Term and Conditions:

Buyers Premium and Sales Tax: The Buyer's Premium of 10% will be added to each successful bid. Virginia Sales Tax of 5.3% will be charged on all items unless the buyer provides a valid sales tax exemption form. Sales tax exemption must be claimed and form presented before checkout.

Payment: Cash, Credit Card, or Good Check are approved methods of payment. Payment must be made in full the day of the auction and items may not be removed from the auction site until paid for. Online bidders will be contacted after the auction to arrange payment.

Shipping: Shipping will be available for online buyers at the buyers expense through a local UPS Store. Mountain Valley Auction Group will deliver items to the UPS store within two business days after the auction provided the items have been paid in full. The fee for delivery to the UPS store will be $5 per lot. If a customer purchases more than one lot the charge will be $2 for each lot after the initial one. If the customer wishes to make other shipping arrangements all items must be removed from the auction site within 24 hours of the end of the auction and pickup times must be scheduled with auction management. All items not picked up within 24 hours or where shipping is not arranged, will be considered abandoned property and will become the property of the seller or the Auction Company.

Merchandise: All Items Are Sold AS IS, WHERE IS, WITHOUT GUARANTEE. We urge you to examine all items carefully and satisfy yourself as to the condition and bid accordingly. We will not be accepting returns or providing refunds.

Preview: All of the items will be available to preview at the auction site on February 9 from 9 AM to 7 PM. A test track will be set up so you can test locomotives. Please satisfy yourself as to the condition of each item before placing your bids.

Condition: We have not officially graded these trains. Most of the items that do not come in their original boxes will be a grade C-5 to C-6 with a few falling below that. Most of the items still in their original boxes will be a C-7 to C-8 with some being C-9 or C-10 and a few falling below C-7. We have included multiple high quality photographs in the online listing and we urge you to examine them closely to ascertain the condition of the item. We have done a simple running test on most of the locomotives but we cannot guarantee that the locomotives will function correctly or that all functions will work as designed. Condition details are offered as courtesy to bidders, and are opinions only, not statements of fact, and do not imply any warranty concerning condition, or any assumption of liability. Lot announcements, listings, photographs, and catalog information are for descriptive purposes only. All announcements made on the day of the auction by the auctioneer supersede any other previously announced or published materials.

Bidding: The highest bidder for each item shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arises as to any bidding, or between two or more bidders, the auctioneer will have sole discretion to determine the successful bidder, or the disputed lot shall be offered again at the last undisputed bid and resold. The auction record kept by Auctioneer and Clerk is final.

Buyers are responsible for their items after being pronounced the winning bidder but may not take possession of the items until payment has been made in full.

Liability: View and bid at your own risk. Mountain Valley Auction Group LLC is not responsible for injury or damage of any kind, to anything or anyone, while previewing, bidding, loading out, or conducting business. By placing a bid, you agree to hold Mountain Valley Auction Group LLC and its agents harmless regardless of opinion.

Auctioneers Announcement: The auctioneer reserves the right to accept bids on behalf of internet bidders, absentee bidders, the seller, or himself. The auctioneer reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and in all cases of dispute the auctioneer’s decision shall be final. All announcements made by the auctioneer on sale day take precedent over any printed material or previous advertising.