ABOUT G.W.RAILWAYANA MEMORABILIA AUCTIONEERS

G.W.Railwayana Auctions Ltd are a privately owned limited company formed in 1995 based Worcestershire in the heart of England

Through focusing previous business experience, IT & Communication skills and in-depth knowledge of the wider aspects of the railway collecting arena, we rapidly became world-wide leading specialist auctioneers of transport related memorabilia. We formed the Limited company in 2008 having previously traded as an LLP.

We are currently working with D.B Cargo UK and Great Western Railway with disposing of some of their Nameplates and Worksplates and have worked in the past with LNER, Railway Children, HSBC leasing, Freightliner Group, Chiltern Railways, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Railwayana Memorabilia Online Auctioneers - GW Railwayana -

Why list your railway memorabilia with us?

GW Railwayana are proud to have been serving both buyers and sellers for 29 years, and have always been at the forefront of technology and innovation and our mission statement is to remain so.

We take a hands on approach from collecting your item, catalogue production, web design & selling your item.

We maintain quality control of all of these aspects in house.

Read Our Mission Statement and our Customer Reviews to find out more about our company.

ABOUT ME SIMON TURNER THE BUSINESS OWNER, AUCTIONEER & VALUER

Simon Turner Auctioneer GWRA Worcestershire

Simon spent over 30 years in B2B technical sales, rating customer service as number one priority.

This ethos is followed throughout GW Railwayana Auctions and is reflected in the company Mission Statement.

He is also a consultant for Millers Antique guides.

Simon is also one of the leading Railway Clock experts.

His interests, besides railways, is restoring and riding Suzuki and Ducati Motorcyles which have been featured 3 times in Practical Sportsbikes magazine.

ABOUT ME TONY HOSKINS GWRA TIMED AUCTIONS

Tony was a founding partner of GWRA and retired full time from the business in 2016 to run a successful online auction selling photographic slides and negatives and enjoy time with his family and travel.

And has now re joined as a consultant to help run our Internet based timed auctions, which is another first for the company.

Tony was responsible for our very first website and also our original back office system which he designed so is no stranger to embracing technology.

OUR HISTORY

G.W.Railwayana Auctions is a privately owned Limited Company formed in 1995 as a joint venture by two enthusiastic collectors of Railwayana. Through focusing on business experience, IT & Communication skills and in-depth knowledge of the wider aspects of the railway collecting arena, the company rapidly became world-wide leading specialist auctioneers of transport related memorabilia.

1995 First sale
1997 First Railwayana auction house to launch on the Web
2000 First Railwayana auction house to offer computerised invoicing.
2014 GWRA Launch on the-saleroom.com becoming the first and only specialist Railwayana Auction house to offer real time live Bidding.
2014 New Html 5 Website launches with database driven catalogue pages and a fresh new Logo and look.
2015 Move from two to three annual sales.
2015 Launch Social media pages
2016 Tony and Karen retire from the business and Simon and Clare take full control.
2016 Fully integrated office system purchased including auctioneers live link on sale days.
2016 Payments to vendors reduced from 30 days to a maximum of 14 days.
2016 Viewing area at auction venue extended.
2017 Launch Google Business reviews to enable Total Transparency
2018 Julian Hanwell joins the team to head up GWRA "Buy & Go Auctions"
2019 GWRA handle a specialist sale of the H.C Casserley collection of photographic negatives.
2020 GWRA LiveBid launches another exciting first in the Railwayana field.
2021 GWRA become the first and only Railwayana Auction to have net sales in three consecutive auctions over £600k
2022 GWRA launch Timed internet auctions to help with a faster disposal of collections and welcome Tony Hoskins back.
2022 GWRA launch our first Catalogue on Live Auctioneers in Association with The-saleroom.com targeting over 60 Million North American Customers
2023 GWRA launch targeted email marketing through our partners Auction technology Group (ATG)

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