Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
27-28 October 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/617
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. I, The highest bidder to be the buyer ; and if any dispute arise between bidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, pro- vided the Auctioneer cannot decide the said dispute. II. No person to advance less than 1s.; above five pounds 2s. 6d. ; and so on in proportion. ITI. All lots are sold subject to the right to impose a reserve ; and subject to the right to bid by, or on behalf of, the seller. IV. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay down 10s. in the pound, if required, in part payment of the purchase- money, in default of which the lot or lots purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The lots to be taken away, at the buyer’s expense, immediately after the conclusion of the sale; in default of which Messrs. SoTHEBy, WiLkinson & Hopce will not hold themselves responsible if lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser, If, at the expiration of ONE WEEK after the conclusion of the sale, the books or other property are not cleared or paid for, they will then be catalogued for immediate sale, and the expenses, the same as if re-sold, will be added to the amount at which the books were bought. Messrs. SorHEBy, WILKINSON & Honas will have the option of re-selling the lots uncleared, either by public or private sale, without any notice being given to the defaulter. VI. All the books are presumed to be perfect, unless otherwise expressed ; but if, upon collating, any should prove defective, the purchaser will be at liberty to take or reject them, provided they are returned within Fourteen Days after the conclusion of the sale, when the purchase- money will be returned, VII. The sale of any book or books is not to be set aside on account of any worm holes, stained or short leaves of text or plates, want of list of plates or blank leaves, or on account of the publication of any subsequent volume, supplement, appendix, or plates. All the manu- scripts, autographs, all magazines and reviews, all books in lots, and all tracts in lots or volumes, will be sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description. The sale of any illustrated book, lot of prints or drawings, is not to be set aside on account of any error in the enumeration of the numbers stated, or error of description. VIII. No Imperfect Book will be taken back, unless a note accompanies each book, stating its imperfections, with the number of lot and date of the sale at which the same was purchased. IX. To prevent inaccuracy in the delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the purchases, no lot can on any account be removed during the time of sale. X. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money required and deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; and 2f any loss ts sustained in the re-selling of such lots as are not cleared or paid for, all charges on such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulters at this sale. Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale may have their Commissions 7 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 ‘“‘ DARIUS.” CoMMISSIONS SENT BY TELEPHONE ARE ACCEPTED ONLY AT THE SENDER’S RISK, AND MUST BE CONFIRMED BY LETTER OR TELEGRAM,
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