sale. Its online store stocks country apparel and saddlery from brands such as Ariat and Roper, plus Crocs footwear and livestock care products including Virbac Rapigel and Kelato Red Hot Spray. The house also lists rural real estate, which it presents as part of a one-stop rural hub.

King of the North Auction is holding four Huronia sales: the Overstock Auction (9,711 items) and High-Value Auction (3,752 items) on Sunday, October 25, a single-lot Pallet Auction that evening (sold as-is, no warranty), and the Halloween Blowout (1,783 items) on Monday, October 26. Winning lots can be collected Tuesday, October 27 through Saturday, October 31, 9am to 5pm, with payment due by 5pm on October 31.

Suncoast Liquidators specializes in closeouts, liquidation, and overstock inventory, offering everything from individual items to full truckloads. They feature categories such as electronics, appliances, toys, and general merchandise, sourced from major national retailers.

Residential, lifestyle and rural property sales are this agency's core business, with listings filterable by property type including acreage, apartments, houses, land, townhouses and villas, and farming categories such as dairy, grazing/cropping, horticulture, viticulture and livestock. The Albany office says it has served the Great Southern region since the 1940s and has been in property for over 80 years, which gives it a long local track record. The site also lists property management services alongside its sales arm.

Upcoming auctions include an online sale of 174 lots, with bidding opening at 12pm on Tuesday the 3rd and closing on Thursday the 5th of November. The catalogue features properties across southern England, including a Lewes holiday rental set in about an acre of woodland, a Tunbridge Wells vacant commercial unit and former church, and a Penzance former captain's house with a bungalow on over 8.5 acres. The source gives the day and month but no year, so no complete calendar date can be confirmed.

Ruthin Farmers Auction Co Ltd's website points visitors to upcoming sales events, reports, catalogues, and advertised livestock entries, but the source text gives no specific calendar date for any auction within the November 21, 2026 search window. Upcoming events are referenced only generically, so no named lot, maker, or sale date can be confirmed at this time.

Tallon & Associates specializes in plant and equipment valuation and disposal, advising accountants, banks, finance companies and private clients on asset remarketing, auctions and balance sheet valuations. The Manchester-based consultancy, with an associated Dublin office, also handles corporate recovery, secured lending and residual valuations, pitching a quality-focused approach to the work.

Autobids sells high-end collector cars through timed online auctions and fixed-price Managed Sales, with listings including a Porsche 992 GT3 Touring, a Porsche 930 Turbo, a Land Rover Defender 110 Spectre "James Bond," a Lamborghini Revuelto Ad Personam, and a Maserati GT2 Stradale. The house says 35% of its cars sell within four weeks, and it reports more than €26 million in vehicles sold and a network of 12,000+ collectors.

Carson City Estate Sales & Liquidations runs full-service estate sales, from staging and research-based pricing to a 2–3 day on-site sale with staffed checkout, and also handles business liquidations, buyouts and foreclosure cleanouts across Carson City, Reno and Lake Tahoe. The firm's listed specialties include antiques and collectibles, and it also sells through eBay auctions. One client testimonial praises the team's knowledgeable staff for giving excellent prices.

GSD Auctions is holding Veiling 266, an estate sale of design furniture, vintage, antiques and white goods with 398 lots, closing on October 22 at 8 p.m. Further closings follow on October 23 for lighting, decor and consumer-goods mixed lots, including Sinterklaas and Christmas toys; October 24 for vintage and antique decor and electronics, home and garden; October 25 for a one-euro consumer-goods sale; October 26 for a curiosa, vintage and antiques sale; and October 28 for the FonQ / Naduvi warehouse clearance.

Te Awamutu Saleyards is one of 53 locations listed on the AgOnline (PGG Wrightson) Find a Saleyard directory, and the entry shows only a name, a Paterangi Road address in Te Awamutu, Waikato, and a View Details link. The listing names no makers, categories, sale types, or lots, so it does not describe what the facility sells beyond its place in a national saleyard network of livestock centres and selling yards.

Estate liquidation and full-service estate sales are the core of Hunt & Gather Home & Estate Sales, a Lafayette, IN firm operating since 2020 that also runs a physical retail store for residents with too few items for a standalone sale. The company frames its work around sustainable shopping and upcycling, pitching its sales as a way for household belongings to find new owners rather than be discarded. The site does not name specific makers, lots, or categories of goods.

Upcoming auctions include the Las Vegas Auction, "Mid Mod Madness," scheduled for October 26, 2026, with a Silver Lining Estate Sales and Auctions listing that points to further details on the sale page. No other sale dates appear in the source text within the search window.