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