Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
May 1922
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/522
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I. The highest bidder to be the buyer. If any dispute arise the Auctioneer shall have absolute discretion to settle it ; and to put any disputed lot up again immediately. II. No person to advance less than 1s.; above five pounds 5Bs., and so on in proportion. III. All lots are sold subject to the right of the seller or his agent to bid or to impose a reserve. IV. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay down 10s. in the pound or more, if required, in part payment of the purchase-money; in default of which the lot or lots purchased may be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. All lots are sold as shown and with all faults, imperfections and errors of description. Messrs. SOrTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE act as agents and have full discretion to refuse any bidding or to withdraw any lot or lots from the sale without in either case giving any reason ; they are not responsible for errors of description or for genuineness or authenticity of any lot or for any fault or defect in it, and make no warranty whatever. VI. The lots to be taken away at the buyer’s risk and expense, immediately after the conclusion of the sale; in default of which Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HopGE will not hold themselves responsible if the same are lost, stolen, damaged or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to a charge for warehousing. If, at the expiration of Two Days after the conclusion of the sale, the lots are not cleared or paid for, they may then be sold immediately, either publicly or by private treaty, without any notice being given to the defaulter. VII. Upon failure of the buyer to comply with any of the above conditions, the money deposited in part-payment shall be forfeited ; and the defaulter at this sale shall make good to Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HopGE any loss arising from the re-sale, together with their charges and expenses in respect of both sales. To prevent confusion no purchases can bb claimed or removed during the sale. Gentlemen who cannot attend this Sale may have their Commissions Saithfully executed by their humble Servants, SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, London, W. (1) Telegraphic Address: Telephone: (2 lines) ‘*Abinitio, Wesdo, London.” Mayfair 1784, 1785, In sending Commissions this Catalogue may be referred to as ‘“‘ FLORA.” CoMMISSIONS SENT BY TELEPHONE ARE ACCEPTED ONLY AT THE SENDER’S RISK, AND MUST BE CONFIRMED BY LETTER OR TELEGRAM.
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