 Geoffrey Barfoot - Auction Room Manager
& Valuer
Geoffrey has been in the Auction business since leaving school
in 1974,
Having started as an assistant porter Geoffrey believes he
has done most jobs in an auction environment. These include
holding an umbrella over the auctioneer to keep the rain off
at farm sales to weighing sheep, and on one memorable occasion
helping a dealer saw the top off a long case clock to squeeze
it into an already overloaded van! He has since progressed
to holding managerial positions in Dorset, North Yorkshire
and Bury St. Edmunds
Geoffrey is a general Valuer with a good sound knowledge
of most subjects although his favourite areas are Furniture
& Silver. He greatly enjoys discovering items of interest
and value in client’s homes and seeing them pass through
the auction procedure, which involves researching, cataloguing
and promoting before ultimately bringing them under the hammer.
“The most satisfying part of my job comes from seeing
the process through from start to finish and hopefully having
a happy client at the end of it”, says Geoffrey. He
claims never to get bored with the job because everyday there
is always something different, this is largely due to the
huge diversity of items that Abbotts handle on a weekly basis,
from Fine Antiques to general household items to obscure Rural
bygones.
Geoffrey is no stranger to the rostrum, everyweek he brings
the gavel down on around 250 lots during his stint at the
Weekly Victoriana & General furniture sale where he shares
the auctioneering with his colleagues Jonathan Godbold and
Keith Gray. Although he greatly enjoys selling he doesn’t
consider it the most important aspect of his job, “Without
the goods and Without the clients you don’t have a sale”,
says Geoffrey. To that end he regularly covers an area between
the Thames and the Wash carrying out valuations and appraisals.
He can be contacted by telephoning 01728 746323 or drop him
an E-mail: info@abbottsauctionrooms.co.uk
Or to request a valuation you can fill in our valuation
request form.
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