Conditions of Sale
NOTES FOR BUYERS
REGISTRATION: Bidders wishing to attend the auction in person are required to register and obtain a bidding number.
ABSENTEE BIDDING: Absentee bids must be confirmed in writing (by mail, fax or email) no later than the close of viewing the day before the sale. An absentee bidding form is appended to this catalogue. Absentee bids will be executed as cheaply as other bids allow.
ONLINE BIDDING: This service enables bids to be submitted to the auction via the internet. To use our system, you will need a computer and broadband connection to the internet. To use the service, go to www.invaluable.com/treloars then click Bid Now and follow the simple instructions.
TELEPHONE BIDDING: Arrangements for telephone bidding must be confirmed in writing (by mail, fax or email) no later than the close of viewing the day before the sale. Michael Treloar Pty Ltd will not be held responsible for any error or failure to execute bids. This service is available only for lots with a lower estimate of at least $900.
METHODS OF PAYMENT: Payment may be made in cash, by bank cheque, or by bank transfer to our account. Credit card payments will incur a fee of 1% of the invoice total for Visa and Mastercard, and 4% for American Express and Diners Club. Personal cheques may be accepted by prior arrangement.
COLLECTION: Lots may be collected from the venue during or immediately after the sale, from 9 am to 5 pm, Friday 7 April, or by prior arrangement on the morning of Saturday 8 April. Packing and despatch can be arranged by us and will be at the buyer's expense. If any lot sold is not collected and paid for, the auctioneer shall have the right to resell the lot either by public or private sale, and any deficiency on resale together with any other costs incurred shall be borne by the defaulting buyer.
ESTIMATES: The estimated prices are provided as a useful guide and should not be taken as definitive. However, they have been assigned conscientiously, and a bid between the estimates should have a good chance of success.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. The highest bidder shall be the buyer.
2. In the event of any dispute, the auctioneer may re-submit the lot or may decide the buyer, at his discretion, and his decision shall be final.
3. The auctioneer may, without giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding of any person or persons.
4. Each bid shall be an advance as determined by the table on the contents page overleaf.
5. The auctioneer may require the successful bidder to pay forthwith the whole or any part of the purchase price.
6. Lots are in all respects at the risk of the buyer at the fall of the hammer.
7. The successful bidder shall be deemed to be the buyer and be personally liable unless it has been agreed in writing at the time of registration and prior to the sale that a bidder is acting as agent on behalf of a third party and that such third party is acceptable to Michael Treloar Pty Ltd.
8. LIMITED GUARANTEE. All lots have been carefully examined and any faults or deficiencies found have been noted in the catalogue. It remains true that descriptions, especially of condition, are expressions of opinion. Prospective buyers are therefore asked to make their own inspections during the public viewing, and to satisfy themselves as to the condition and completeness of any lot on which they intend to bid. In the event of any book being found by the buyer to be defective in text or illustration and not so described, Michael Treloar Pty Ltd undertakes to rescind the sale and refund the full purchase price, provided that the book is returned within 14 days of the auction together with a written notice of the defect, and provided that the buyer satisfies Michael Treloar Pty Ltd that it was defective at the date of the auction. This guarantee shall not cover the absence of half-titles or divisional titles, errata leaves, advertisement leaves, plate lists, subsequently published plates, appendices, supplements or volumes, or error in the enumerating of the plates; nor any defect not affecting the completeness of text or illustration. Nor shall it apply to unnamed items in a lot or lots of more than three items, to periodicals, atlases, or to books already described in the catalogue as incomplete or defective in text or illustration. Nor shall it apply to any defects announced at the time of the sale. The benefits of this guarantee are not assignable and are applicable only to the original buyer of the lot.
9. A buyer's premium of 20% (including GST) of the hammer price of each lot is payable by the buyer.
10. An additional transaction fee of 5% of the hammer price will be added by Invaluable.com to all winning bids placed through their online bidding service.
11. Customers wishing to bid through Invaluable.com, our online bidding provider, will be asked to submit credit card details prior to registering. Unless alternative arrangements are made, invoices for items purchased through Invaluable will be charged to this credit card four business days after the issuance of the invoice.
BIDDING INCREMENTS
Up to $200: by $10s
$200 to $500: by $20s
$500 to $1000: by $50s
$1000 to $2000: by $100s
$2000 to $5000: by $200s
$5000 to $10,000: by $500s
$10,000 to $20,000: by $1000s
$20,000 to $50,000: by $2000s
$50,000 to $100,000: by $5000s
Over $100,000: by $10,000s
Payment
Bank transfer in Australian Dollars is our preferred method of payment.
Payments by credit card will incur a surcharge of 1% of the invoice total for Visa and Mastercard, and 2% for American Express.
Payments by PayPal will incur a surcharge of 2.5%.
Personal cheques in Australian Dollars will be accepted only by prior arrangement.
Payment may also be made in cash, by bank cheque in Australian Dollars.
Customers wishing to bid through our online bidding provider (Invaluable.com) will be asked to submit credit card details prior to registering. Unless alternative arrangements are made, invoices for items purchased through Invaluable will be charged to this credit card 4 business days after the issuance of the invoice.
Shipping Terms
Packing and despatch can be arranged by us and will be at the buyer's expense.
Please feel free to contact us for a postage quote.
Lots may be collected from the venue during or immediately after the sale, from 9 am to 5 pm, Friday 7 April, or by prior arrangement on the morning of Saturday 8 April.
