Purchasers need to arrange their own collection.   

Packing & shipping services are available via

Mailboxes at:

www.mbe.co.uk/reading/auction - telephone 0118 951 7980

or Part & Parcel at:

partandparcel.co.uk – telephone 01252 545 611

We do not provide packing & shipping services ourselves

Standard Conditions of Sale

1. The highest bidder for each lot shall be the Purchaser and, in the event of any dispute, the Auctioneers shall have absolute discretion either to settle such dispute or to re-offer the lot immediately.

2. No person may advance less at a bid than a sum to be named from time to time by the Auctioneer, nor shall any bidding be retracted. The Auctioneer may, without giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding of any person or persons.

3. All lots are put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the Vendors, who may bid for any lot or lots, and may withdraw any lot or lots, either personally or through the Auctioneer or through any other person, as many times as they respectively may think fit.

4. Each Purchaser shall give his or her name and address in writing (if required) to the Auctioneer at the Sale and pay the full purchase money at the close of the Sale or, if required, the whole or a portion of the purchase money, as the Auctioneer may determine, during the course of the Sale. If any Purchaser fails to comply with any of these conditions the lot or lots in respect of which such failure is made may, if the Auctioneer thinks fit, be put up again and resold. If upon such resale a lower price is obtained for any such lots than was obtained on the first sale the difference in price shall be a debt due from the Purchaser in default upon the first sale.

5. No lot or lots shall be removed from the premises until paid for, but each and every lot shall immediately at the fall of the hammer be considered as delivered and be and remain in every respect at the absolute risk of the respective Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, and shall be removed at the Purchaser`s expense after the conclusion of the Sale and taken with all faults or errors of description.

6. The Auctioneers act only as agents for the Vendor(s) and are not responsible for any default by either Vendor{s) or Purchaser. In particular, they shall not be liable to pay the Vendor until payment is received from the Purchaser.

7. No undertaking of the Auctioneers or their employees to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward them to their destination shall be held to impose upon the Auctioneers any legal obligation or vitiate any of the foregoing conditions.

8. Purchasers paying by cheque must be prepared, if required, to produce a banker`s reference. The Auctioneers reserve the right in their sole discretion to refuse payment by cheque.

9. In all cases of transfer the original Purchaser shall be held responsible for the purchase money.

10. The Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw or divide any lot or to combine any two or more lots at his sole discretion and to sell in such order as he may think fit.

11. The Auctioneers have described the lots to the best of their ability and belief from information furnished by the Vendors who shall be alone responsible for any error or mis-statement, which there may be. The Auctioneers undertake no liability whatever in respect of any faults, deficiencies and errors of any description, oral or printed, nor do they accept responsibility for the authenticity, genuineness, origin, age, condition or quality of any lot and all statements as to these matters whether contained in the catalogue or made orally are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying a statement or representation of fact. Any intending Purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each such statement. The Vendor does not make or give and neither the Auctioneers, nor any person in their employ, have any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to any of the lots without the express instructions of the Vendor(s).

12. The Auctioneers accept no responsibility in connection with the commissioning of their staff to bid for any lots. Reserves and commissions given verbally or by telephone are accepted at the sender`s risk and must be confirmed in writing before the Sale.

13. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY. All persons on the Auctioneers` premises before, during or after the Sale shall be deemed to be there at their own risk and with notice of the condition of the premises and of the method of arranging lots and shall have no claim against the Auctioneers in respect of any injury or accident which may occur from any cause whatsoever.

14. If any Purchaser shall fail to comply with the above conditions or any of them, the Auctioneers shall be at liberty to recover in full the amount of the purchase money of the lot or lots bought by such Purchaser together with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, without reference to any delivery or acceptance of the lot or lots, other than the first delivery by the fall of the hammer, or to resell any lot or lots bought by such Purchasers, either by public or private sale, and the full amount of the purchase money at the present sale, or the deficiency (if any) arising from the second sale, together with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, shall be made good by the defaulter and be recoverable as and for liquidated damages.

Auctioneers: THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND, READING

NOTE: Purchasers or their agents are requested to obtain accounts and delivery orders at the Auctioneers` Office before leaving the place of sale and carefully to examine same. The Auctioneers cannot be held responsible for any errors in accounts or delivery orders unless they are notified of such errors on the day of sale and before the lots are removed from the premises.

SALE INFORMATION

Directions: Please note that the post code is the centre of the village of Little Wittenham.  From the A4074 Reading-Oxford road take the A415 west towards Abingdon.  On entering the village of Clifton Hampden turn left opposite The Plough PH into High Street.  After just over a mile turn left into Little Wittenham Road and the entrance to the farm is on the left after about half a mile.

From the A34 travelling south take the turning to Abingdon and proceed through the town following the A415.   After about 5 miles in the village of Clifton Hampden turn right opposite The Plough PH and then as above.

From the A34 travelling north take the A4130 round Didcot towards Brightwell-cum-Sotwell.  Take the left turning signed Long Wittenham and Little Wittenham.  After about half a mile turn right to Little Wittenham.  On entering the village take the left turn towards Long Wittenham and the entrance to the farm is on the right after just under half a mile.  

Parking:  There will be ample on site parking, weather permitting (pasture field)

Viewing:  Monday 25^th April between 10 am and 4 pm and throughout the day of sale from 8 am.

Registration:  All prospective purchasers must register at the auction office on arrival, whereupon they will be issued with a bidding number.  Customers unknown to the auctioneers will be required to provide satisfactory proof of identity i.e. driving licence/passport, unless a satisfactory bank reference has previously been received.  Failing that a £500 cash deposit will be required.

INTERNET CHARGE:   A charge of 1% of the hammer price, plus VAT, which will be added to the hammer price.

PAYMENT:   Payment for all lots must be made on the day of sale and methods of payment are: (1) CASH (see below); (2) DIRECT DEBIT CARDS such as Switch, Delta or Connect with PIN number; (3) CREDIT CARDS with PIN number, which are subject to a 2% + VAT surcharge. Payments can also be made by BACS/CHAPS – bank details as follows:  NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC., 13 Market Place, Reading RG1 2EP; Clients’ Auction Account number 95544070 and sort code: 60:17:21. (IBAN NO GB66 NWBK 601721 95 5440 70; BIC Code No. NWBK GB 2L). Tel: 0845 6013399.  No clearance of purchases will be allowed until satisfactory payment has been received.

PAYMENT IN CASH:   In order to comply with money laundering regulations we will not accept payments in cash exceeding £9,000.  Cash payments in excess of £4,000 must be accompanied by valid proof of identity i.e. passport/driving license, supported by 2 utility bills, bank statement or equivalent.  Cash payments via your bank are not permissible.  The Auctioneers will only accept payment from and permit removal of goods purchased by the successful purchased or their duly appointed agent.  No lots will be transferred to third party invoices after the auction.

Commissions to Purchase: Will be executed with care and judgment by the auctioneers on receipt of full written instructions providing prospective purchasers have previously inspected the goods in question.

Value Added Tax:  All items consigned by VAT registered vendors are indicated by v alongside the lot numbers and VAT at the standard rate will be added to the Purchaser’s account in respect of these lots.  No VAT will be payable upon the items consigned by unregistered vendors.  Any known variation in the VAT status of vendors will be announced by the Auctioneers when selling.

Risk:  All lots are at the risk of the purchaser from the fall of the hammer.  Purchasers are strongly advised to insure their purchases at once.

Load Out:  All lots should be removed as soon as possible after the sale and in any event NO LATER THAN  

Descriptions:  All lots have been described to the best of our ability from information supplied.  No liability whatsoever is accepted in respect of faults, deficiencies and errors of description either oral or printed.  ALL LOTS ARE SOLD AS SEEN WITHOUT WARRANTY and are available for inspection prior to sale.

Hire Purchase:  We would respectfully remind buyers wishing to purchase goods on finance that they should make such arrangements before they make their purchases as payment is due in full at the fall of the hammer in accordance with our terms of business and conditions of sale.

Refreshments:  Light refreshments will be available.

INTERNET BIDDING

Live internet bidding through i-bidder.com will be available at this sale.

i-bidder.com allows you to listen in and view the auction

live on line and to participate in the bidding via their website.

A £500 deposit will be taken from all on-line bidders wishing to bid via www.i-bidder.com prior to the auction.

The auctioneers reserve the right to refuse or withdraw on-line bidding facilities without reason.

The deposit will be taken from a debit or credit card when registering on www.i-bidder.com and please note credit card payments attract a 2% (+ VAT) surcharge.

Sign ups for this auction are provisional and subject to the

approval of the auctioneer who will notify bidders by email.

Internet bidders will be required to pay an internet buyer’s charge of 1% of the hammer price, plus VAT.