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

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