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Auctioneer George Reeve of Methwold Auction Mart passes away
When at Bury St Edmunds market one day the auctioneer failed to turn up so he offered his services - the very first time he had ever auctioned. His widow Ann Reeve said he was a "natural auctioneer" and he was ‘hooked’ thus carried on auctioneering in Bury St Edmunds and other local auctions for many years. He then started to auction at Methwold, near Thetford, and later purchased the business in the 1970s. George Reeve (left) in 2018 at the Methwold Auction Mart - Credit: Ian Burt Mrs Reeve said: "George was a very good and amusing auctioneer and would hold all sorts of extra auction...
Source: eadt.co.uk