INFORMATION AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. The highest bidder will be the buyer, provided the closing bid is in excess of any reserve price adherent to the Lot. If there is any dispute, the auctioneer’s decision will be final.
2. The auctioneer has absolute discretion to withdraw any lot without prior notice, and to refuse bidder registration.
3. All lots are subject to any reserve price imposed by the seller and to the right of the seller to bid either personally or through any one person who may be the auctioneer.
4. All description and grading will be done by the auctioneers. Each lot is believed to be genuine, unless otherwise described. If any lot is not as described, the buyer may return it by insured post in its original condition within three days of receiving it.
5. Lots not fully described or graded will not be subject to the usual approval term and will not be returnable for refund.
6. Lots described with defects may not be returned by reason of that defect.
7. The auctioneers will only act as agents between the vendor and the purchaser and will not be responsible for disputes which arise between them.
8. Successful bidders will receive an invoice as soon as possible after the sale date. The full payment, including postage and packing charges, should then be sent to the auctioneers, who will forward the lot(s) to the purchasers. Should any lots not be satisfactory they must be returned by insured post within three days of receiving them.
9. At the discretion of the auctioneers, cheques may be cleared before lots are sent to the purchaser.
10. Any person bidding for a third party shall be personally liable for any purchases.
11. Purchasers should send for lots immediately upon receiving their accounts. No approval time will be allowed for lots sent for after 5 days of receipt of accounts. If, after receiving their accounts, purchasers do not send for their lots within 10 days, any future bids may be disregarded, and the auctioneers will dispense with the lots without notice to the original purchaser.
12. By making a bid the buyer acknowledges his acceptance of these conditions.
13. Bids may only be placed through or our on-line hosts, easyliveAuction.com. Any prospctive bidder must register their details in accordance with the conditions stipulated by easyliveAuction.co. B. Frank and Son cannot accept to undertake commission bids.
14. A buyers premium of 13.5% will be added to the sale price of each lot.
15. Bidding will proceed in increments of £1.
16. Payment may be made by direct transfer to the following account; Santander business account in the name of B. Frank and Son, sort code; 09-01-29, account number 39801960, IBAN; GB23ABBY09012939801960, BIC; ABBYGB2LXXX, or to PayPal account; jamesfrankbooks@aol.com (please add 4.5% for payment by this method.)
17. All bids must be in £’s Sterling.
18. Our sales commission is 10% of the hammer price for single-item lots of British pre-decimal coins which carry an upper estimate of £20 or more. For all other items our commission is 13.5% for items without a reserve, and 17% for items with a reserve, where that reserve is specified by the vendor.
Catalogue references are as follows:
P = PICK, A. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, 3 volumes, latest editions.
Dug. = DUGGLEBY, V., English Paper Money, latest edition.
D (for banknotes) = DOUGLAS, J., 20th Century Scottish Banknotes, Vol. 1(1984); Vol. 2(1986); Vol. 3(1998).
M = PAM WEST & ALAN Kelley, Isle of Man Paper Money. 1st edition, 2014.
KM = KRAUSE & MISHLER, Standard Catalog of World Coins, latest editions.
Eimer = EIMER, C., British Commemorative Medals and Their Values. 2nd edn,. 2010.
D (for 19th Century Tokens) = DAVIS, W.J., The 19th Century Token Coinage.
S (for older British Coins) = Spink’s Coins of England and the U.K., current edition.
S (for Roman coins) = SEAR, D.R., Roman Coins and Their Values, latest editions.
S (for ancient Greek coins) = SEAR, D.R., Greek Coins and Their Values, Vols. I & II.
S (for Roman Provincial coins) = SEAR, D.R., Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values.
D&H = DALTON, R. & HAMER, S.H., The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century.
W = DICKINSON, Michael, Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and Their Values.
Schj = SCHJÖTH, F., Chinese Currency.
M = MENZEL, Peter, Deutsche Notmünzen und Sonstige Geldersatzmarken 1840-1990
Mitch = MITCHINER, M., Oriental Coins and Their Values, 3 Vols.
BHM = BROWN, Laurence, British Historical Medals 1760-1960
Bruce = CUHAJ, G.S. (ed.), Unusual World Coins, 6th edn., 2011
Other catalogues used;
MWR = MEHILBA, World Replacement Notes, 1st edition, 2013
Bell = after R.C. Bell in WITHERS, The Token Book 2, Unofficial Farthings 1820-1901, Galata, 2013.
F. Wilkinson, Badges of the British Army, 1820-1960, 3rd edition, 1978
The Banknote Yearbook, 9th edition, 2015. Token Publishing Ltd.
Additional references are used occasionally. These are given by the surname of the author of the catalogue or by an abbreviation of the surname, and should be obvious. If you are in doubt about the reference, please ask.
