Terms & Conditions

1.  DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
 Everything will be sold "AS IS – WHERE IS".

2.  HIGHEST BIDDER ACKNOWLEDGED:
 The auctioneer will acknowledge the highest bidder.

3.  BID NOT COMMENSURATE:
 Auctioneer has the right to accept or refuse any bid.

4.  ABSENTEE BIDS:
 The auctioneer will decide whether absentee bids will be allowed.

5.  SALES TAX:
 5.5 % Maine Sales Tax required if you do not have a resale certificate.

6.  RESERVES:
 On occasion, one or more items in our auction carries a reserve, it is somewhere below our sales estimate.  Reserves will be executed by our floor manager who will compete against the audience until the reserve is exceeded, just the same as an absentee bid.  If you are interested in an item and wish to know if it carries a reserve, you may ask the auctioneer prior to the auction.

7.  UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE:
 The uniform commercial code, Title 11, §2-328 applies to this auction sale.

8.  STATEMENT OF BUYER'S PREMIUM:
 10% Buyer's Premium is in effect. 

9.  CONDITION OF ITEMS SOLD:
 The auctioneer shall not be responsible for the correct description, authenticity, genuineness of, or defect in any lot,and make no warranty in connection therewith.  No allowance will be made or sale set aside on account of any incorrectness, error in cataloguing, or any imperfection not  noted. No deduction will be allowed on damaged articles as all goods being exposed for public exhibition are sold "as is" and without recourse.

10.  MANNER OF PAYMENT:
Cash or good in-state check; unless prior arrangements are made.

11.  REMOVAL:
 All items are to be paid for before leaving.

12.  RECORDS:
 The record of sale kept by the auctioneer and bookkeeper will be taken as final in the event of any dispute.

13. ADDITIONAL TERMS & CONDITIONS:
 Any additional terms or conditions of the sale, added by the auctioneer, shall be announced prior to the auction.

14.  DISPUTED BID:
  In case of a disputed bid the auctioneer will sell only to the two (2) people who have disputed the bid.