July 22 American Stoneware & Redware Pottery

1. A buyer's premium of 18% will be added to the hammer price of each lot, for payments by check or money order. A 5% surcharge to the hammer price is added for payments by credit card or PayPal. Additionally, a 5% Live Internet Bidding Fee is charged to successful LiveAuctioneers bidders. 2. All property for sale is sold AS-IS with no guarantee whatsoever, and all sales are final. We have made every attempt to catalog each item as accurately as possible; however, there may be inaccuracies. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to inspect each item personally and make their own judgments. Our assessment of any given item is provided as a service to you, and while it is informed by decades of handling period American ceramics and is usually painstaking in its detail, again, all sales are absolutely final, whether you inspect an item in person or rely solely on our description and / or photographs. We will absolutely not accept any returns or make any adjustments of any kind for any cause whatsoever. 3. Payments must be made by cash, good check, by a valid Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card, or by PayPal, and are expected promptly upon receipt of your invoice. Payments not received within 15 days of the invoice date are assessed a 5% surcharge on the total hammer price. Those not known by us may be required to provide a bank authorization guaranteeing their check. We reserve the right to hold items purchased until funds have cleared the bank, and we reserve the right to rescind the sale in the event of auctioneer's error or omission in exercising bids and reserves. 4. Live internet bidding is provided free of charge, as a complimentary service to you, and as is the nature of auctions, in very rare instances mistakes will occur. An auction is a fast-paced environment and while we work very hard throughout the sale employing multiple staff members to help you bid remotely, we are not liable in any way for errors in executing bids on your behalf. Just as we recommend that you please examine all items yourself before bidding, we likewise recommend that you attend the sale in person if you cannot live with a rare mistake on our part. 5. All lots must be removed promptly from our gallery by the purchaser. In-house bidders must pay for and remove all of their purchases on the day of the auction. Remote bidders including phone, absentee, and live internet bidders must pay for shipment or pick up their purchases in a timely manner. Lots remaining in our gallery beyond one month after the auction date are no longer insured against injury including damage, loss, and theft and may be subject to additional storage fees. 6. Maryland sales tax of 6% applies for all items purchased at our gallery or shipped to Maryland. We do not collect sales tax on items shipped out of state, or from in-person buyers who have a valid retail sales tax number. 7. A conservative estimate is listed with each item's description. A very small percentage of lots in this sale carry a reserve. A reserve is a confidential minimum price established between the auctioneer and consignor, and it will never exceed the low estimate published in the catalog. 8. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms.