Payment Orders or Credit Card Chargebacks. YOU agree that YOU will not, under any circumstances, (i) issue a stop payment order with respect to any checks issued at or in connection with the Auction, or (ii) initiate a credit card chargeback with respect to any purchases at the Auction. YOU further agree that if, in violation of these Terms and Conditions, a stop payment order is issued or a credit card chargeback is initiated, these Bidder Terms and Conditions will be conclusive evidence of YOUR (i) waiver of any rights to issue a stop payment order or to initiate a credit card chargeback, and (ii) agreement not to issue a stop payment order or to initiate a credit card chargeback; and YOU acknowledge and agree that on Auctioneer�s presentation of these Bidder Terms and Conditions to the bank, credit card company, or other financial institution against which a check was drawn or that issued the credit card on which charges were made, such bank, credit card company, or other financial institution will reverse any stop-payment order and/or reverse or deny any credit card chargeback, and will re-credit all amounts to or for the account of Auctioneer. If, in violation of these Bidder Terms and Conditions, YOU issue a stop payment order or initiate a credit card chargeback, YOU will remain liable for all purchases made at the Auction, and YOU will be responsible for all costs and expenses, including attorneys� fees, incurred by or on behalf of Auctioneer and/or Seller in challenging the stop payment order or credit card chargeback and/or in collecting payment. YOU acknowledge and agree that the covenant not to issue a stop payment order or to initiate a credit card chargeback is a condition to the issuance of a Bidder Number or Bidder Account to YOU, and is being made as an inducement for Auctioneer to accept YOUR Bidder Registration, to issue a Bidder Number or Bidder Account to YOU, and to permit YOU to bid at the Auction. YOU acknowledge and agree that Auctioneer is relying on the covenant not to issue a stop payment order or to initiate a credit card chargeback in accepting YOUR Bidder Registration, in issuing a Bidder Number or Bidder Account, and in permitting YOU to bid at the Auction. 35. Claims. After a Lot has been removed from the Auction Site by YOU, or on YOUR behalf, no claims or returns will be allowed and no claim will be allowed for adjustments or rescission of any sales based on the failure of a Lot to correspond with any standard and/or expectation. 36. Buyer Remedies; Bidders/Buyers Not Entitled to Incidental or Consequential Damages. To the extent that YOU may be entitled to damages or remedies, the sole and exclusive remedy available to YOU is a return of the Hammer Price actually paid. Under no circumstances will the Auctioneer or the Seller be liable for incidental or consequential damages, including, without being limited to, lost profits or reduced productivity. YOU acknowledge and agree that YOU are not entitled to specific performance or other equitable relief. - 7 - 37. Seller Remedies. If YOU breach YOUR obligations under these Terms and Conditions or under a sale contract with the Seller of any Lot(s), such property may be resold and YOU will be responsible for any and all damages, including any deficiency or reduction in the Contract Price, along with incidental damages. 38. Indemnification. YOU agree to indemnify and hold Auctioneer and Seller harmless from any current or future claim regarding the Auction or the Property, including, without being limited to, fitness, use, damage, safety, or injuries to persons or property. 39. Private Sale. YOU agree not to enter into, or to agree to enter into, a Private Sale for the purchase of any property included, or scheduled to be included in, the Auction, prior to or during the Auction. If YOU purchase any property included in, or scheduled to be included in, the Auction in a Private Sale prior to, or during, or within ten (10) days after the Auction, Auctioneer will be entitled to receive an amount equal to Auctioneer�s full Commission and Buyer�s Premium, and YOU and Seller will be jointly and severally responsible for the payment of such amount. 40. Waiver. Certain provisions of these Bidder Terms and Conditions are for the exclusive benefit of Auctioneer and/or Seller(s). Such provisions, including, without being limited to, Bidder Registration and qualification requirements, payment terms, removal and delivery terms, and inspection terms, do not create, and will not be deemed to create, any benefits or rights in favor of any other persons, including competing Bidders, and may not be enforced by any other persons. Either globally or on a case by case basis Auctioneer and/or Seller may (but will not be required to) waive any provisions of these Bidder Terms and Conditions that are intended for the benefit of Auctioneer and/or Seller. 41. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. These Bidder Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, including its statutes of limitations, but without regard to its rules governing conflict of laws. All claims, disputes, and other matters between the parties will be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in and for Carter County, Tennessee, which courts will have exclusive jurisdiction, and will be the exclusive venue, for any and all such claims, disputes, and other matters. YOU irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any claim, suit or cause of action relating to the Auction, these Bidder Terms and Conditions, or the transactions contemplated hereby, will be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in and for Carter County, Tennessee; (ii) consent to the jurisdiction of such courts for any such claim, suit or cause of action; (iii) waive any objection that such party may have to the laying of venue of any such claim, suit or cause of action in such courts; and (iv) waive any objection to the bringing of such claim, suit or cause of action in such courts on the grounds of inconvenient forum. YOU waive the right to a jury trial. 42. Attorneys� Fees. YOU breach YOUR obligations under these Bidder Terms and Conditions, Auctioneer and/or Seller will be entitled to recover all costs and expenses, including attorneys� fees incurred in enforcing their respective rights hereunder. 43. Acceptance of Bidder Terms and Conditions. YOU acknowledge and agree that YOU have had a full and fair opportunity to review these Bidder Terms and Conditions, and that you have read these Bidder Terms and Conditions, you understand these Bidder Terms and Conditions, and you accept and agree to be bound by these Bidder Terms and Conditions.

HISTORICAL BOOK COLLECTION FROM THE FONBERG ESTATE Collins & Company Realtors and Auctioneers | Online Only | April 12�22, 2026 Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to bid on one of the most diverse and historically rich private book collections to come out of East Tennessee in recent memory. Sourced from a Jonesborough, TN estate, auction spans nearly two centuries of literature, science, history, and culture � a true bibliophile's dream. Science & Natural History fans will find a remarkable six-volume set of Charles Darwin first printings from 1896, covering topics from insectivorous plants to the variation of animals under domestication. Classic Literature is well represented with Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Steinbeck's Cannery Row (1945, Viking Press), Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (1952), A. Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (New Edition, 1885), and nine Victor Hugo novels in a Valjean Edition from the 1800s. Rare & Notable Finds include a First Edition of John Hersey's Hiroshima (1946), Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands First Edition (1959), Charles Lindbergh's "We" (1927), William L. Shirer's Berlin Diary (1941), and a surgical textbook by Thomas D. Mutter from 1843 � complete with handwritten notes throughout. Appalachian & Regional History lovers will appreciate Cabins in the Laurel, English Folksongs from the Southern Appalachians (1917), The Overmountain Men, Jonesborough: The First Century of Tennessee's First Town, Roan Mountain: A Passage of Time, and books on the Blue Ridge Mountains and Smokies. World History & Politics offerings span Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower (1948), the complete Watergate trilogy by Woodward and Bernstein, The Gulag Archipelago, The Auschwitz Album (1981), and a fascinating collection of 1930s�40s Soviet ephemera and pamphlets. Polish & Foreign Language books make up a significant and unique portion of the collection, including Polish encyclopedias, novels, math texts, poetry, military history, and rare ephemera dating back to the early 1900s. Children's & Antique Books include original Dr. Seuss hardcovers (Horton Hears a Who! 1954, If I Ran the Zoo 1950), A.A. Milne's complete Winnie-the-Pooh set, antique fairy tales from the 1890s�1930s, and early Mother Goose editions. Additional highlights include Stephen King first editions, Jules Verne, Patrick O'Brian, Isak Dinesen, vintage Fortune Magazines from the 1930s, Civil War Time-Life sets, antique school books dating to the 1850s, photography books, and an 1830�1856 antique daily ledger. ALL BIDS START AT $1.00.