PLEASE FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH OUR COLLECTION/SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE COMMITING TO BID – Hansons Postage & Packing
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IMPORTANT:
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO POST FIREARMS – ALL FIREARMS MUST BE COLLECTED. WHERE STATED BUYERS MUST BE THE OWNER OF A CURRENT FIREARMS LICENCE.
BUYERS OF SECTION 1 & 2 FIREARMS MUST BE REGISTERED FIREARMS DEALERS OR HOLD A CURRENT SHOTGUN OR FIREARM CERTIFICATE AUTHORISING THE ACQUISITION ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT IN RELATION TO REPLICA FIREARMS SOME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. CERTAIN REPLICAS MAY REQUIRE PROOF OF MEMBERSHIP OF RE-ENACTMENT GROUPS OR USE FOR THEATRICAL OR FILM PRODUCTION PURPOSES OR OF A LEGAL EXEMPTION. INTENDING BUYERS SHOULD MAKE THEMSELVES FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIREARMS ACTS AND THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION ACT 2006 IN THAT RESPECT AND SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO ACQUIRE AND POSSESS ANY REPLICA BEFORE BIDDING AND PRODUCE EVIDENCE THEREOF ON COLLECTION. BUYERS OF ALL ANTIQUE, REPLICA AND DEACTIVATED FIREARMS WILL NEED TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE OVER 18. IN RELATION TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS THEY CAN ONLY BE SOLD WITHIN THE UK AND MUST BE COLLECTED IN PERSON FROM HANSONS AT ETWALL DERBYSHIRE.
Charges
Buyers Premium is 26.5% (+vat)
Internet Surcharge 2% (+vat)
Internet surcharges - Charges vary with each bidding platform. Please check each sale before proceeding to bid. Information available at hansonsauctioneers.co.uk
Minimum Lot Charge £6 (+vat)
I.D. required: For items over £7500 we will ask for 2 forms of I.D. either a passport or driving licence and a utility bill.
Payment Methods
Payment is by Bank Transfer or card payment via the Worldpay link. Payment to be made before collection.
Payment can be taken over the telephone for invoices of £500 or less.
Payment to be made before collection.
Collection of items and Storage Charges
Timely collection of items is imperative as storage space is limited.
General items: must be paid for and collected within 5 working days of the end of the sale, after that storage charges will apply which will vary between £10-£20 + VAT per week dependent upon volume of items/space required to store.
Transfer of Lots Between Sites For Postage or Collection
We offer a transfer service for lots purchased at our auction houses – London, Banbury, Royston and Bishton Hall, Staffs.
For both postage and collections requests, a transfer fee is payable.
Transfer fees from Oxfordshire saleroom to Head Office – From £10 plus VAT per invoice
Transfer fees from Hertfordshire saleroom to Head Office – From £10 plus VAT per invoice
Transfer fees from London saleroom to Head Office – From £10 plus VAT per invoice
Transfer fees from Staffordshire saleroom to Head Office – From £5 plus VAT per invoice
These fees are in addition to the postage and packing fees. This service does not include furniture.
Restricted items: bladed articles (knives etc.), lighters and perfumes cannot be posted.
*Hansons advises that the auctioneer will commence and advance bidding at levels and increments he considers appropriate and is entitled to place a bid or series of bids on behalf of the Seller up to the reserve on the lot, without indicating he is doing so and whether or not other bids are placed.*
