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You will know when your bid has been of these or other restrictions shall not Payment by Cash It is against Sotheby’s Collection and Delivery
acknowledged; the auctioneer will not justify cancellation or rescission of the sale general policy to accept single or multiple Post Sale Services
mistake a random gesture for a bid. or any delay in payment. Please check related payments in the form of cash or + 1 212 606 7444
If you wish to register to bid on a with the specialist department if you are cash equivalents in excess of the local FAX: + 1 212 606 7043
Premium Lot, please see the paragraph uncertain as to whether a lot is subject currency equivalent of US $10,000. It is uspostsaleservices@sothebys.com
above. to these import restrictions, or any other Sotheby’s policy to request any new clients Once your payment has been received
All lots sold will be invoiced to the name restrictions on importation or exportation. or purchasers preferring to make a cash and cleared, property may be released.
and address in which the paddle has been payment to provide: verification of identity Unless other wise agreed by Sotheby’s, all
registered and cannot be transferred to Hammer Price and the Buyer’s (by providing some form of government purchases must be removed by the 30th
other names and addresses. Sotheby’s Premium For lots which are sold, the issued identification containing a calendar day following a sale.
reserves the right to refuse to accept last price for a lot as announced by the photograph, such as a passport, identity
payment from a source other than the auctioneer is the hammer price. A buyer’s card or driver’s license), confirmation of Shipping Services Sotheby’s offers a
buyer of record. premium will be added to the hammer permanent address and identi fication of com prehen sive shipping service to meet
price and is payable by the purchaser as the source of the funds.
Absentee Bidding If it is not possible part of the total purchase price. The buyer’s all of your requirements. If you received
a shipping quotation or have any
for you to attend the auction in person, premium will be the amount stated in the Payment by Credit Cards Sotheby’s questions about the services we offer
you may place your bid ahead of time. In Conditions of Sale. accepts payment by credit card for Visa, please contact us.
the back of every catalogue there is an MasterCard, and American Express only.
absentee bid form, which you can use to Currency Board As a courtesy to bidders, Credit card payments may not exceed Collecting your Property As a courtesy
indicate the item you wish to bid on and a currency board is operated in many $50,000 per sale. Payment by credit card to purchasers who come to Sotheby’s to
the maximum bid you are willing to make. salesrooms. It displays the lot number may be made (a) online at https://www. collect property, Sotheby’s will assist in the
Return the completed absentee bid form and current bid in both U.S. dollars and sothebys.com/en/invoice-payment.html, packing of lots, although Sotheby’s may,
to Sotheby’s either by mail or fax. When foreign currencies. Exchange rates are (b) by calling in to Post Sale Services at in the case of fragile articles, choose not to
the lot that you are interested in comes approximations based on recent exchange +1 212 606 7444, or (c) in person at pack or otherwise handle a purchase.
up for sale, a Sotheby’s representative will rate information and should not be Sotheby’s premises at the address noted
execute the bid on your behalf, making relied upon as a precise invoice amount. in the catalogue. If you are using your own shipper to collect
every effort to purchase the item for as Sotheby’s assumes no responsibility for property from Sotheby’s, please provide a
little as possible and never exceeding your any error or omission in foreign or United Payment by Check Sotheby’s accepts letter of authorization and kindly instruct
limit. This service is free and confidential. States currency amounts shown. personal, certified, banker’s draft and your shipper that they must provide a Bill of
For detailed instructions and information, cashier’s checks drawn in US Dollars (made Lading prior to collection. Both documents
please see the Absentee Bid Form and Results Successful absentee bidders will payable to Sotheby’s). While personal and must be sent to Post Sale Services prior
Guide for Absentee Bidders instructions at be notified after the sale. Absentee bidders company checks are accepted, property to collection.
the back of this catalogue. will receive a list of sale results if they will not be released until such checks have The Bill of Lading must include: the
enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope cleared, unless you have a pre-arranged purchaser’s full name, the full delivery
Telephone Bidding In some with their absentee bid form. Printed lists of check acceptance agreement. Application address including the street name and
circumstances, we offer the ability to auction prices are available at our galleries for check clearance can be made through number, city and state or city and country,
place bids by telephone live to a Sotheby’s approximately three weeks following the Post Sale Services. the sale and lot number.
representative on the auction floor. Please each auction and are sent on request to Certified checks, banker’s drafts and
contact the Bid Department prior to the catalogue purchasers and subscribers. cashier’s checks are accepted at Sotheby’s Sotheby’s will contact your shipper within
sale to make arrangements or to answer Results may also be obtained online at discretion and provided they are issued by 24 hours of receipt of the Bill of Lading
any questions you may have. Telephone sothebys.com. a reputable financial institution governed by to confirm the date and time that your
bids are accepted only at Sotheby’s anti-money laundering laws. Instruments property can be collected. Property will not
discretion and at the caller’s risk. Calls may International Auctions If you need not meeting these requirements will be be released without this confirmation and
also be recorded at Sotheby’s discretion. assistance placing bids, obtaining condition treated as “cash equivalents” and subject to your shipper must bring the same Bill of
By bidding on the telephone, prospective reports or receiving auction results for a the constraints noted in the prior paragraph Lading that was faxed to Sotheby’s when
buyers consent thereto. Sotheby’s sale outside the United States, titled “Payment By Cash”. collecting. All property releases are subject
please contact our International Client to the receipt of cleared funds.
Online Bidding If you cannot attend the Services Department. Payment by Wire Transfer To pay for a Please see the Conditions of Sale for
auction, it may be possible to bid online via purchase by wire transfer, please refer to further details.
BIDnow, eBay, Invaluable or other Online 4. AFTER THE AUCTION the payment instructions on the invoice
Platforms for selected sales. This service is provided by Sotheby’s or contact Post Sale Endangered Species Certain property
free and confidential. For information about Payment If your bid is successful, you Services to request instructions. sold at auction, for example, items made of
registering to bid via BIDnow, please see can go directly to Post Sale Services to or incorporating plant or animal materials
www.sothebys.com. For information about make payment arrangements. Otherwise, Sales and Use Tax New York sales tax such as coral, crocodile, ivory, whalebone,
registering to bid on eBay, please see www. your invoice will be mailed to you. The final is charged on the hammer price, buyer’s tortoiseshell, rhinoceros horn, rosewood,
ebay.com/sothebys. For information about price is determined by adding the buyer’s premium and any other applicable charges etc., irrespective of age or value, may
registering to bid on Invaluable, please see premium to the hammer price on a per-lot on any property picked up or delivered in require a license or certificate prior to
www.invaluable.com/invaluable/help.cfm. basis. Sales tax, where applicable, will be New York State, regardless of the state or exportation and additional licenses or
Bidders utilizing any online platform are charged on the entire amount. Payment country in which the purchaser resides certificates upon importa tion to another
subject to the Online Terms as well as the is due in full immediately after the sale. or does business. Purchasers who wish country. Sotheby’s suggests that buyers
relevant Conditions of Sale. Online bidding However, under certain circumstances, to use their own shipper who is not a check on their government wildlife import
may not be available for Premium Lots. Sotheby’s may, in its sole discretion, considered a “common carrier” by the requirements prior to placing a bid. Please
offer bidders an extended payment plan. New York Department of Taxation and note that the ability to obtain an export
Employee Bidding Sotheby’s employees Such a payment plan may provide an Finance will be charged New York sales license or certificate does not ensure
may bid in a Sotheby’s auction only if the economic benefit to the bidder. Credit tax on the entire charge regardless of the the ability to obtain an import license or
employee does not know the reserve and if terms should be requested at least one destination of the property. Please refer to certificate in another country, and vice
the employee fully complies with Sotheby’s business day before the sale. However, “Information on Sales and Use Tax Related versa. It is the purchaser’s responsibility to
internal rules governing employee bidding. there is no assurance that an extended to Purchases at Auction” in the back of the obtain any export or import licenses and/
payment plan will be offered. Please catalogue. or certificates as well as any other required
US Economic Sanctions The United contact Post Sale Services or the specialist docu menta tion. In the case of denial of any
States main tains economic and trade in charge of the sale for information on export or import license or of delay in the
sanctions against targeted foreign credit arrangements for a particular lot. obtaining of such licenses, the purchaser
countries, groups and organi zations. There Please note that Sotheby’s will not accept is still responsible for making on-time
may be restrictions on the import into the payments for purchased lots from any payment of the total purchase price for
United States of certain items originating party other than the purchaser, unless the lot.
in sanctioned countries, including Burma, otherwise agreed between the purchaser
Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Sudan. The and Sotheby’s prior to the sale.
purchaser’s inability to import any item
into the US or any other country as a result
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