Sales catalogue: Mawers Ltd

Date:
27 October 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/24/360
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Mawers Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. 1. The highest bidder to be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arises between two or more bidders as to any Lot or Lots the Auctioneer may again put up such Lot or Lots for sale or otherwise finally determine such dispute. II, The Auctioneer may refuse the bidding of any person or persons without assigning apy reason for so doing. III. No person to advance less than 1s. on each bid, above £2, 2s above £5, 5s. and so on in proportion. [V. The Auctioneer may in his discretion put up two or more Lots together, V. The Purchaser of any Lot shall immediately give in his name and address to the Auctioneer and pay down 25 per cent. of the Purchase Money if required so to do by the Auctioneer, the sum so paid being applicable in the discretion of the Auctioneer as a deposit on such Lot or any Lot or, Lots bought by such Purchaser, otherwise such Lot may be immediately put up again and resold. VI. No Sale shall be invalidated by reason of and no compensation , shall be paid to any Purchaser in respect of any fault or faults in any Lot sold or of its non-compliance with the description in the catalogue. All descriptive statements contained in the catalogue or made by the Auctioneer before or at the time of the. sale are to be taken as expressions of the Vendor's or Auctioneer’s opinion and not as warranties and neither the Auctioneer nor the Vendor shall be under any responsibility in regard to the correct description, genuineness or authenticity or any fault or defect in any Lot. Vl. Each Lot shall be at the risk of the Purchaser from the fall of - the hammer but no Lot must be moved before the conclusion of the Sale. VIII. Each Lot must be paid for and taken away by the Purchaser at his own risk and expense before 6 o’clock on the day after the Sale, otherwise any deposit or deposits paid by him shall be forfeited and such Lot may be resold by the Vendor or Auctioneer by auction or private contract and the expenses of the Sale thereof and any other expenses consequent upon the Lot not being removed as aforesaid (including therein 1s. per day per Lot for warehousing) and the sum, if any, by which the price obtained upon the second Sale falls short of that at which it shall have been sold at this auction shall be paid by the Purchaser in default. IX. If two or more Lots are purchased by one person each shall be subject to the same lien and right of resale in respect of the sum of their prices as if they had been comprised in one Contract of Sale. X In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve the Vendor may bid personally or by the Auctioneer or any other agent as many times as they respectively think fit. XI, Mawers Ltd. will, by their Auctioneer or other Agent, bid for or buy all or any of .he Lots included in this Catalogue whenever it is found practicable.
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