Lots accepted from 9.00am – 11.00am.
Viewing from 11.00am and the auction starts at 12 noon.
Cash, card and cheque payments accepted.
10% Buyers commission & 0% Sellers commission.
If you have bees to sell you may bring them in the morning of the auction 9.00am – 11.00am. A colony description form must be included with the bees, download the form to be filled here.
INFORMATION FOR BUYERS:
- Car parking and entry to the Auction are free
- If you think that you may bid for any items, please register your name with the Steward at the entrance. You will be given a numbered card. Please show this to the Auctioneer when the hammer falls on the sold lot
- Registering your name does not commit you to buying
- Lots will be accepted from 09:00 hours, and viewing begins from 11:00 hours. The auction will commence at 12:00 hours
- The vendor may fix a reserve price on any items by informing the Steward when booking in the lot
- When multiple lots of the same item are for sale, the buyer of the first lot may have “first refusal” on the rest of the lots at the same price (subject to any reserve placed on them). The Auctioneer will identify such “stand on” lots
- A commission of 10% will be added to the selling hammer price
- Items become the property of the purchaser only after payment, which may be made by cash, debit/credit card or cheque. Cheque to be made payable to “YDBKA”
- Stewards will only release goods to buyers on production of a receipt from the Cashier. All lots including those that are unsold must be cleared from the premises by 16:00 hours on the day of the Auction, except for bees which shall be removed by 20:00 hours
- Entry to the Auction does not include entry to the Museum complex, for which the Museum standard entry fees will be charged
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INFORMATION FOR SELLERS
- Car parking and entry to the Auction are free
- If you wish to sell any items, please register your name with the Steward at the entrance
- BEES FOR SALE – BEES MUST HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND CLEARED BY THE Seasonal Bee Inspector three weeks or less before they are brought to Murton for sale, otherwise they will not be accepted for sale. A colony description form must be included (download it here).
- Inspected and cleared bees can be brought on Friday evening, before the Auction day, between 19:00 hours and 21:00 hours, if they are to be allowed to fly. Email publicity@yorkbeekeepers.com if you are bringing bees on Friday evening.
- Lots will be accepted from 09:00 on the Auction day. They should be of reasonable quality and will be scrutinized by the Stewards before being accepted – the Stewards decision being final. It is recommended that all equipment be sterilized before submitting it for sale. Drawn comb, rusty tin ware and items of poor quality will not be accepted
- The vendor may fix a reserve price on any item by informing the Steward when booking in the items
- Viewing will commence at 11:00 hours, and the Auction will commence at 12:00 hours
- All monies due from the Treasurer will be paid to the seller by bank transfer, as soon as possible after the sale. No commission will be deducted from the selling price
- Entry to the Auction does not include entry to the Museum complex, for which the Museum standard entry fees will be charged