CONDITIONS OF
1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, should any dispute arise between the bidders or any mistake be made, the auctioneer may either declare the purchaser or re-offer the lot.
2. The advance in the bidding shall be regulated by the auctioneer, but in any event the minimum bid accepted shall be £5.00.
3. The auctioneer, who will be sole arbiter in the matter of any dispute or mistake, reserves the right to refuse any bid, or bid on behalf of the vendor, in the case of any lot or lots, upon which there is a reserve, or to withdraw, consolidate or divide any lot or lots with regard to the position of the same in the catalogue.
4. Each and every lot shall, upon the fall of the hammer, be at the sole risk of the purchaser and no lot or lots may be removed during the sale and in any case, no lot or lots may be removed until a receipted invoice has been checked.
5. All descriptive statements contained in the advertisements or catalogue or made by the auctioneers or any member of their staff before or at the time of the sale are to be taken, as expressions of the vendor's or the auctioneer's opinion and not as warranties and no warranty of any kind to be implied. It is to be assumed that the purchaser has inspected the lots he buys and in any event no compensation shall be paid for the same.
6. MARTIN SPENCER-THOMAS (Auctioneers & Valuers) act as agent only and neither they nor the vendor is responsible for any faults or defects of any lot, of any correctness of any statements contained in the catalogue, advertisements or brochures of any forthcoming sales.
7. Unless otherwise stated, all lots must be paid for and collected from the salerooms by 4.00 pm on the Friday following the sale. Failure to comply with this condition may result in a storage charge of £2.00 per day per lot (of furniture) or the lot or lots being re-sold by public auction or private treaty and the deficiency (if any) together with all charges attending the same shall be made good by the defaulter. Any profit resulting from such a re-sale (if any) shall belong to the vendor.
8. In order to avoid confusion, no lot or lots may be transferred in any circumstances and the bidder, whether buying for himself or a third party shall be entirely responsible for the payment of lot or lots purchased.
CHEQUES: The auctioneers reserve the right to refuse any cheques; it is, therefore, STRONGLY ADVISED that any purchaser unknown to the auctioneers should check as to payment before buying.
BIDS: Purchasers unable to attend the sale may leave commission bids with the auctioneers, please ask for the bid forms.
BUYERS PREMIUM: A buyers premium of 15% (to include VAT) operates in this saleroom.