Lot # : 75 - WW1 US ARMY RESERVE MALLET UNIFORM GROUPING WWI

Live Webcast Auction
Click Main Image For Fullscreen Mode
Price Realized:
192.00 USD
Shipping Available
Price Realized 192.00 USD
Date Sold 2020-12-12T00:00:00
Willoughby, OH 44094
Date(s)
9/27/2020 - 12/12/2020
AUCTIONEER INFORMATION
Catalog
View Full Catalog
Information
Lot # 75
Estimate 300.00 - 400.00 USD
Group - Category Home Goods & Decor - Home Goods - Other Items - Other
Lead WW1 US ARMY RESERVE MALLET UNIFORM GROUPING WWI
Description
WW1 US Army of the Reserve Mallet. Beautiful felt on felt Reserve Mallet shoulder sleeve insignia on the wearers left shoulder and just below that is a single red discharge stripe and to the lower sleeve three gold overseas stripes. To the collar are standard USNA United States National Army and MTC or Motor Transport Corps. To the chest are two ribbon bars, one a Winged Victory Medal Ribbon with seven campaign stars and the other is a State red white and blue ribbon. Both tunic and trousers are in excellent condition. The tunic is labeled Pahl-Hoyt Co. and dated Sept. 10 1918. Excellent The Réserve Mallet (mah-LAY) was one of the most remarkable and least written about units serving in France during World War I. Prior to the spring of 1917, the drivers in this ammunition truck train were French, but after that time it became, like the Lafayette Escadrille, a French army unit made up of Americans. It was also what my uncle, Alden Rogers—who wrote about his wartime experiences in his book The Hard White Road: A Chronicle of the Réserve Mallet—called “unquestionably the worst military organization in the A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Force]…[but] just as unquestionably…the best motor truck train in the whole U.S. Army.” In the years prior to its entry into the war, those in the United States who sympathized with the Allies formed the American Field Service (AFS) to supply the Allied forces with ambulances and volunteer drivers. Most American colleges, including Princeton, my uncle’s university, encouraged their students to sign up. He and more than 600 of his classmates went to France with the AFS, serving in units that remained attached to the French army for the duration. After the United States entered the war on April 6, 1917, however, Major Aimé Doumenc, head of France’s entire Service Automobiles, approached A. Piatt Andrew of the AFS with a proposal: Could the men coming to France to drive ambulances be asked to drive trucks instead? When the question was put to the men themselves, they agreed because they felt they should go where they were most needed. The Americanization of the Réserve began on May 8, when men of the Cornell Ambulance Unit took over a section of the trucks. The Réserve, so called because it was not attached to any one army, corps or division, was somewhat larger than a battalion—about 1,100 men. It followed the French system: At the top was the Réserve’s quartier général, which was staffed by French personnel; below that were the headquarters of the two large groupements, each of which comprised four smaller groups. Just as the Réserve itself was named for its commander, Major Richard Mallet, so were these groups named after their commanders, such as Groupe Browning after Lieutenant Robert A. Browning, Groupe Wilcox after Lieutenant Roy C. Wilcox and Groupe Lamade after Lieutenant George R. Lamade. Each groupe was composed of four companies. On paper a company was to consist of 18 trucks and 60 men, including officers and noncoms, but in practice none of them ever averaged more than 40 men. Orders came from the French, but the men’s clothes, pay and half their food came from the American Mission, the office in charge of paying the Americans in the Réserve. Because of its free-floating status, units of the Réserve were moved from one part of the front to another, depending on need. It can be credited with participation in 11 major campaigns, both offensive and defensive, between June 1917 and November 1918. The eight operations in 1918 included, among others, the Somme defensive (March 21 to April 6), the Second Battle of the Marne (July 18 to August 6), the Second Battle of the Somme (August 8 to September 9) and the Meuse-Argonne offensive (October 1 to November 11). The three 1917 operations—the Chemin des Dames defensive (June to July), the Malmaison and Chemin des Dames offensives (October 18-31) and the Cambrai offensive (November 20- 27)—were not officially recognized by the American general headquarters. But without the often Herculean efforts of the men of the Réserve, the various French units would not have received the necessary materiel in time to fight during those operations. At the end of August 1917, the groupes began hearing rumors that the American government planned to take over the AFS. The members then began debating among themselves about whether they would enlist in the U.S. Army. On September 29, an American officer arrived at the Réserve camp at Jouaignes to start the recruiting process. He told the men that they would form the nucleus of the Army’s Motor Transport Corps, that they were much needed for the coming offensive, that if they later wanted to transfer to other branches they could do so and— the ultimate inducement—there was the possibility of commissions. However, as my uncle wrote, “When the fateful day of enlistment [October 1] arrived most of the men signed up as buck-privates. The wise men held out and later joined the French artillery or aviation.” The Réserve’s mission was to truck materiel comprising ammunition and trench equipment—“in fact anything [including refugees] that lacked means of transportation,” my uncle recalled—for whatever army, corps or division it was supporting. For example, during the period from June to October 1918, it hauled more ammunition for the French armies than the AEF consumed in all of its engagements in the war. For this work the Réserve used Pierce Arrow 5-ton trucks, which the French regarded as the best of all the heavy trucks then available—a belief that was subsequently justified by their performance under extremely grueling conditions. The roads of France were high-crowned, narrow and, following a soaking rain, slippery. Conditions were particularly hazardous for trucks, which were prone to skidding. While on clear nights there was enough starlight to see the hard white road running through the darker verges, on rainy nights this was not possible. After dark the convoys traveled at 10 mph or less so that the drivers could feel the position of their trucks relative to the crown, or if they were on one of the tree-lined highways, determine the location of the road from the narrow strip of sky overhead. In rainy or dusty conditions, however, it was impossible to see any truck driving in front. Rear-end collisions often occurred during convoys when a lagging truck was hurrying to catch up, but because shells and fuses were carried separately, there were no explosions, only mangled tailgates and smashed radiators. Another hazard faced by the drivers was falling asleep at the wheel after many hours of driving. The unofficial record for continuous duty without sleep was 70 hours, set by members of Groupe Lamade during the great Allied retreat of May 1918. The men of the Réserve discovered, however, that while no one can drive while asleep, it is possible to drive while being unconscious of doing so. For example, during the second night of a drive to Châlons-sur-Marne (April 13-15, 1918), my uncle noted passing through La Ferté- Milon, near Château-Thierry, in the dark, after which he started following the dark shadow of the truck in front of him. When he came to, with a start, it was broad daylight and the convoy was out of sight. For the previous three-quarters of an hour he had been following an imaginary vehicle through an illusion of darkness. Others who fell into this state while driving were not always so lucky. Some were jolted awake when they ran full-throttle into the rear end of the truck ahead, often in bright sunshine, after it had stopped to wait for them. The men and trucks of the Réserve made many hauls during the war, some short, some exceptionally long and varied, all vulnerable to bombs and artillery fire. Between April 1, 1918, and January 1, 1919, they covered an aggregate total of more than a million kilometers. At 450 kilometers, the Châlons trip was their second-longest convoy, while on the Montdidier trip of November 20-22, 1917, they covered 300 kilometers in 48 hours with only one hour for rest. In August 1918, Groupe Wilcox set the record for the most hours on the road for all available trucks: 669 out of a possible 744. A short but fairly typical run occurred on September 16, 1917, during preparations for the Malmaison offensive. Two convoys, one of which carried trench mortar bombs, were ordered to haul ammunition to shell dumps along the Aisne River. The men finished loading and set out from the camp at Jouaignes during daylight, stopping in a little wood not far from Soissons to wait for darkness to cover their run along the exposed road leading to the bridge at Vailly. Shortly after they parked their trucks, a German gun opened up on the road, narrowly missing a lone French staff car that had rashly decided to make a run for it. The shelling continued until dark, when the convoys continued on to their assigned dumps. While the trench bombs were being unloaded by one convoy, the gun started firing again, the bursting shells sounding “very close and very terrifying” to my uncle. As the other convoy unloaded on the other side of the river, a shell fell 50 yards short of it, the next burst 50 yards on the other side of it, and for the next few moments, he said, the men “sat and wondered if the gunners were going to split the difference.” During the last convoy from Barcy, on August 1, 1918—near the end of the Second Battle of the Marne—the French received word that the 103rd Heavy Artillery of the American 26th Division was running out of ammunition. It urgently needed more shells for a barrage to be laid down before an attack the following morning. In all likelihood, this was the only time the Réserve transported ammunition for the AEF. On November 9, 1918, Groupe Browning made its last wartime run. The trucks left the camp at Asfeld in the Ardennes at 4:30 a.m., loaded at Pignicourt after waiting all day for the officer in charge of the park to be notified of their cargo, and drove over nearly impassable roads to the tiny village of Le Forest, 30 kilometers to the north. The cargo was transferred to wagons from the French 10th Infantry Division at dawn the next morning, and the convoy was on its way home shortly afterward. After the Armistice was announced on November 11, the members of the Réserve began speculating about their chances of being back in the States in time for Christmas. However, the first cadre of Frenchmen didn’t arrive for training until March 21, 1919, and the Americans weren’t able to turn the trucks over to them until May 6. Finally, on May 29, six months after the Armistice, they received their orders to leave for the embarkation camp. During their service in France, the young men of the Réserve Mallet achieved a remarkable record under what can only be described as extremely difficult conditions. For example, they were awarded two Légions d’Honneur, one Médaille Militaire (for Robert Lamont, whose hand was shot off while unloading under fire at the ammunition dump at Jouy early in the summer of 1917), 17 Croix de Guerre (including one for Donald Scoles for his coolheadedness in evacuating two wounded men when his convoy was bombed on the road after unloading on the night of August 13, 1918), a section citation and several Certificates of Merit. The Réserve’s casualties included only two men killed in action: H.J. Kuszmaul, whose leg was nearly blown off when his convoy was bombed on the night of August 11-12, 1918, and who died of his wounds two days later, and Lieutenant George L. Edwards Jr., commander of Company C, killed by the concussion of a shell that burst three feet away while he was making sure all his trucks were safely out of the ammunition dump where they had been unloading under fire on the night of October 23, 1918—the night before he was scheduled to return to the States. In addition, two died during an outbreak of influenza in June 1918, and about 10 were wounded. After the war, it was said that probably no other organization had done more to cement Franco-American friendship than the Réserve Mallet. The French supplied their experience and the Americans contributed their youth and energy.
Name WINTER MILITARIA AUCTION
Auctioneer
Milestone Auctions
Type Live Webcast Auction
Date(s) 9/27/2020 - 12/12/2020
Auction Date/Time Info
DECEMBER 12th Sale Starts 10AM EST
Preview Date/Time 7 DAYS PRIOR TO SALE DAY BY APPOINTMENT or 8AM DECEMBER 12th Sale DAY
Checkout Date/Time Monday-Friday 9-5 or by Appointment
Location
38198 Willoughby Parkway
Willoughby, OH 44094
Buyer Premium 20% Cash & Check 23% For Credit Card
Description
MILESTONE AUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS WINTER MILITARIA AUCTION 990 PLUS LOTS OF MILITARIA from the 18TH to the 20TH CENTURY. 25 PLUS LOTS of CIVIL WAR INCLUDING SWORDS, GROUPINGS, IMAGES and MORE; WW1 and WW2 US GROUPINGS, EDGED WEAPONS, HELMETS, MEDALS, FLAGS, UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA, PATRIOTIC POSTERS and MORE. 35 PLUS LOTS of IMPERIAL GERMAN SWORDS, HEAD GEAR, MEDALS and MORE. 390 LOTS of WW2 NAZI GERMAN ITEMS INCLUDING a WAFFEN SS OVERSEAS CAP, SS OFFICERS SWORDS, HEINRICH HIMMLER SS IRON CHEST, ADOLF HITLER FLATWARE, SS 25 YEAR AWRD, NAZI GERMAN ORG, TODT HELMET, BADGES, MEDALS, INSIGNIA, HELMETS, UNIFORMS, SWORDS, BAYONETS, ACCOUTREMENTS and MUCH MUCH MORE! JAPANESE KATANA SWORDS, TANTOS, FLAGS, MEDALS, BADGES and MORE. KOREAN AND VIETNAM WAR LOTS and MORE!! SATURDAY DECEMBER 12th 2020 10:00 AM "FULL CATALOG & LIVE BIDDING AVAILABLE THRU" WWW.MILESTONEAUCTIONS.COM LIVEAUCTIONEERS, PROXIBID, & INVALUABLE PHONE BIDS & ABSENTEE BIDS Call 440-527-8060 AUCTION PREVIEW AVAILABLE WEEK OF AUCTION & 8:00 AM AUCTION DAY MILESTONE AUCTIONS GALLERY "NEW LOCATION" 38198 Willoughby Parkway Willoughby, Ohio 44094 (440) 527-8060 milestoneauctions@yahoo.com Auctioneer: Miles King Buyers Premium: 20% Online 17% In-House 3% Added for Credit Card Payments MILESTONE AUCTIONS IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS! ONE PIECE OR ENTIRE COLLECTIONS!! CALL 440-527-8060 FOR DETAILS
Bidder Terms and Conditions We advise all bidders to read the Terms and Conditions of the Sale before bidding with Milestone Auctions LLC. Those who bid are bound by those Terms and Conditions of the Sale, as amended by any oral announcement or posted notices, which together form the contract of the sale between the successful bidder (purchaser), Milestone Auctions and the seller (consignor) of the lot.TERMS OF SALE When bidding on any lot offered by Milestone Auctions, the bidder indicates acceptance of the following Terms of Sale. Any participation in the auction binds you to agreement of these terms whether or not you read or understand said terms. CONDITION OF ITEMS Milestone Auctions makes every effort to accurately describe all items offered in its sales, however all items for sale are 'as is,' and it is the bidder's responsibility (present or absentee bidders) to determine the exact condition of each item. Milestone Auctions will not be held responsible for typographical errors. Neither we nor the consignor make any guarantees, warranties, or representation expressed, or implied, in regard to the property or the correctness of the catalog or other description of the authenticity of authorship, physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, provenance, exhibition, literature or historic relevance of the property or otherwise. No statement anywhere whether oral or written, shall be deemed such a guarantee, warranty or representation. Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine its condition, size and whether or not it has been restored. The consignor and we make no representation or warranty as to whether the purchaser acquires any reproduction rights in the property. Returns will not be accepted under any circumstances. All items will be available for preview 7 Days prior to the auction. All items are sold for display purpose. If electrical, mechanical, or other working parts are inoperable even if working at the time of sale we are not liable due to the inherent nature of the age of these antiques and items. FIREARMS ? All firearms transfers will be in strict accordance with all International, Federal, State and local laws. Be sure to check your country, state and local laws before bidding. If you are unable to import, purchase or own a firearm according to your residency laws, do not bid on these items. If you bid and find out later you cannot legally own/accept delivery, the bid is still a valid contract that the buyer must pay.? Modern Firearms (post 1898) will be noted with a asterisk (*) at the end of the description.? Checkout and pickup at our location:o The same person to whom the bidder number is registered must be the person to pick up the firearm(s) at the conclusion of the sale ? Federal Law disallows anyone else from accepting the transfer. o Modern firearms sales to non-licensed bidders who are picking up guns at our location will require the completion of a background check. Handgun purchases also require an form/background check for each handgun purchased. This process to fill out forms and obtain a response may take 5-10 minutes. Any applicable state fees associated with these checks will be added to the customer?s invoice.o If you are ?Denied? by FBI / NICS background check, you will not be able to take possession of the firearm and the firearm will be consigned to the next available firearm auction. If you do not pay for the item in full, bidder will be blocked from participating in future firearm auctions.o If you are appealing a ?Deny? decision, we will hold the gun only if you pay in full for the item. o Licensed bidders, i.e. Federal Firearms Licensees or Curios & Relics License holders must present a current signed copy of their license. (C&R licensee purchases must conform to the ATF C&R requirements). ? Shipping Non-Residents of Ohio may not pickup modern handguns. Any firearms shipped are legally required to be shipped to an ATF licensed FFL dealer within your state of residence for transfer and pickup. You will be responsible for all shipping and transfer costs incurred. o Modern Handguns are required to be shipped via Priority. o Modern Long Guns are shipped via ground to the FFL dealer. o Upon paying for the gun you can contact a licensed dealer to send their FFL to milestoneauctions@yahoo.com with the paid invoice number notated.o Milestone Auctions will not be responsible for exporting modern firearms or any ammunition. Buyer will need to locate a US Dealer that can export these items to their country.? Long guns will only be sold to persons 18 years of age, or older. Handguns will only be sold to those persons 21 years of age, or older. Dealers are bound by these minimum age requirements.? Since all firearms sold are ?collectible? items, Milestone Auctions does not test the safety or warrant functionality of these firearms. All firearm purchases should be examined by a certified gunsmith prior to shooting.Milestone Auctions reserves the right to deny the sale of a firearm to any buyer.GAMING DEVICES - These items may be held for up to 5 business days so the state agencies can verify the purchaser's information. All auction participants are urged to check the legality of possession and/or shipment of gaming devices to their state of residence. Any gaming device purchased at the auction shall be used for the purposes of display or social entertainment within the private home or residence of the buyer and such devices shall not in any event or manner be exposed to the public for the purpose of gambling.Grading Scale:Near Mint Plus 97% - 100% Near Mint 90% - 96% Excellent 80% - 89% Very Good 70% - 79% Good Below 70% BIDDING RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES The auctioneer will determine the highest bidder. The auctioneer alone has the right to reopen the bidding of an item if deemed necessary due to a dispute. If there is a tie bid between the floor and Internet or absentee bid, the floor bid takes precedence. Milestone Auctions and its representatives reserve the right to remove those attendees who impede preview and/or the auction. Title to all merchandise shall pass to the highest bidder at the fall of the auctioneer's hammer. The buyer will then assume all risk and full responsibility of the lot purchased once ownership has changed. -ABSENTEE BIDDING - Milestone Auctions will accept absentee bids if pre-authorized by mail, fax or through our website online. Absentee bidders must use the absentee bid form and clearly mark the lot number, title and maximum bid amount. Absentee bidding forms may be accessed online at our website. If there are two (2) identical bids placed on the same item, priority will be given to the first bid received. All bids must be left in increments as explained on our bid form. If a bid is 'out of increment,' the auctioneer has the right to round the bid up to the next correct increment. Bidders may preview, register and place bids online through our website. Online absentee bidding through Milestone Auctions is available until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the sale. Absentee bids placed through our website will be auto charged to the credit card entered 48 hours after the end of the sale. If you wish to pay by another method please contact us within 48 hours after the sale. Seller(s) agree to allow the Auctioneer to accept and execute absentee bids in a competitive manner for potential buyers and under the Milestone Auctions absentee bidding terms and conditions. During the live sale, the auctioneer will execute your absentee bid competitively up to the maximum amount you have indicated. -ONLINE BIDDING - Online bidding through Live Auctioneers, and Proxibid is also available; all Terms and Conditions still apply. If there is a tie bid between the internet bidding venues and the floor, the floor bid takes precedence. If a credit card has been provided to one of the online bidding platforms, Milestone Auctions reserves the right to use and charge the credit card if the winning bidder has not paid via another method by the 10 day term in Payment Terms below.-TELEPHONE BIDDING - Requests for phone lines must be received at least three (3) days prior to the auction date. Milestone Auctions cannot guarantee phone lines but will make every attempt to accommodate those who wish to participate through that method. Phone lines are provided on a first come first served basis. Please call 440-527-8060 to request a call from our representatives during the live auction. BID INCREMENTS Bid increments listed are a general guideline. Actual increments are at the auctioneer's discretion. If a lot does not receive a bid of 25% of the low estimate, the lot will be passed by the auctioneer.$0-$300'$10 $300-$1,000'$25 $1,000 -$2,000'$50 $2,000-$5,000 $100 $5,000-$25,000 $250 +' Auctioneer's discretion RESERVES The majority of our items are unreserved, but occasionally items may carry a moderate reserve. Please note that when a lot carries a reserve, the reserve is usually somewhere below our low estimate. In the case of a reserved item, the seller has authorized the auctioneer to bid on their behalf until the reserve price is reached. BUYER'S PREMIUM A 20% buyer's premium will be added to all successful bids and is payable by the purchaser as part of the total purchase cost. +3% applied for all credit card payments. Split payments are subject to a 23% buyer's premium if a credit card is used as any form of total payment. PAYMENT All merchandise must be paid in full within ten (10) days of the date of the sale. Purchases totaling $20,000 or more must be paid within three (3) days of the date of the sale. Call 440-527-8060 to pay your invoice by phone or mail payment to: 38198 Willoughby Parkway, Willoughby, Ohio, 44094.Absentee bids placed through our website will be auto charged to the credit card entered 48 hours after the end of the sale. If you wish to pay by another method please contact us within 48 hours after the sale. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, personal checks/ certified checks, wire transfer, money orders, and cash. -CREDIT CARD - For first time buyers and credit card charges greater than $2,500.00 buyers must complete the bottom portion of the invoice and must specifically sign the acknowledgement of our terms of sale before we will accept payment via credit card. We do offer the convenience of paying automatically by credit card. If you wish have your card automatically charged for all purchases please complete our 'Authorization for Automatic Credit Card Use.' We have this form available upon request. Split payments are subject to a 23% buyer's premium if a credit card is used as any form of total payment.-CHECK - There will be a $30.00 service charge for returned checks. Make checks payable to: Milestone Auctions LLC. Milestone Auctions reserves the right to hold items paid for by personal or company check until said check clears (14 days). Milestone Auctions has the right to hold all checks over $2,000.00. Customers who have an established successful buying history with Milestone Auctions may be exempt from this. We will accept a personal or company check >$2,000 and/or from a first time buyer if you provide a Bank Letter of Credit, available on our website.In the few situations where a successful bidder does not remit payment when due, Milestone Auctions will proceed with the legal steps necessary to protect its interests and will block the bidder from future auction participation.PACKING/SHIPPING-It is the bidder's responsibility to take shipping and handling costs into consideration when bidding on items.-Packaging, shipping, and insurance on items will be available to successful bidders. Applicable charges will be applied. -BIDDERS PRESENT AND TAKING ITEMS AFTER AUCTION ' Items paid for must be packed, transported and/or removed by the purchaser at his/her own risk after the close of the sale. If any employee or agent of Milestone Auction shall pack or transport the merchandise, it is fully at the risk and responsibility and expense of the purchaser. Milestone Auctions shall not be held liable for any loss or damage that may be caused by the said agent or employee. All items not removed after the close of the sale may be shipped to the buyer at their expense or may be moved or stored by Milestone Auctions. Fees, rates, and insurance will be charged accordingly to the buyer. -BIDDERS NOT PRESENT OR NEEDING SHIPPING - Shipping and handling charges will be added to the invoice and are NON-REFUNDABLE. Shipping will be based on actual costs via FedEx, FedEx Freight or USPS (best way). Handling and insurance will vary in cost depending on each invoice. All packages will be shipped with insurance. Items will ship seven to fourteen (7-14) business days after payment is received. -INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS ' Milestone Auctions has the availability to ship to international bidders. By law, Milestone Auctions cannot and will not declare lesser values for any international purchases and all shipments will include the invoice with purchase totals including the buyer's premium and shipping cost. All international bidders are responsible for paying all customs and duties on the items.-LARGE SIZE ITEMS - Please inquire about shipping costs due to the size restrictions of freight shipments. A third party shipment may be necessary for larger items. Call for more information, 440-527-8060 POST SALE RETURN POLICY Milestone Auctions hires knowledgeable experts to provide catalog descriptions on the merchandise we sell. Every effort is made to ensure those descriptions are accurate and that they fully disclose any exceptions to condition. Buyers who wish to report a problem with a purchase they have made must notify Milestone Auctions within three (3) days of receipt of their purchased item. A Return Authorization Number (RA#) must be issued by Milestone Auctions before you ship anything back to our address. Any items arriving without a return authorization will not be given a refund. The item in question must be shipped with the RA# on the outside and inside of the package, with full insurance, so it arrives at Milestone Auctions within one week of the aforementioned authorization. All rights reserved. Entire contents copyright 2014, Milestone Auctions LLC. Copyright includes, but is not limited to, print media, microform and electronic media, such as CD-ROMS and online computer services.
Your bid must adhere to the bid increment schedule.
Bid Amount Bid Increment
0.00 - 290.00 10.00 USD
290.01 - 975.00 25.00 USD
975.01 - 1,950.00 50.00 USD
1,950.01 - 4,900.00 100.00 USD
4,900.01 - 9,750.00 250.00 USD
9,750.01 - 24,500.00 500.00 USD
24,500.01 - 49,000.00 1,000.00 USD
49,000.01 - 97,500.00 2,500.00 USD
97,500.01 - 9,999,999.99 10,000.00 USD
Currency USD
Buyer Premium 20% Cash & Check 23% For Credit Card
Payment Terms
PAYMENT All merchandise must be paid in full within ten (10) days of the date of the sale. Purchases totaling $20,000 or more must be paid within three (3) days of the date of the sale. Call 440-527-8060 to pay your invoice by phone or mail payment to: 38198 Willoughby Parkway, Willoughby Ohio, 44094. Absentee bids placed through www.milestoneauctions.com and Proxibid.com will be auto charged to the credit card entered 48 hours after the end of the sale. If you wish to pay by another method please contact us within 48 hours after the sale. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, personal checks/ certified checks, wire transfer, money orders, and cash. • CREDIT CARD - For first time buyers and credit card charges greater than $2,500.00 buyers must complete the bottom portion of the invoice and must specifically sign the acknowledgement of our terms of sale before we will accept payment via credit card. We do offer the convenience of paying automatically by credit card. If you wish have your card automatically charged for all purchases please complete our “Authorization for Automatic Credit Card Use.” We have this form available upon request. Split payments are subject to a 23% buyer’s premium if a credit card is used as any form of total payment. • CHECK - There will be a $30.00 service charge for returned checks. Make checks payable to: Milestone Auctions LLC. Milestone Auctions reserves the right to hold items paid for by personal or company check until said check clears (14 days). Milestone Auctions has the right to hold all checks over $2,000.00. Customers who have an established successful buying history with Milestone Auctions may be exempt from this. We will accept a personal or company check >$2,000 and/or from a first time buyer if you provide a Bank Letter of Credit, available on our website, www.milestoneauctions.com. In the few situations where a successful bidder does not remit payment when due, Milestone Auctions will proceed with the legal steps necessary to protect its interests and will block the bidder from future auction participation.
PACKING/SHIPPING • It is the bidder’s responsibility to take shipping and handling costs into consideration when bidding on items. • Packaging, shipping, and insurance on items will be available to successful bidders. Applicable charges will be applied. • BIDDERS PRESENT AND TAKING ITEMS AFTER AUCTION – Items paid for must be packed, transported and/or removed by the purchaser at his/her own risk after the close of the sale. If any employee or agent of Milestone Auction shall pack or transport the merchandise, it is fully at the risk and responsibility and expense of the purchaser. Milestone Auctions shall not be held liable for any loss or damage that may be caused by the said agent or employee. All items not removed after the close of the sale may be shipped to the buyer at their expense or may be moved or stored by Milestone Auctions. Fees, rates, and insurance will be charged accordingly to the buyer. • BIDDERS NOT PRESENT OR NEEDING SHIPPING - Shipping and handling charges will be added to the invoice and are NON-REFUNDABLE. Shipping will be based on actual costs via FedEx, FedEx Freight or USPS (best way). Handling and insurance will vary in cost depending on each invoice. All packages will be shipped with insurance. Items will ship seven to fourteen (7-14) business days after payment is received. • INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS – Milestone Auctions has the availability to ship to international bidders. By law, Milestone Auctions cannot and will not declare lesser values for any international purchases and all shipments will include the invoice with purchase totals including the buyer’s premium and shipping cost. All international bidders are responsible for paying all customs and duties on the items. • LARGE SIZE ITEMS - Please inquire about shipping costs due to the size restrictions of freight shipments. A third party shipment may be necessary for larger items. Call for more information, 440-527-8060
Click for Currency Express FinancingApply For Financing Click for Fr8Star Freight ShippingGet Shipping Quotes
Notice: Financing terms available may vary depending on applicant and/or guarantor credit profile(s) and additional approval conditions. Assets aged 10-15 years or more may require increased finance charges. Financing approval may require pledge of collateral as security. Applicant credit profile including FICO is used for credit review. Commercial financing provided or arranged by Express Tech-Financing, LLC pursuant to California Finance Lender License #60DBO54873. Consumer financing arranged by Express Tech-Financing, LLC pursuant to California Finance Lender License #60DBO54873 and state licenses listed at the this link. Consumer financing not available for consumers residing in Alaska, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Vermont, Hawaii, or Wisconsin. Additional state restrictions may apply. Equal opportunity lender.