Sales catalogues: Hurcomb

Date:
22nd December 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/11/108
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogues: Hurcomb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. 1. The highest bidder shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders the lot shall be put up again and re-sold, the Auctioneer being the sole Arbitrator in such dis- putes. 2. No person to advance less than one shilling; above five pounds, five shillings, and so on, in proportion, or less, at the discretion of the Auctioneer. 3. The Auctioneer to have the right to refuse a bidding at his discretion, and to bid on behalf of the Vendor in the case of lots upon which there is a reserve. 4. The Purchaser to give his name and address, and to pay a deposit of five shillings in the pound, or more, or the whole of the purchase- money, if required. 5. The lots to be taken away and paid for, with all faults, mooeee tions and errors of description, at the Purchaser’s risk and expense the day after the safe, W. E. HURCOMB not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any lot, and making no warranty whatever : and in default W. E. HURCOMB is not to be held responsible if the lots, or any of them, are lost, damaged, or destroyed, and whether the purchase-money, or any part thereof, has been paid or not. In cases where a buyer purchases more than one lot the whole must be paid for before any one lot is delivered. 6. Any Purchaser neglecting to pay for and take away any lot or lots purchased within one day after the sale (not having been re-sold in accordance with the seventh condition) shall pay, in addition to the purchase-money, the sum of one shilling per week for ware- house-room, and also at the rate of five per cent. per annum interest on the purchase-money, to be reckoned from this day. 7. On failure of complying with the above Conditions, the money deposited shall be forfeited, and all lots remaining uncleared shali be re-sold by public or private sale, without notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale, together with all incidental charges, shall be made good by the defaulter at this gale: 8. The Auctioneer will not recognise the transfer of any lot from one buyer to another, All lots at purchaser’s ‘risk on the fall of the hammer. The only way in which goods can be cleared is by an Order issued from the Office. Any other clearance is not allowed or recognised. Telephone: Gerrard 597%-4.