AUCTION INFORMATION

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GENERAL
Donation of items to the club will be gratefully received at any time.

All auction attendees, both buyers and sellers, require a bidder number which will be assigned at the OVRC table. Selling is by lot number, as denoted by a tag attached to each item. Detailed printed statements are provided at cash-out or included with mailed cheques.

OVRC rents the auction room from the City of Ottawa, and it must be left in a clean state after the auction is over. All unwanted items remaining in the auction room after the auction is over, including ‘No Sale’ items, must be removed by the person who brought them.

The Ottawa Vintage Radio Club will not be responsible for making any restitution regarding claims for: misrepresentation of, undisclosed defects in, damage to or unaccounted for lots consigned for sale. Disagreement over the condition of any item purchased at an OVRC auction sale, or in any other manner that may be associated with OVRC, must be resolved between the seller and the buyer.

BUYING
All buyers must be paid-up members of OVRC. Anyone may join the club on the day of the auction by completing a registration form at the OVRC table and paying a one year membership (currently $10.00). There is no buyer’s commission.

Assessment of the condition of auction items is solely the responsibility of the buyer. The policy is ‘Caveat Emptor’. Buyers must pay at or before the end of the auction, settlement may be by cash or cheque payable to ‘OVRC’.

SELLING
Non-members are encouraged to sell their radio-related items at OVRC auctions with confidence. See www.ovrc.org for contact details. Non-members who sell only do not require club membership.

Sellers are encouraged to pre-consign their items prior to the day of the auction by telephone, email or the post office so that lot tags will be ready when they register for their bidder numbers. Sellers are responsible for attaching lot tags to their items. Lot information may be edited or lots may be withdrawn from the auction at any time prior to sale by advising the Auction Clerk.

Sellers shall make no willful misrepresentation of the condition of an item for sale, nor shall they in any way disguise known defects.

The default reserve bid is $1. Sellers can set a higher amount by declaring it at time of consignment. Reserves above the default can be amended verbally by the seller at the moment of sale. OVRC charges sellers a commission of 10% of the selling price, with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $10 per item.

Payouts to sellers will be made at the auction where possible. Where payout is not concluded at the auction or the seller does not attend or departs before all of his lots are sold, a cheque will mailed within two days of the end of the auction.

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