Built in the Hunter.

Hunters started in the Hunter Valley in 2026, named for the place that built it. It began the way most things around here begin — with a shed that needed clearing and no good way to do it. The classifieds meant haggling with strangers who never show up. The big marketplaces take their cut and call it a service. The traditional auction houses charge the seller a commission, then charge the buyer a premium on top, for the same hammer falling once.

Somewhere along the way, the true auction — the fairest way humans have ever invented to price a thing — disappeared from everyday selling. We built Hunters to bring it back.

What we hold to

• The hammer price is the whole price. No commission from sellers, no buyer's premium — ever. Our fees page is four rows long and two of them say $0.
• What's written is what arrives. Every item carries a mandatory condition report. Honest sellers are protected by it; the other kind don't last here.
• The highest maximum wins, not the fastest finger. Proxy bidding and an anti-snipe clock mean you set your true limit and go make dinner.
• Every result is public. Our prices realised are open for anyone to check — that's how an auction earns trust.

Independent, and staying that way

We're Australian-owned and independent — no outside investors pushing us toward the fee creep we exist to end. The lights stay on through optional Plus and Business memberships for high-volume sellers, not by taxing every sale. We never hold your money: at launch every deal settles in cash, in person, eyes on the item — and when card escrow arrives, the funds sit with our payment provider, never us.

We started where we live, and the first catalogues read like the Hunter itself — tools, saddles, vinyl, ute parts and the odd wine barrel. But the room has no walls. Wherever you are in Australia, the gavel works the same.