Information for Sellers

1. DESCRIPTION

We shall have the sole right as to the description of any article offered for sale and to its grouping with any other belonging to the Seller. We will also select the appropriate sale for each item which in our opinion will be the most beneficial to the Seller. We reserve the right to proceed on this basis without further reference to the Seller. Please assist us with accurate information as to provenance etc. where relevant. In some circumstances responsibility for the accuracy of descriptions lies with the Seller. We will assume you have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary.

A 19th century Vienna porcelain plaque, 24 ½'' wide.

2. CHARGES Victorian and Later Sales: £10 entry fee plus 15% (reducing to 15% for single items over £500) Subject to Minimum Commission Charge of £5 Antiques and Fine Arts Sales: 10% Subject to Minimum Consignment Charge of £15 Toys and Dolls Sales, Wine Sales: 15% Subject to Minimum Consignment Charge of £15 No charge is made for "buying in" items below a previously agreed reserve.

No extra charge is made for insurance on our premises, or photography in our catalogues.

Removals are arranged using either our own transport and staff or an outside contractor. The hire of two men and a van will be charged out at an hourly rate (usually approximately £35 per hour).

All charges are subject to VAT at the standard rate.

3. RESERVES

The Seller may place reserve prices on items which will be sold subject to these reserves provided they are agreed in advance with us. A 10% discretion may be employed below that figure where the bidding stops close to the reserve price. The Seller is not permitted to bid on his/her own behalf without prior agreement with us. Where the reserve is specifically agreed with us prior to the sale, no charge is made for withdrawing items unsold below their reserve. Otherwise, where an item is withdrawn by the Seller after the final entry date and prior to the sale taking place we will make a charge of 10% of the reserve price. In the absence of a reserve price, this will be calculated using the printed catalogue presale estimate. In general sales where no estimates are published, there will be a £10 fixed fee per item.

Tom Scott, 'Farm Workers Returning Home', signed watercolour, 4 ¾'' x 13 ½''.

4. COLLECTIONS

We can undertake the collection of goods with our own transport, charging the cost to the Seller at an hourly rate. Alternatively acting expressly as agents we will if required instruct a removal contractor on the Seller's behalf.

5. WAREHOUSING

Goods delivered for sale to our salerooms are stored without charge. However we exempt ourselves from any liability for goods left on our premises after the Seller has been informed that they are unsold. We also reserve the right to make a charge for warehousing of 50p per lot per day from three days after the sale. If then the goods are not removed within twenty eight days of the sale, we reserve the right to sell them and pay ourselves the outstanding charges before submitting the net proceeds to the Seller.

A 19th century French kingwood and walnut jardinière, 43 ¾'' high.

6. UNSALEABLE GOODS Any lot for which a bid has not been obtained, or which we consider is unfit for sale, must be collected by the Seller within seven days of being so informed. Warehousing will be charged as per 5 (above), together with any tipping charges, which may be incurred in disposing of the items, if this is appropriate. 7. STATUTORY REGULATIONS (a) Upholstered goods of any kind are now controlled by regulation. Items manufactured after 1950 must bear approved manufacturers labels relating to flammability. These labels only appear from March 1990. Items without labels may not be offered. Pre-1950 items are exempt, and thus, subject to their condition are saleable. (b) Electrical goods must have approved wiring and an insulated 13 amp plug. Heaters and fires must have approved guards. All items must be in full working order. (c) Other items we can no longer sell:- Any gas appliance, oil and paraffin heaters, crash helmets, foam filled pillows and cushions, modern prams, pushchairs and baby items, certain modern toys and oil lamps.

8. INSURANCE

We will without charge hold all goods awaiting sale on our premises covered against the risks of fire, theft and water damage at the agreed auction sale reserve price. If this has not been agreed, we will use our estimate of the sale price. In the event of any dispute over this figure, this will be fixed independently by a member of the Society of Fine Arts Auctioneers.

9. AGENCY

We act throughout as agents only and are not responsible for any default by the Purchaser. After sale, settlement of the net sum due to you normally takes place within seven working days (Victorian and Later Sales) and ten working days (all other sales) by crossed cheque to the Seller. We disclaim liability to pay the Seller until we have received full settlement from the Purchaser.

You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the close of business of the day after the sale, in the case of lots sold at auction. In this case the same charges will be payable as of such lots had been sold at auction, and so far as is appropriate these terms apply.

10. VALUE ADDED TAX

This is not normally payable on items sold by us unless they form part of the Sellers registered business. If however, any VAT registered items are sold, this will be done INCLUSIVE of VAT which will then be deducted from the gross proceeds of sale payable to the Seller.

11. BUYER'S PREMIUM

A Buyers Premium of 15% plus VAT will be charged to the purchasers based on the hammer price of each item.