CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. The highest bidder for each lot shall be the Purchaser and, in the event of
any dispute, the Auctioneers shall have absolute discretion either to settle
such dispute or to re-offer the lot immediately.
2. No person may advance less at a bid than a sum to be named from time to time
by the Auctioneer, nor shall any bidding be retracted. The Auctioneer may, without
giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding of any person or persons.
3. All lots are put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the Vendors,
who may bid for any lot or lots, and may withdraw any lot or lots, either personally
or through the Auctioneer or through any other person, as many times as they
respectively may think fit.
4. Each Purchaser shall give his or her name and address in writing (if required)
to the Auctioneer at the Sale and pay the full purchase money at the close of
the Sale or, if required, the whole or a portion of the purchase money, as the
Auctioneer may determine, during the course of the Sale. If any Purchaser fails
to comply with any of these conditions the lot or lots in respect of which such
failure is made may, if the Auctioneer thinks fit, be put up again and resold.
If upon such resale a lower price is obtained for any such lots than was obtained
on the first sale the difference in price shall be a debt due from the Purchaser
in default upon the first sale.
5. No lot or lots shall be removed from the premises until paid for, but each
and every lot shall immediately at the fall of the hammer be considered as delivered
and be and remain in every respect at the absolute risk of the respective Purchaser
or Purchasers thereof, and shall be removed at the Purchaser’s expense
after the conclusion of the Sale and taken with all faults or errors of description.
6. The Auctioneers act only as agents for the Vendor(s) and are not responsible
for any default by either Vendor(s) or Purchaser. In particular, they shall not
be liable to pay the Vendor until payment is received from the Purchaser.
7. No undertaking of the Auctioneers or their employees to take charge of any
lots after the sale or to forward them to their destination shall be held to
impose upon the Auctioneers any legal obligation or vitiate any of the foregoing
conditions.
8. Purchasers paying by cheque must be prepared, if required, to produce a banker’s
reference. The Auctioneers reserve the right in their sole discretion to refuse
payment by cheque.
9. In all cases of transfer the original Purchaser shall be held responsible
for the purchase money.
10. The Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw or divide any lot or to combine
any two or more lots at his sole discretion and to sell in such order as he may
think fit.
11. The Auctioneers have described the lots to the best of their ability and
belief from information furnished by the Vendors who shall be alone responsible
for any error or mis-statement, which there may be. The Auctioneers undertake
no liability whatever in respect of any faults, deficiencies and errors of any
description, oral or printed, nor do they accept responsibility for the authenticity,
genuineness, origin, age, condition or quality of any lot and all statements
as to these matters whether contained in the catalogue or made orally are statements
of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying a statement or representation
of fact. Any intending Purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise
as to the correctness of each such statement. The Vendor does not make or give
and neither the Auctioneers, nor any person in their employ, have any authority
to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to any of the lots
without the express instructions of the Vendor(s).
12. The Auctioneers accept no responsibility in connection with the commissioning
of their staff to bid for any lots. Reserves and commissions given verbally or
by telephone are accepted at the sender’s risk and must be confirmed in
writing before the Sale.
13. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY. All persons on the Auctioneers’ premises before,
during or after the Sale shall be deemed to be there at their own risk and with
notice of the condition of the premises and of the method of arranging lots and
shall have no claim against the Auctioneers in respect of any injury or accident
which may occur from any cause whatsoever.
14. If any Purchaser shall fail to comply with the above conditions or any of
them, the Auctioneers shall be at liberty to recover in full the amount of the
purchase money of the lot or lots bought by such Purchaser together with all
interest, costs, charges and expenses, without reference to any delivery or acceptance
of the lot or lots, other than the first delivery by the fall of the hammer,
or to resell any lot or lots bought by such Purchasers, either by public or private
sale, and the full amount of the purchase money at the present sale, or the deficiency
(if any) arising from the second sale, together with all interest, costs, charges
and expenses, shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as and for
liquidated damages.
Auctioneers: THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND,
READING
NOTE: Purchasers or their agents are requested
to obtain accounts and delivery orders at the Auctioneers’ Office
before leaving the place of sale and carefully
to examine same. The Auctioneers cannot be held
responsible for any errors in accounts or delivery
orders unless they are notified of such errors
on the day of sale and before the lots are removed
from the premises.
Thimbleby & Shorland
Market House, 31 Great Knollys Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 7HU
Tel: +44(0)118 950 8611 Fax: +44(0)118 950 5896
Email: info@thimbleby-shorland.co.uk
