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The Auctioneer reserves the right to:
a. Sell subject to a reserve price
b. To advance the bidding at his sole discretion
c. Refuse to accept the bidding of any person or persons without giving any
reason therefore
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The highest bidder shall be the Purchaser and in the event of any dispute, the
Auctioneer will have sole discretion to settle it or re-offer the lot. Once the
hammer has fallen no purchase can be cancelled and no allowance made.
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The Auctioneer may arrange, consolidate, withdraw any lot or vary the order of
sale without previous notice and may bid on the sellers behalf for any lot offered
without a reserve or subject to the Auctioneers discretion.
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Every lot shall at the fall of the hammer be considered as delivered and the
Purchaser shall be responsible for payment and removal of that lot. All lots must
be paid for during or immediately following the conclusion of the sale, unless prior
arrangements have been made with the Auctioneers.
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Buyers must remove their goods on the day of the sale by the time indicated
unless prior arrangements have been made with the Auctioneer.
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If a Purchaser fails to comply with any of the preceding conditions, the
Auctioneers may cause the lot in respect of which the failure is made, to be resold
by public auction or private sale without any warranty or reserve and
without notice to the Purchaser. If upon re-sale as foresaid a lower price is
obtained for any lot than was obtained on the first sale, the difference in price,
together with all costs and charges attending the re-sale shall be a debt due from
the Purchaser in default at the first sale.
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No purchase may be removed during the sale except by the sole discretion of
the Auctioneer nor until such time, as all monies due from the Buyer shall be paid
and cleared by the bank. No lot can be transferred.
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Invoices will be raised on the auction day and payment will be at the time of the
auction. A Buyers Premium indicated at the time of the sale will be charged on all
lots and VAT at the current rate is payable.
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All goods are sold without guarantee unless indicated by the Auctioneer. All
goods are sold with all faults and imperfections and errors of description. Buyers
should satisfy themselves prior to auction as to the condition of each lot. Any
statement by the Auctioneer as to the lot is a statement of opinion only and
every person should rely on his own judgement as to all matters affecting the lot.
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No responsibility is accepted for any loss or damage to goods during collection
and delivery and all goods once sold will be held uninsured at the buyer’s risk.
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The Auctioneers do not undertake to make collections or deliveries but if
requested will arrange removal of goods to and from the auction site, the cost of
which is borne by the client.
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Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the catalogue, the
Auctioneers give no warranty as to the authenticity and condition of the goods
and no sale shall be invalidated by reason of any lots been incorrectly described in
the catalogue. It is the Purchasers responsibility to check authenticity and
conditions of the items prior to the sale.
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The Auctioneer reserves the right to photograph any items following the sale
thereof and before it is removed from the Auctioneers premises and to
reproduce the photograph in any catalogue or other publication and copyright of
any such photograph will remain with the Auctioneer.
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The Auctioneer acts in the sale of goods as agents only and are not responsible
for any default by either the buyer or seller. In particular they shall not be liable to
pay the seller until payment has been received from the buyer.
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The Auctioneer accepts no responsibility in connection with the commissioning of
bids for any lots. The Auctioneer reserves the right to refuse commission bids,
without giving reason.
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Every person on the Auctioneers premises before, during and after the sale shall
be deemed to be there at their own risk. For the sake of definition the
Auctioneers premises will be deemed to be any place where the Auctioneer will
hold an auction or private treaty sale. Every such person shall have no claim
against the Auctioneer in respect of any injury sustained or any accident or
damage which may occur from any cause whatsoever. The Auctioneer may,
without giving a reason thereof, refuse admission to the auction premises of any
member of the public at any time. The Purchaser will be held responsible for any
damage to the auction premises caused by the removal of goods. If in the event
that disconnection of mains services is necessary for removal, a suitable qualified
person must affect such disconnection.
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In the event of failure to comply with the above conditions, or non-performance
of all or parts of them, The Auctioneer shall be at liberty to take such steps as
they deem necessary to bring the transaction to a close, and if re-sale is offered
by either public auction or private contract, all losses and expenses shall be borne
by the defaulter at his cost.
