Sales catalogue: John D. Wood & Co.

Date:
18 September 1919
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/24/348
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: John D. Wood & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. |.—The highest bidder shall be the Purchaser, subject to the reservation that the Auctioneer shall have the right of regulating the amounts of the bidding, of rejecting any bid, of determining in his absolute discretion any disputes regarding the biddings or any other matter arising under these Conditions; and also of bidding for, withdrawing, consolidating, dividing or altering the order of any lots. 1{.—The Purchasers shall give in their names and places of abode and pay down 5s. in the pound or more, in part payment, or the whole of the purchase money, if required, in default of which the lot or lots so purchased may be immediately put up again and re-sold at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer. I1I.—All descriptive statements contained in advertisements or catalogues, or made by the Auctioneers before or at the time of sale, are to be taken as expressions of the Vendor’s or Auctioneers’ opinion, and not as warranties, and no warranty of any kind is to be implied, and it shall be assumed that the Purchaser has inspected the lots he buys. IV.—The lots are to be paid for and taken away at the Pur- chaser’s expense in such order as the Auctioneers or their representatives shall direct, not later than 5 o’clock on Friday, 19th Sept., 1919, and any damage done to the premises by removal of the lots is to be made good by the Purchaser to the satisfaction of the Auctioneers. V.—The sales to each Purchaser shall be considered as one contract, and to prevent inaccuracy in delivery and incon- venience 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. VI.—The Auctioneers will not be responsible for any loss occasioned by fire, accident or otherwise. VII.—If any lot, by the transposition of numbers or tickets, or by error, be sold out of its proper order as printed in the catalogue, such sale will be void. Lastty.—Upon failure by the Purchaser in complying with the above Conditions, his money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; and the deficiency (if any) attending any re-sale, either by public or private sale, shall be made good by the defaulter at this sale. N,B.—No Lots will be transferred.