Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:
5-8 May 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/53
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. First.—The highest bidder to be the buyer ; and if any dis- pute arise between two or more bidders, the lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and resold, provided the auctioneer cannot decide the said dispute. SECOND.—No person to advance less than Is.; above five pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. Turrp.—In the case of lots upon which there is a reserve, the auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the seller. FourtH.—The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay down 5s. in the pound, or more in part of payment, or the whole of the purchase- money, if required ; in default of which the lot or lot so purchased to be immediately put up again and resold. FirtH.—Each lot is guaranteed genuine, but should any lot prove to be a forgery or reprint, or wrongly described in the catalogue, the purchaser is at liberty to take or reject it, provided always that notice of such rejection be made and the lot returned within seven days from date of sale. This guarantee does not apply to collections of stamps, or to mixed lots. S1xTH.—To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the purchases, no lot can on any account be removed during the time of sale, and the remainder of the purchase-money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. SEVENTH.—Upon failure of complying with the above con- ditions, the money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all lots uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be resold by public or private sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this sale. E1cgHTH.—If any owner has placed a reserve on any lot, the auctioneers reserve to themselves the right to publish the fact and price at which it is reserved.