Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-8, voluntary sales of furniture by public auction may relate to new or second-hand goods. These goods are sold retail, by lot or wholesale, i.e. in sufficiently large lots that they cannot be considered to be within the reach of the consumer. Wholesale sales may only involve new goods from a company’s stock. When new goods are offered for sale by the trader or artisan who produced them, this is mentioned in the documents and advertisements announcing the sale.
Goods which, at any stage of production or distribution, have come into the possession of a person for his own use, through the effect of any act for consideration or free of charge, or have undergone alterations which do not allow them to be offered for sale as new, are considered to be second-hand.
When the sale involves new property, this is mentioned in the advertising provided for in article L. 321-11.