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written bids on your behalf. Payment Payment is due immediately Should lots sold at auction not be plates and original posters €15,000
A bidding form can be found at the back after the sale and may be made by the collected by the buyer immediately after • Photographs, films and negatives there
of this catalogue. This service is free and following methods: the auction, those lots will, after 30 days of €15,000
confidential. In the event of identical • Bank wire transfer in Euros following the auction sale (including the • Printed Maps more than 100 years old
bids, the earliest bid received will take • Euro banker’s draft date of the sale), be stored at the buyer’s €15,000
precedence. • Euro cheque risk and expense and then transferred to • Incunabula and manuscripts including
Always indicate a “top limit”. “Buy” and • Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, a storage facility designated by Sotheby’s maps and musical scores single or in
unlimited bids will not be accepted. American Express, CUP); Please note at the buyer’s risk and expense. collections irrespective of value
Any written bids may be: that 40,000 EUR is the maximum All charges due to the storage facility • Archaeological items more than 100
• Sent by facsimile to payment that can be accepted by shall be met in full by the buyer before years old irrespective of value
+33 (0)1 53 05 52 93/52 94, credit card. collection of the property by the buyer. • Dismembered monuments more than
• Given to staff at the Client Service • Cash in Euros: for private or Insurance Sotheby’s accepts liability for 100 years old irrespective of value
Desks, professionals to an equal or lower • Archives more than 50 years old
• Posted to the Paris offices of Sotheby’s, amount of €1,000 per sale (but to an loss or damage to lots for a maximum irrespective of value
period of 30 (thirty) calendar days after
• Hand delivered to the Paris offices of amount of €15,000 for a non-French • Any other antique items , including
Sotheby’s. resident for tax purposes who does not the date of the auction (including the jewels, more than 50 years old
date of the auction). After that period,
operate as a professional). It remains €50,000
To ensure a satisfactory service to the purchased lots are at the Buyer’s sole
bidders, please ensure that we receive at the discretion of Sotheby’s to assess responsibility for insurance. Please note that French regulation
the evidence of non-tax residence
your written bids at least 24 hours before n°2004-709 dated 16th July 2004
the sale. as well as proof that the buyer is not Export of cultural goods The export of modifying French regulation n°93-124
acting for professional purposes. any property from France or import into
Bidding by Telephone If you cannot Cashiers and the Collection of Purchases any other country may be subject to one dated 29th January 1993, indicates that
«for the delivery of the French passport,
attend the auction, it is possible to bid office are open daily 10am to 12.30pm or more export or import licences being
on the telephone on property with a and 2pm to 6pm. granted. the appendix of the regulation foresees
that for some categories, thresholds will
minimum low estimate of €4,000. As It is Sotheby’s policy to request any new It is the buyer’s responsibility to obtain
the number of telephone lines is limited, clients or buyers preferring to make a any relevant export or import licence. be different depending where the goods
will be sent to, outside or inside the EU».
it is necessary to make arrangements cash payment to provide proof of identity Buyers are reminded that property
for this service 24 hours before the (by providing some form of government purchased must be paid for immediately We recommend that you keep any
document relating to the import and
sale. Moreover, in order to ensure a issued identification containing a after the auction.
satisfactory service to bidders, we kindly photograph, such as a passport, identity The denial of any export or import export of property, including any licences,
as these documents may be required by
ask you to make sure that we have card or driver’s licence) and confirmation licence required or any delay in
received your written confirmation of of permanent address. Thank you for obtaining such licence cannot justify the the relevant authority.
Please note that when applying for
telephone bids at least 24 hours before your co-operation. cancellation of the sale or any delay in
the sale. Cheques and drafts should be made making payment of the total amount due. a certificate of free circulation for the
property, the authority issuing such
We also suggest that you leave a payable to Sotheby’s. Although personal Sold property will only be delivered to
covering bid which we can execute on and company cheques drawn up in Euro the buyer or sent to the buyer at their certificate may express its intention
to acquire the property within the
your behalf in the event we are unable on French bank as by a foreign bank are expense, following his/her written
to reach you by telephone. Multi-lingual accepted, you are advised that property instructions, once the export formalities conditions provided by law.
staff are available to execute bids for you. will not be released before the final are complete. Sales and Use Taxes Buyers should note
Telephone bidding will be recorded Sotheby’s, upon request, may apply that local sales taxes or use taxes may
to ensure any misunderstanding over collection of the cheque, collection that for a licence to export your property become payable upon import of items
can take several days, or even several
bidding during the auctions. outside France (a “Passport”). An EU following purchase (for example, use tax
weeks as for foreign cheque (credit after
Bidding Online If you cannot attend collection). On the other hand, the lot will Licence is necessary to export from the may be due when purchased items are
the auction, it is possible to bid directly be issued immediately if you have a pre- European Union cultural goods subject imported into certain states in the US).
to the EU Regulation on the export of
online. Online bids are made subject to arranged Cheque Acceptance Facility. Buyers should obtain their own advice in
the BIDnow Conditions available on the Bank transfers should be made to: cultural property (EEC No. 3911/92, this regard.
Official Journal No. L395 of 31/12/92).
Sotheby’s website or upon request. The In the event that Sotheby’s ships
A French Passport is necessary to
BID now Conditions apply in relation HSBC Paris St Augustin move from France to another Member items for a purchaser in this sale to a
3, rue La Boétie
to online bids in addition to these destination within a US state in which
Conditions of Sale. 75008 Paris State of the EU cultural goods valued at Sotheby’s is registered to collect sales
Name : Sotheby’s (France) S.A.S. or above the relevant French Passport tax, Sotheby’s is obliged to collect and
3. AT THE AUCTION Account Number : 30056 00050 threshold. remit the respective state’s sales /
00502497340 26 A French Passport may also be use tax in effect on the total purchase
Conditions of Sale The auction is IBAN : FR 76 30056 00050 00502497340 necessary to export outside the price (including hammer price, buyer’s
governed by the Conditions of Sale 26 European Union cultural goods valued premium, shipping costs and insurance)
printed in this catalogue. Anyone Swift Code : CCFRFRPP at or above the relevant French Passport of such items, regardless of the country
considering bidding in the auction should Please include your name, Sotheby’s limit but below the EU Licence limit. in which the purchaser resides or is a
read the Conditions of Sale carefully. account number and invoice number The following is a selection of some citizen.
They may be amended by way of notices with your instructions to your bank. of the categories and a summary of the Where the purchaser has provided
posted in the salesroom or by way of Please note that we reserve the right to limits above which either an EU licence or Sotheby’s with a valid Resale Exemption
announcement made by the auctioneer. decline payments received from anyone a French Passport is required: Certificate prior to the release of the
Access to the property during the sale other than the buyer of record and • Watercolours, gouaches and pastels property, sales / use tax will not be
For security reasons, prospective bidders that clearance of such payments will more than 50 years old €30,000 charged. Clients who wish to provide
will not be able to view the property be required. Please contact our Client • Drawings more than 50 years old resale or exemption documentation for
whilst the auction is taking place. Accounts Department if you have any €15,000 their purchases should contact Post Sale
questions concerning clearance. • Pictures and paintings in any medium Services.
Auctioning The auctioneer may No administrative fee is charged for on any material more than 50 years old Clients who wish to have their
commence and advance the bidding payment by Mastercard and Visa. (other than watercolours, gouaches purchased lots shipped to the US by
at levels he considers appropriate and We reserve the right to seek identification and pastels above mentioned) Sotheby’s are advised to contact the Post
is entitled to place consecutive and of the source of funds received. €150,000 Sale Manager listed in the front of this
responsive bids on behalf of the seller • Original sculpture or statuary and catalogue before arranging shipping.
until the reserve price is achieved. Collection of Purchases Purchases copies produced by the same process
can only be collected after payment as the original more than 50 years old Endangered Species Items made
4. AFTER THE AUCTION in full in cleared funds has been made €50,000 of or incorporating plant or animal
and appropriate identification has been material such as coral, crocodile,
Results If you would like to know the provided. • Books more than 100 years old singly ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell, etc.,
result of any absentee bids which you All property will be available during, or or in collection €50,000 irrespective of age or value, require a
may have instructed us to execute on after each session of sale on presentation • Means of transport more than 75 years specific licence from the French Ministry
your behalf, please telephone Sotheby’s of the paid invoice with the release old €50,000 of the Environment prior to leaving
(France) S.A.S. on: +33 (0)1 53 05 53 34, authorisation from the Client Accounts • Original prints, engravings, serigraphs France. Please note that the ability to
or by fax. +33 (0)1 53 05 52 93/52 94. Office. and lithographs with their respective obtain an export licence or certificate
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