HOW TO BUY FROM DAMN YANKEES AUCTIONS

1. Auction Preview - We invite you to visit our gallery during
previews, held 1 day prior to each auction and on Auction
day.  During the preview, auction items are displayed
attractively throughout the gallery. These exhibition days
allow you plenty of time to closely examine items that interest
you. And, if you wish, our knowledgeable staff is there to
guide you through the vast selection of objects.

2. Damn Yankees Auctions website –
www.damnyankeesauctions.com provides full catalogue
descriptions, measurements, condition reports, along with
numerous images of most lots. Our website also allows you to
leave absentee bids.  Make sure to read our terms of sale.
We want you to know as much as possible about each item
before you place a single bid

3. Auctionzip - www.auctionzip.com provides our buyers with
convenient internet access to our catalogue with descriptions
and multiple images.  Most importantly, auctionzip gives you
the opportunity to view our auction items and bid absentee
from your office or anywhere in the world.

Register

Before you can participate in any of our sales, whether live,
absentee or on the phone, you must accept our Terms and
Conditions and register with Damn Yankees Auctions.

How to Bid

Once you have previewed the lots being offered, there are
several ways in which to participate in our auctions.

1. Live Bidding - When you register at our reception desk the
day of the sale, you will be issued a bidder’s card with which
to signal your bid to the auctioneer. Each card has a unique
bidder’s number. As the auctioneer calls for bids, simply raise
your card when you are comfortable with the amount being
requested by the auctioneer. In other words, if the price is
right, put your card in the air. Then, if you are the winning
bidder, hold your card up high so the auction clerk can record
your bidder number. That’s all it takes. If you are the winning
bidder, the auctioneer will close the item by saying "sold," the
final hammer price and announce your bid number.

Just as at every auction house, all sales are final. You cannot
decide after the auction that you paid too much, or the item
will not fit in the place you had in mind, and you now do not
want the item. When the auctioneer says "sold" and
recognizes you as the successful bidder, a legally binding
contract has been established, and you are the new legal
owner of the item, even though you have not yet paid for it.

If, during the auction, you make a mistake or the auctioneer
takes a bid by you in error, or the auctioneer sells an item to
you for a price greater than what you intended to bid, you
must say so immediately. This allows the auction house to
correct the problem and immediately resell the item. Once an
auction is over, there are no corrective measures for the
situation and you are the legal owner of the item.

2. Absentee Bidding - If you will be unable to attend the
auction, you can always complete an absentee bid form
(available in our gallery or downloadable through our
website). and of course on Auctionzip.com.  We will bid for
you, just as you would, competing against live bids, telephone
bids, and other absentee bids, and any applicable reserves,
with the intention of obtaining the item at the lowest possible
bid price. In the event identical absentee bids are submitted,
the earliest bid submitted will take precedence, so please
submit your bid forms as early as possible.

3. Telephone Bidding - We will accept telephone bidding on
certain lots. There is a limit to the number of telephones
available, so please submit your bid forms as early as
possible. Like absentee bids, telephone bids may not be
implemented if submitted the day of sale. Telephone bidders
complete the same form as absentee bidders and are
recommended to leave a backup bid if we are unable to reach
you during the auction.

4. Internet Bidding - In a partnership between Damn Yankees
Auctions and Auctionzip, internet bidding is available through
Auctionzip.com. Those internet bids compete against other
absentee and live bids, telephone bids and applicable
reserves. Auctionzip purchases will incur an online
transaction fee in addition to the buyer’s premium and sales
tax.

Buyer's Premium and Sales Tax

Damn Yankees Auctions does not own the property that we
sell at auction; instead we host an auction as a venue to bring
buyers and sellers together. When an item is sold, Damn
Yankees receives a commission, a percentage of the hammer
price paid by the consignor. We also collect a percentage of
the hammer price from the buyer that we call a buyer's
premium. A buyer's premium of 12% is added to your
successful bid price for all purchases. Discounted to 10% if
paying by cash or good checks.  Please read the terms prior
to each sale to determine the applicable buyer's premium.
The hammer price and buyer's premium are treated as the
total purchase price and, therefore, is subject to an 8%  
South Carolina State sales tax.

Payment

All buyers are required to submit payment, and then pick up
their purchases within five business days after the end of the
auction. Payment may be made by cash, Master card or Visa
or discover credit card, wire transfer, certified check, or, with
approval by our accounting department, checks made
payable to Damn Yankees Auctions. Please note that
payment by personal or business check may result in
property not being released until funds clear our bank.

Removal of Purchases

Your purchases must be removed from our gallery within 5
business days after the end of the auction. Failure to remove
your items within 5 business days after the end of the auction
will incur a fee of $5.00 per day per item.