On June 12, 1971, the late Lloyd Clysdale, local Auctioneer, Newtonville, was called to conduct the first auction for my father, Hugh Stapleton at the local Grist Mill. After a span of 30 years in the milling business Hugh Stapleton started a second hand furniture shop which then became the Grist Mill Auction Centre.

What started as a one time event, quickly went from a short time hobby into a full time, full service consignment/estate auction operation, which also extended to an active on site business. The family owned business is now in its fourth generation. It started in the 1940,s as, you guessed it, a grist mill operated by the late Hugh Stapleton. In 1971 it was reborn,

becoming a part time auction centre.

From the modest beginnings it has blossomed into a full-time, full service auction house, which includes appraisal services and transportation.

Grist Mill Auctions are celebrating 33 years, June 2004.. 

"WHEN YOU CHOOSE STAPLETON YOU CHOOSE EXPERIENCE."

	34 Years of Auction Consultation & Estate Planning
	Computerized Operations
	On Site Facilities
	Customized Marketing and Public Relation Strategies
	Appraisal Services....for Business and Personal Assets
	Dual Auction Facilities
	Transportation and Storage
	Specialized in Auto Auctions
	Real Estate, Equipment, Farm Estates and Personal Property Consignment
	Liquidation and Complete Business Dispersals Managed

We provide asset recovery services to sellers of industrial machinery, commercial business assets, real estate, farm equipment, vehicles and estates. Our firm maintains the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, service and results.

Trustees, receivers, bankers attorneys, corporate executives, governments, sheriffs, bailiffs, executors and individual sellers, have compelling reasons to seek our services.

	to maximize recovery dollars within a short time frame
	to sell assets in a competitive setting
	to limit or eliminate market risk
	to dispose of closed or operating plants, profitably
	to proceed quickly under foreclosure or bankruptcy conditions
	to establish an appraisal of value
	to reduce the time commitment when managing asset recovery projects

We respond to client needs by offering flexible, competitive options that achieve the financial results expected.

When required we can respond quickly to transportation needs with a fleet of vehicles to move goods. Our unique auction facilities offer long and short term storage and we can customize sales of consumer goods in a retail setting.

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