Variety Auction 08.24.2025.

*THERE IS NO PICKUPS THE SAME DAY AS THE AUCTION - Thank you!* This auction is live and online. There will be a live audience bidding along wit the auction, we move very quickly so please consider pre bidding your lots. Also, consider the price to ship your items. The cost of shipping includes materials, labor, shipping and insurance based on the price you paid. Shipping may actually be more than the price of the item being shipped. Please keep this in mind when bidding or ask for a estimate before bidding. Terms and Conditions of Sale Special Note: Payment is automatic through LiveAuctioneers with your card on file immediately following your invoice. Costea's Auction DOES NOT accept PayPal, BidPay, or Western Union wires. Bank wires will not be accepted if less than $250.00 (inbound fee is $18). Payment for shipping will be separate to our preferred shipper - Mail Room, Etc. No Personal Checks are accepted for the Shipping Charges. (Costea's Auction may require a wire transfer for some transactions) *Note* Due to fraudulent transactions. Costea's Auction may require cash, money-order or wire transfers for gold, silver, coins and high ticket or high volume purchases. Purchases paid for with personal or business checks will not be released until payment has cleared. Costea's Auction will file a dispute if payment is not received within 7 day regardless of payment arrangements. In-house shipping is available for the majority of items but we do not ship furniture, plus we also offer a delivery service for larger items. Please email for inquiries. No quotes will be given until purchased lot is paid in full. THERE IS NO PICKUPS THE SAME DAY AS THE AUCTION! ***If you purchase an item online through LiveAuctioneers, you will not be able to pick the item up at our auction house until after 9:30am the following Monday. Please look for a text/email to schedule your pickup time following the completion of the auction. Thank you for understanding.*** 1. All property is sold as is, and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability. 2. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and Costeas Auction. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the estimates listed. A representative of Costeas Auction. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot. 3. Except as provided in paragraph 2 above, the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the lot or re-offer the lot for sale. 4. All merchandise purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises the day of the auction unless purchased online or prior arrangements have been made. Costeas Auction shall have no liability for any damage to property left on its premises for more than three (3) days after the date of sale. At the option of Costeas Auction, the merchandise may be transferred to and stored at a bonded warehouse and the purchaser agrees to pay all transfer and storage expenses. Costeas Auction. may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, $15 a day of any lot or item(s) not picked up by the purchaser or shipping arrangements complete with-in 5 days of the date of sale. If items are not picked up within 31 days the items will be disposed of to cover costs incurred for storage space, labor, and other fees unless special arrangements have been arranged in writing and verbally communicated to our office. 5. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including they buyer's obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all items for which the buyer was the highest successful bidder, Costeas Auction. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchasers breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the purchaser has failed to pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale. 6. In no event will the liability of Costeas Auction. or its shippers exceed the purchase price actually paid by the purchaser for such item. 7. All purchases are subject to the Pennsylvania 6 % sales tax unless (1) the purchaser possesses a sales tax exemption number and fills out the Pennsylvania Exempt Certificate or (2) items are shipped out of PA by a ICC licensed shipping Co. Exemption numbers from other states are accepted in PA if presented with a business card or letterhead. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties can apply for a Pennsylvania exemption number prior to the auction by contacting the Pennsylvania Department of State 8. Successful bidders will have a buyers premium equal to 20% of the final bid price. 9. Costeas Auction and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any lot sold. Costeas Auction expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalog. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Costea Auction. relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalog, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Costeas Auction. and shall not be used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent. 10. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Costeas Auction in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit. 11. Shipping is done through a third party shipper and is the responsibility of the buyer to make arrangements. Our recommended shipper is the Mail Room Etc., 1200 Market Street, Lemoyne, PA. There contact information is 717-975-9991. They will be invoicing you directly for all shipping charges. If items are not shipped or picked up after 30 days, but paid for, the auction house will resell the items and no refund is given. 12. Local Pickups - You will receive an email/text after the auction to select your appointment time for pickup. If you need an alternate time or you are unable to make your original appointment time, please direct call the auction house at 717-737-0000. All items must be picked up by the following Friday after the close of the auction. Please provide your own help to load your larger purchases since Costea's may not have staff to help at the time of pickup. Items left at auction without prior arrangements will incur a storage rate of $15/day. All storage fees must be paid prior to the release of the item(s).

If you have not contacted Costea's Auction Service to arrange payment within 3 days of the time that invoice is sent, we will charge the credit card you used to register for the auction for the amount of your invoice.

Online purchases from Costea's Auction Service may be subject to sales tax. Please see the following for more details. If you are tax-exempt, you can submit your tax-exempt certificate to prevent the collection of tax. Learn more about tax-exemption.