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ABSENTEE BID TERMS & CONDITIONS1. Important Note: Absentee bids are a service provided to our customers free of charge. Every effort is made to execute all absentee bids. However, you must know, that because of the hundreds of bids that must be processed just prior to the auction, it is inevitable that a few mistakes will occur. Your best protection is to be there in person, but if you cannot, you must understand that this is not a perfect system and it is not at any auction house. To better serve our absentee bidders, we have what’s referred to as a “plus 1 bid” and on phone bids a “cover me bid”. You should definitely read about both of these and consider using then to help insure your participation. We will do everything in our power to execute your bids properly, however, in the event of an error of omission, or failure to properly execute absentee bids, the auctioneer shall not be held liable.2. All absentee bids must be accompanied by a 20% deposit which will be refunded immediately after the auction if your bid is unsuccessful. IF your bid is successful. Your 20% deposit will be applied to the purchase price and the balance due upon presentation of you bill. If time does not permit the physical 20% deposit, you may confirm your bid by your Visa, MC or Discover Card. Should you provide a credit card number, the only way that we would use your Credit Card other than for the deposit, is if you should default on payment, then we would bill your account for the remainder of your amount due. All absentee bids must have a deposit in order to be executed. 3. To execute an absentee bid, fill out the enclosed form, listing catalog number, description & your top bid price (not including buyers premium). Send this together with your deposit as soon as possible. Please call our office to confirm that we have received your bids whether you send them via mail or email. If they have not been received at that point please submit your bids via telephone. 4. A staff member will competitively bid for the absentee bidder. We let the audience start the bidding unless there is more than one bid at the book. If there is more than one bid then the bidding will be started above the under bidders. In the case of two bids being the same amount the bidding will start at that amount and the winner shall be the person who left the bid first. All left bids are considered confidential, and as such the names of the absentee bidders and the bid amounts will not be given out. Absentee bids will not be executed on items that are found to be other than described in the catalog. 5. All bids must be in even dollar amounts. Bids submitted in fractions of dollars, or odd amounts will be considered the next lower even dollar amount. Example: $ 100.50 shall be $100.00. - $103.00 will be $100.00. 6. We will not accept bids with no set top amount. You must supply a definite top bid. Orders to “simply just buy the lot”, will not be accepted. 7. Phone Bids. You must be willing to start the bidding at a minimum of half the low estimate. You must be willing to supply us with a 20% deposit for what you might anticipate to bid on the object. (Note: There are limited phone lines available.) Cover Me Bids: To help insure that you don’t miss out on an object, some people like to place a cover me bid at the time they make phone bid arrangements. No system is perfect and sometimes it is impossible, for one reason or another we cannot get through to the client on the telephone. A cover Me Bid is a bid left only with your phone agent. If he/she cannot get through to you on the phone, they will bid up to that amount on your behalf. The only way they execute this bid is if they cannot get through to you. 8. Plus 1 Bids: We no longer accept plus one bids. 9. Notification Of Success: Only successful bidders are contacted. We will call successful bidders the day after the auction to discuss payment and shipping. Payment is expected upon notification by person or invoice, immediately. In case we can not get through to a live person (not machine), a written bill is usually sent within three(3) working days after the auction. Unsuccessful bidders are not contacted. PHONE INQUIRIES regarding your success cannot be answered until the second business day after the auction. We are simply to busy with after auction details. 10. SHIPPING: Purchasers should indicate desired method of shipping if such is necessary. We will be pleased to assist you by shipping items which you purchase. A charge for this service includes labor, packing materials, shipping cost & insurance. All shipping charges are C.O.D. or by provided credit card. (Shipping can take 14 to 21 days depending on shipping department work load). The shipping department may decline to execute instructions to ship items which are too large or too fragile to be shipped by common carrier. In such cases, the only way we can ship these special items is by way of a letter from the buyer releasing us from the responsibility of any damage that might occur in shipping. 11. BIDDING ON ARTICLE(S) INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS ABOVE. If you need additional information on any of the items, please contact our office. We will be glad to assist you.
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