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Buying at Woolley & Wallis

Our specialist sales catalogues are available online about two weeks before the sale.

Viewing

All our auctions are on view at least two days prior to the sale and details will be found in the relevant catalogues.

Condition Reports

The relevant department will be pleased to give condition reports on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures given in the catalogue should be regarded as approximate.

The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.

Bidding in the Saleroom

To bid at auction you will need a paddle number. This can be obtained from the office either during the view or on the day of the sale. We provide permanent paddle numbers which can be used for any future sale, once registered.

Commission Bidding

If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a commission bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the auctioneer who will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible bearing in mind any reserve price and other bids.

Telephone Bidding

It is usually possible to bid on the telephone by prior arrangement with the office.

Live Online Bidding

Live online bidding is now available for most of our auctions via the-saleroom.com, enabling you to take part in the bidding from anywhere in the world, live as it happens. To bid online you need to register at www.the-saleroom.com

In completing the bidder registration on www.the-saleroom.com and providing your credit card details and unless alternative arrangements are agreed with Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd, you:

authorise Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd, if they so wish, to charge the credit card given in part or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased in the auction via the-saleroom.com, and
confirm that you are authorised to provide these credit card details to Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd through www.the-saleroom.com and agree that Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd are entitled to permit the shipping of the goods to the card holder name and card holder address provided in fulfilment of the sale.

Buyer's Premium

Each lot is subject to a buyer's premium of 22% + VAT on the first £500,000 of the hammer price and 12% + VAT thereafter.

VAT

Lots marked with an asterisk (*) are subject to VAT on the hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT at 5.0% on the hammer price and the buyer's premium. In online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on hammer price.

Payment and clearance

Payment is due immediately after the auction in pounds sterling. If you are a first time buyer we will need your name, address and bank details and will require funds to be cleared before purchases can be released.

The following methods of payment may be made:
bankers draft, cashiers cheque, personal cheque, travellers cheques, debit and credit cards and cash up to a sterling equivalent of €15,000.

Wire transfers should be sent to:
Lloyds TSB, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB.
Account no. 00957707
Sort code 30-97-41
IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707
BIC code LOYDGB21063
Credit cards: Visa or Mastercard for which there is a 2% surcharge + VAT
Debit cards: Delta, Switch, Connect

Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction.

Please note that furniture and clocks lots will normally remain in the salerooms for three working days following each sale, after which they will be removed to our store and arrangements for collection must be made in advance with the office.

Storage charges will be levied on all lots in the furniture and works of art and clocks sales not collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed to be collected until these charges have been paid.

Artist's Resale Right/Droit De Suite

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €12,500.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency.

Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4% Up to €50,000
3% €50,000.01 - 200,000
1% €200,000.01 - 350,000
0.5% €350,000.01 - 500,000
0.25% In excess of €500,000
Up to a maximum levy of €12,500