I just googled Williams and Williams the auctioneers to find out if pre-auction bids are a way of teasing out the reserve and came across this …http://williams-and-williams.pissedconsumer.com/williams-and-williams-auction-good-deal-or-rip-off-20080626125421.html

Thought it may be useful to anyone else thinking of going down the auction route. I know, I know only bad publicity get’s aired, but no smoke as they say.