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Return the completed absentee bid form and current bid in both U.S. dollars and While personal and company checks are Sotheby’s will contact your shipper within
to Sotheby’s either by mail or fax. When foreign currencies. Exchange rates are accepted, property will not be released until 24 hours of receipt of the Bill of Lading
the lot that you are interested in comes approximations based on recent exchange such checks have cleared, unless you have a to conÞ rm the date and time that your
up for sale, a Sotheby’s representative will rate information and should not be pre-arranged check acceptance agreement. property can be collected. Property will not
execute the bid on your behalf, making relied upon as a precise invoice amount. Application for check clearance can be be released without this conÞ rmation and
every e" ort to purchase the item for as Sotheby’s assumes no responsibility for made through the Post Sale Services. your shipper must bring the same Bill of
little as possible and never exceeding your any error or omission in foreign or United Please note that certiÞ ed checks, banker’s Lading that was faxed to Sotheby’s when
limit. This service is free and conÞ dential. States currency amounts shown. drafts and cashier’s checks are accepted at collecting. All property releases are subject
For detailed instructions and information, Sotheby’s discretion and provided they are to the receipt of cleared funds.
please see the Absentee Bid Form and Results Successful absentee bidders will issued by a reputable Þ nancial institution Please see the Conditions of Sale for
Guide for Absentee Bidders instructions at be notiÞ ed after the sale. Absentee bidders governed by anti-money laundering laws. further details.
the back of this catalogue. will receive a list of sale results if they Instruments not meeting these requirements
enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope will be treated as “cash equivalents” and
Telephone Bidding In some with their absentee bid form. Printed lists of subject to the constraints noted in the prior Endangered Species Certain property
sold at auction, for example, items made of
circumstances, we o" er the ability to auction prices are available at our galleries paragraph titled “Payment By Cash”. or incorporating plant or animal materials
place bids by telephone live to a Sotheby’s approximately three weeks following such as coral, crocodile, ivory, whalebone,
representative on the auction ß oor. Please each auction and are sent on request to Payment by Wire Transfer To pay for a tortoiseshell, rhinoceros horn, rosewood,
contact the Bid Department prior to the catalogue purchasers and subscribers. purchase by wire transfer, please refer to etc., irrespective of age or value, may
sale to make arrangements or to answer Results may also be obtained online at the payment instructions on the invoice require a license or certiÞ cate prior to
any questions you may have. Telephone sothebys.com. provided by Sotheby’s or contact Post Sale exportation and additional licenses or
bids are accepted only at Sotheby’s Services to request instructions. certiÞ cates upon importa tion to another
discretion and at the caller’s risk. Calls may International Auctions If you need country. Sotheby’s suggests that buyers
also be recorded at Sotheby’s discretion. assistance placing bids, obtaining condition Sales and Use Tax New York sales tax check on their government wildlife import
By bidding on the telephone, prospective reports or receiving auction results for a is charged on the hammer price, buyer’s requirements prior to placing a bid. Please
buyers consent thereto. Sotheby’s sale outside the United States, premium and any other applicable charges note that the ability to obtain an export
please contact our International Client on any property picked up or delivered in license or certiÞ cate does not ensure
Online Bidding"If you cannot attend the Services Department. New York State, regardless of the state or the ability to obtain an import license or
auction, it may be possible to bid online via country in which the purchaser resides certiÞ cate in another country, and vice
BIDnow, eBay, Invaluable or other Online 4. AFTER THE AUCTION or does business. Purchasers who wish versa. It is the purchaser’s responsibility to
Platforms for selected sales. This service is to use their own shipper who is not a obtain any export or import licenses and/
free and conÞ dential. For information about Payment If your bid is successful, you considered a “common carrier” by the or certiÞ cates as well as any other required
registering to bid via BIDnow, please see can go directly to Post Sale Services to New York Department of Taxation and docu menta tion. In the case of denial of any
www.sothebys.com. For information about make payment arrangements. Otherwise, Finance will be charged New York sales export or import license or of delay in the
registering to bid on eBay, please see www. your invoice will be mailed to you. The Þ nal tax on the entire charge regardless of the obtaining of such licenses, the purchaser
ebay.com/sothebys. For information about price is determined by adding the buyer’s destination of the property. Please refer to is still responsible for making on-time
registering to bid on Invaluable, please see premium to the hammer price on a per-lot “Information on Sales and Use Tax Related payment of the total purchase price for
www.invaluable.com/invaluable/help.cfm. basis. Sales tax, where applicable, will be to Purchases at Auction” in the back of the the lot.
Bidders utilizing any online platform are charged on the entire amount. Payment catalogue.
subject to the Online Terms as well as the is due in full immediately after the sale. Although licenses can be obtained to
relevant Conditions of Sale. Online bidding However, under certain circumstances, Collection and Delivery export some types of endangered species,
may not be available for Premium Lots. Sotheby’s may, in its sole discretion, Post Sale Services other types may not be exported at all, and
o" er bidders an extended payment plan. + 1 212 606 7444 other types may not be resold in the United
Employee Bidding Sotheby’s employees Such a payment plan may provide an FAX: + 1 212 606 7043 States. Upon request, Sotheby’s is willing
may bid in a Sotheby’s auction only if the economic beneÞ t to the bidder. Credit uspostsaleservices@sothebys.com to assist the purchaser in attempting to
employee does not know the reserve and if terms should be requested at least one obtain the appropriate licenses and/or
the employee fully complies with Sotheby’s business day before the sale. However, Once your payment has been received certiÞ cates. However, there is no assurance
internal rules governing employee bidding. there is no assurance that an extended and cleared, property may be released. that an export license or certiÞ cate can be
payment plan will be o" ered. Please Unless other wise agreed by Sotheby’s, all obtained. Please check with the specialist
US Economic Sanctions The United contact Post Sale Services or the specialist purchases must be removed by the 30th depart ment or the Shipping Department
States main tains economic and trade in charge of the sale for information on calendar day following a sale. if you are uncertain as to whether a lot is
sanctions against targeted foreign credit arrangements for a particular lot. subject to these export/import license
countries, groups and organi zations. Please note that Sotheby’s will not accept Shipping Services Sotheby’s o" ers a and certiÞ cate require ments, or any other
There may be restrictions on the import payments for purchased lots from any com prehen sive shipping service to meet restrictions on exportation.
into the United States of certain items party other than the purchaser, unless all of your requirements. If you received
originating in sanctioned countries, otherwise agreed between the purchaser a shipping quotation or have any The Art Loss Register As part of
including Cuba, Iran, North Korea and and Sotheby’s prior to the sale. questions about the services we o" er Sotheby’s e" orts to support only the
Sudan. The purchaser’s inability to import please contact us. legitimate art market and to combat the
any item into the US or any other country Payment by Cash It is against Sotheby’s illegitimate market in stolen property,
as a result of these or other restrictions general policy to accept payments in the Collecting your Property As a courtesy Sotheby’s has retained the Art Loss
shall not justify cancellation or rescission form of cash or cash equivalents. to purchasers who come to Sotheby’s to Register to check all uniquely identiÞ able
of the sale or any delay in payment. Please collect property, Sotheby’s will assist in the items o" ered for sale in this catalogue that
check with the specialist department if you Payment by Credit Cards!Sotheby’s packing of lots, although Sotheby’s may, are estimated at more than the equivalent
are uncertain as to whether a lot is subject accepts payment by credit card for Visa, in the case of fragile articles, choose not to of US$1,500 against the Art Loss Register’s
to these import restrictions, or any other MasterCard, and American Express only. pack or otherwise handle a purchase. computerized database of objects reported
restrictions on importation or exportation. Credit card payments may not exceed If you are using your own shipper to collect as stolen or lost. The Art Loss Register
$50,000 per sale. Payment by credit card property from Sotheby’s, please provide a is pleased to provide purchasers with a
Hammer Price and the Buyer’s may be made (a) online at https://www. letter of authorization and kindly instruct certiÞ cate conÞ rming that a search has
Premium For lots which are sold, the sothebys.com/en/invoice-payment.html, your shipper that they must provide a Bill of been made. All inquiries regarding search
last price for a lot as announced by the (b) by calling in to Post Sale Services at Lading prior to collection. Both documents certiÞ cates should be directed to The Art
auctioneer is the hammer price. A buyer’s +1 212 606 7444, or (c) in person at must be sent to Post Sale Services prior Loss Register, First Floor, 63-66 Hatten
premium will be added to the hammer Sotheby’s premises at the address noted to collection. Garden, London EC1N 8LE or by email at
price and is payable by the purchaser as in the catalogue. artloss@artloss.com. The Art Loss Register
part of the total purchase price. The buyer’s The Bill of Lading must include: the does not guarantee the provenance or
premium will be the amount stated in the Payment by Check!Sotheby’s accepts purchaser’s full name, the full delivery title of any catalogued item against which
Conditions of Sale. (a) personal checks and (b) certiÞ ed, address including the street name and they search, and will not be liable for any
banker’s draft and cashier’s checks drawn number, city and state or city and country, direct or consequential losses of any nature
Currency Board As a courtesy to bidders, in US Dollars with a face amount of over the sale and lot number. howsoever arising. This statement and the
a currency board is operated in many $10,000 (made payable to Sotheby’s). ALR’s service do not a" ect your rights and
salesrooms. It displays the lot number obligations under the Conditions of Sale
applicable to the sale.
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