Buyer's notes
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL BIDS ARE LEGALLY BINDING AND CANNOT BE CANCELLED ONCE PLACED, SO THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE PLACING ANY BIDS.
Our auctions are now open for viewing and bidding in person. If you are unable to bid in person, there are a number of ways to join our auctions remotely:
By absentee bid
If you are unable to attend the auction you can leave an absentee bid on our website. The amount you bid should be your maximum bid. The system will bid up to that limit for you, and remember you may end up paying less than your limit, depending on other bidding on the day.
A buyer premium of 28% (inclusive of VAT) will be added to the hammer price (23.34%+VAT)
For example, if you bid up to £100, you will pay £128.00 in total
Bid live online on our website (Omega Live)
Many clients prefer bidding live online at our auctions. It’s easy to register with us online, you can watch the auction as it happens and place bids from the comfort of your desktop/ mobile device.
A buyer premium of 28% (inclusive of VAT) will be added to the hammer price (23.34%+VAT)
For example, if you bid up to £100, you will pay £128.00 in total
Bid live online via the-saleroom.com
There is an additional 5%+VAT charge for bidding via the-saleroom.com
The total charges (buyer premium + saleroom.com charge) will be 34% (inclusive of VAT) on top of the hammer price (28.34%+VAT).
For example, if you bid up to £100, you will pay £134.00 in total
By telephone
For lots with a low estimate of more than £500, we may be able to arrange a telephone bid, however, you must be prepared to bid at least the low estimate. If you would like to bid by telephone please contact our team prior to the auction with your details of the lots you are interested in and your full name, mailing address, telephone number(s) and email. Once our team have processed your bid request you will receive an email confirmation.
A buyer premium of 28% will be added to the hammer price (23.34%+VAT)
For example, if you bid up to £100, you will pay £128.00 in total
Please note that all absentee and telephone bid requests must be received by close of business the day before the auction.
Registration on Omega Auctions website
In order to leave an absentee bid or bid live on our website, you will need to register for an account.
You will need to enter a valid credit/credit card in order to place absentee bids or register for live bidding.
We updated our bidding platform on 4th November 2020, so even if you have bid before, you may need to re-register.
For live bidding, it is possible to pre-register up to 21 days before the sale. We advise that you register at least 24 hours before each sale, to ensure that your registration is processed and you are able to bid on the day of the sale.
Most bidders have a default bidding limit of £10,000. You can check your bidding limit from within your account. If you think you may require a higher limit, please let us know and we will review your account.
The Live Bidding screen is available from 1 hour before the start of the sale - you will need to log into your account and then go to the Auction Calendar. Next to the auction will be a button 'Bid Live', which will open up the bidding window and will have full audio/visual streams from the auction room. The live auction will run consecutively one lot after the other and will start at the current pre-auction bid level. We aim to do around 100 lots per hour.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL BIDS ARE LEGALLY BINDING AND CANNOT BE CANCELLED ONCE PLACED, SO THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE PLACING ANY BIDS.
Payment Methods
Bank Transfer/BACS/Wire
Debit Card (up to £5000)
Credit Card (up to £5000)
A surcharge of 3% will apply on overseas card payments and also ALL corporate debit/credit card regardless of country.
We do not take card payments over the telephone. Card payments can be made in person (CHIP & PIN) or online only.
PAYMENT IS REQUIRED WITHIN TWO WORKING DAYS OF THE END OF THE SALE.
Shipping
If you have bid online, telephone bid or absentee bid and are successful, we can usually arrange shipping for invoices with a value less than £10,000, which can easily be shipped via Royal Mail or our nominated courier. We cannot insure against broken glass and whilst we package carefully, we cannot accept any liability for damage in transit. For framed items we can either remove from frames or ship in frames at your risk. For large/bulky or particularly fragile items please check in advance that we are able to ship. We are happy to provide an approximate shipping quote in advance of the sale for items you are interested in.
Please note that we do not provide a packaging only service.
In order for us to provide shipping, payment must be received within 2 days of the end of the auction.
Shipping is at the risk and expense of the buyer.
If items are being shipped to a country outside of the UK, you are likely to incur import tax/customs duty. We are unable to advise how much you will be charged, as each country has it's own rules and charges differently. The responsibility for paying these charges lies strictly with the importer/receiver.
Post-auction Process
At the end of the sale, we will collate lots and calculate shipping quotes (where appropriate). You will then be sent an invoice via email, with payment instructions - this is usually sent during the evening of the sale day. For two-day sales, invoices are normally sent on the evening of the 2nd day.
If you need to change your shipping address, you can do this from within your account.
Vinyl Grading:
We endeavour to make our descriptions as detailed and accurate as possible however we always recommend viewing or requesting condition reports in order to provide additional assurance regarding condition prior to bidding.
When cataloging vinyl we use the Record Collector grading system to visually grade the records and sleeves. We do not play any of the records (unless stated) and therefore cannot attest to how they will grade upon playing. Buyers should therefore factor this in when deciding how much they are willing to pay for records when bidding.
When selling larger lots of records (20+) we will only visually grade a sample of the records and will grade the records on the basis of this sample. It is therefore possible that some records may fall above or below the general grading given. For example, if a collection is graded as generally being in "VG+ to Ex+ condition" then we cannot guarantee that there will not be some which fall outside the classification.
Gradings are given as a guide and whilst we try to be conservative in our assessment, gradings, by their nature, are subjective. We can therefore not accept returns as a result of a difference in grading opinion.
Vinyl Counts:
Where there are more than 30 records in a lot, we do not provide an exact count. We may state 'around 40' for example - this could mean that there are slightly more or slightly less and whilst we endeavour to round counts down, rather than up, a tolerance of 5% should be allowed for when deciding how much to bid.
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Lot 1 - BIFFY CLYRO - THE MYTH OF THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER LP (2021 - WARNER 0190296615030)
Lot 2 - BUZZCOCKS - THE 1991 DEMO ALBUM LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BRED809)
Lot 4 - COLDPLAY - MUSIC OF THE SPHERES LP (2021 - PARLOPHONE 0190296608384)
Lot 5 - JOEL CORRY - FOUR FOR THE FLOOR 12" (2021 - ASYLUM/PERFECT HAVOC 0190295058807)
Lot 6 - THE CURE - ACOUSTIC HITS LP - ROBERT SMITH SIGNED/ANNOTATED (2017 - FICTION/POLYDOR RECORDS)
Lot 7 - THE CURE - DISINTEGRATION LP - ROBERT SMITH SIGNED/ANNOTATED (2021 PRESSING)
Lot 8 - THE CURE - PORNOGRAPHY LP - SIGNED/ANNOTATED BY ROBERT SMITH (2016 - FICTION RECORDS FIXD 7)
Lot 9 - THE CURE - SEVENTEEN SECONDS LP - SIGNED/ANNOTATED BY ROBERT SMITH (2020 - FICTION RECORDS)
Lot 11 - DIO - HOLY DIVER LP (WITH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - 2020 UMC/MERCURY RECORDS)
Lot 14 - GORILLAZ - GORILLAZ (2021 8 x LP SUPER DELUXE PRESSING - PARLOPHONE 0190296649363)
Lot 15 - THE FALL - REFORMATION! POST - TLC LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BREDD 800)
Lot 19 - HAWKWIND LIGHT ORCHESTRA - CARNIVOROUS LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BREDD 822)
Lot 20 - IRON MAIDEN - SENJUTSU LP (2021 - PARLOPHONE 0190295015916)
Lot 22 - MOTT THE HOOPLE - MOTT THE HOOPLE LP (2019 - UMC/ISLAND 7783388)
Lot 23 - MUSE - ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY LP (2021 - WARNER 0190295024314)
Lot 24 - MAGAZINE - THE CORRECT USE OF SOAP LP - HOWARD DEVOTO SIGNED (2018 - UMC/VIRGIN 5782370)
Lot 26 - MERCURY REV - HELLO BLACKBIRD LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BRED 819) - 2 COPIES
Lot 27 - MERCURY REV - ALL IS DREAM LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BREDD 816) - 2 COPIES
Lot 28 - MAGAZINE - REAL LIFE LP - HOWARD DEVOTO SIGNED (2018 - UMC/VIRGIN 5782368)
Lot 30 - OMD - ENOLA GAY 12" - ANDY MCCLUSKEY/PAUL HUMPHREYS SIGNED (RSD 2020 - 3551258)
Lot 32 - THE ORB - U.F.ORB LP - SIGNED BY ALEX PATERSON (2017 - 5779784)
Lot 33 - MAISIE PETERS - YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS LP (2021 - ATLANTIC 0190296741043)
Lot 35 - RUDIMENTAL - GROUND CONTROL LP (2021 - ATLANTIC 0190296683954)
Lot 36 - THE SNUTS - W.L LP (2021 - ATLANTIC/PARLOPHONE - 0190295059798)
Lot 38 - THIN LIZZY - BAD REPUTATION LP (2020 - UMC/MERCURY/VERTIGO - 0736901)
Lot 39 - TEARS FOR FEARS - THE SEEDS OF LOVE LP (2020 - UMC/MERCURY 00602547707161)
Lot 40 - RICHARD THOMPSON - SIGNED - 'GUITAR, VOCAL' LP (2022 - ISLAND 3576263/4)
Lot 41 - DEF LEPPARD - VAULT: DEF LEPPARD GREATEST HITS 1980-1995 LP (2018 - UMC/ISLAND 6738662)
Lot 43 - WHITE LIES - TO LOSE MY LIFE LP (2019 - UMC/POLYDOR 7798175)
Lot 44 - CHARLI XCX - TRUE ROMANCE/SUCKER LPs (2022 - ATLANTIC RECORDS)
Lot 45 - VARIOUS - GREASE (SOUNDTRACK) PLUS I FEEL LOVE/BOOGIE WONDERLAND (2019 RELEASES)
Lot 46 - BUZZCOCKS - THE 1991 DEMO ALBUM LP (2020 - CHERRY RED BRED809)
Lot 47 - THE MOODY BLUES - STUDIO ALBUMS 1967/1981 PLUS LIVE AT THE BBC LPs
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