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AUCTION RULES
IMPORTANT: We cannot stress enough that you should carefully read all of the following auction rules (even if you have participated in one of our previous auctions). We have some rules that are different than other auctions in which you may have participated. We have made changes to the rules since our last auction (most notably to the acceptable absentee bid amounts). When you submit your bids, you are agreeing to all of the Auction Rules below. If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact us.

1. Absentee Bidding. You may bid on items in the sale in the regular manner by mail, email, fax or by phone. Absentee bids will be accepted until Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 6 p.m. PST. After that time, only live bids from the floor or by pre-arranged telephone calls during the live auction will be accepted. If you wish to use an agent, a list of reputable dealers will be provided, or you may use one of your fellow collectors. We will mail, fax or email bid confirmations. If you do not receive a confirmation before the auction, please call to ensure that we received your bids. Mail absentee bids early so we receive them by May 17, 2001. Auction Rules continued on the next page
2. Floor Bidding. The live, floor auction will be held on both Saturday, May 19 and Sunday May 20. Important: The Colorado material will be auctioned on Sat., May 19. The California and all other material will be auctioned on Sunday, May 20. We will begin at 10 a.m. on both days. Please arrive a few minutes early to check in and receive your bidding paddle. We will open the lots on the floor at the second highest absentee bid. Items with no absentee bids will be opened at half the low estimate or lower, at the auctioneer's discretion. We will have four phone lines available on both auction days.
3. Telephone Bidding. We highly advise you to call in advance to schedule telephone bidding. If you do not schedule in advance, and choose instead to call on the day of the auction to request a line for bidding, you may find that all of the lines are already busy. To ensure that you get a phone line, please call ahead. Please limit your telephone bids to items of value greater than $200, or a string of items with a similar total.
4. Bid Reduction. All winning absentee bids will be reduced to the next bidding increment. For example, if you submit an absentee bid of $1000 on a piece estimated at $200, and the next highest bid, whether on the floor or absentee is $250, then you will win the lot for $275.
5. Bid Increments. Please note: this rule has changed! Absentee bids must be submitted in the appropriate increments outlined below. IF you choose to submit bids in an increment not listed below, your bid will be rounded either up or down to the nearest increment and you will be expected to pay the amount to which the bid was rounded should your bid be the winning bid. $5.00 is the lowest acceptable absentee bid. (The auctioneer reserves the right to open an items on the floor at lower than $5.00 if the item has not received any absentee bids.) If you have any questions about an appropriate bid amount, please call us.
The bidding increments are as follows:
Under $100, $5 increments
$100-$199.99, $10 increments
$200-$499.99, $25 increments
$500 - $1499.99, $50 increments
$1500 - up, $100 increments
6. Bid Information. Collectors often ask in advance the price level of a particular lot. We will give out the second high bid until we close on Thursday, May 17 at 6 p.m. PST. This protects the high bidder.
7. Buyers Premium. There will be a 12% buyers premium added to each lot.
8. Return Policy. You may return any piece that was significantly inaccurately described within one week of receipt of item(s). We do not refund postage or insurance. We have attempted to describe condition accurately. If no condition is given, assume average. When we receive your bids we will assume you have read the description in the catalog and have contacted us regarding any questions you may have on any lot. Please call us if you require a more specific condition report.
9. Payment. Payment can be made to Fred Holabird Americana, 3555 Airway Dr., #308, Reno, NV 89511. We accept cash, personal checks, money orders etc. We also accept Master Card, VISA and American Express, but since this is a consignment sale, we must add 3% for credit card purchases, our average cost for credit card transactions. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate lot pick up the day of the sale. Lot pick up will begin no earlier than Wednesday, May 23, 2001.
10. Shipping. Because this is a consignment sale, we will not ship any purchases until we receive payment. An invoice will be sent to you as soon as auction results have been processed. Upon payment of the invoice, your package will be sent to you. Please let us know if you have any special requirements for shipping packages as soon as possible. Buyer will pay actual shipping costs plus $1.00 to cover the materials. You will not be billed separately for each lot won.
11. Results will be mailed to all participants. Those wishing results without participation will be charged $25 to help us offset the cost of printing the catalogs and results.