Cap. 342 Art. 7Liability of auctioneer for articles placed in his custody.

An auctioneer shall be responsible for the safe and proper keeping of any article placed in his custody with him for sale by auction, from the time it is passed into his custody by the seller until the time it is collected from him by a buyer or returned to the seller if unsold, and shall make good any breakage, damage or loss of any such item occurring during the time that it is in the custody of the auctioneer, if such breakage, damage or loss has occurred due to the auctioneer’s negligence, imprudence or omission.