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after you pay us or the relevant Christie’s Group         if we recommend another company for any of these          into the USA at your own cost. If such scientific
company in full for what you owe. However, if we          purposes, we are not responsible for their acts, failure  test is inconclusive or confirms the material is
choose, we can also sell your property in any way         to act or neglect.                                        from the African elephant, we will not be obliged
we think appropriate. We will use the proceeds of                                                                   to cancel your purchase and refund the purchase
the sale against any amounts you owe us and we will       2	 EXPORT AND IMPORT                                      price.
pay any amount left from that sale to you. If there is    Any lot sold at auction may be affected by laws           (d)	 Lots containing material that originates
a shortfall, you must pay us any difference between       on exports from the country in which it is sold           from Burma (Myanmar)
the amount we have received from the sale and the         and the import restrictions of other countries.           Lots which contain rubies or jadeite originating in
amount you owe us.                                        Many countries require a declaration of export for        Burma (Myanmar) may not generally be imported
                                                          property leaving the country and/or an import             into the United States. As a convenience to US
G	 COLLECTION AND STORAGE                                 declaration on entry of property into the country.        buyers, lots which contain rubies or jadeite of
1	COLLECTION                                              Local laws may prevent you from importing a lot           Burmese or indeterminate origin have been marked
Once you have made full and clear payment, you            or may prevent you selling a lot in the country you       with the symbol Ψ in the catalogue. In relation to
must collect the lot within 7 days from the date of       import it into.                                           items that contain any other types of gemstones
the auction.                                              (a)	 You alone are responsible for getting advice         originating in Burma (e.g. sapphires) such items may
(a)	 You may not collect the lot until you have           about and meeting the requirements of any                 be imported into the United States provided that the
made full and clear payment of all amounts due to         laws or regulations which apply to exporting or           gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into
us.                                                       importing any lot prior to bidding. If you are            jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the
(b)	 If you have paid for the lot in full but you do      refused a licence or there is a delay in getting          setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g. a string).
not collect the lot within 35 calendar days after         one, you must still pay us in full for the lot. We        (e)	 Lots of Iranian origin
the sale, we may sell it, unless otherwise agreed in      may be able to help you apply for the appropriate         Some countries prohibit or restrict the purchase
writing. If we do this we will pay you the proceeds       licences if you ask us to and pay our fee for             and/or import of Iranian-origin “works of
of the sale after taking our storage charges and          doing so. However, we cannot guarantee that               conventional craftsmanship” (works that are not
any other amounts you owe us and any Christie’s           you will get one. For more information, please            by a recognized artist and/or that have a function,
Group company                                             contact Christie’s Art Transport Department on            for example: carpets, bowls, ewers, tiles, ornamental
.                                                         +852 2978 9914. See the information set out at            boxes). For example, the USA prohibits the import
                                                          www.christies.com/shipping or contact us at               of this type of property and its purchase by US
2	STORAGE                                                 arttransporthongkong@christies.com.                       persons (wherever located). Other countries, such as
(a)	 If you have not collected the lot within 7 days      (b)	 Lots made of protected species                       Canada, only permit the import of this property in
from the date of the auction, we or our appointed         Lots made of or including (regardless of the              certain circumstances. As a convenience to buyers,
agents can:                                               percentage) endangered and other protected species        Christie’s indicates under the title of a lot if the lot
(i)	 charge you storage fees while the lot is still at    of wildlife are marked with the symbol ~ in the           originates from Iran (Persia). It is your responsibility
our saleroom; or                                          catalogue. This material includes, among other            to ensure you do not bid on or import a lot in
(ii)	remove the lot at our option to a warehouse          things, ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin, rhinoceros  contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes
and charge you all transport and storage costs,           horn, whalebone certain species of coral, and             that apply to you.
including but not limited to the storage charge in (iii)  Brazilian rosewood. You should check the relevant         (f)	 Gold
below;                                                    customs laws and regulations before bidding on            Gold of less than 18ct does not qualify in all
(iii)	If purchases are not collected within thirty-five   any lot containing wildlife material if you plan          countries as ‘gold’ and may be refused import into
days after the sale, a monthly storage charge will be     to import the lot into another country. Several           those countries as ‘gold’.
imposed as below on a per lot basis and is payable in     countries refuse to allow you to import property          (g)	 Watches
advance.                                                  containing these materials, and some other countries      (i)	 Many of the watches offered for sale in
                                                          require a licence from the relevant regulatory            this catalogue are pictured with straps made of
Jewellery/Watches: HK $800 per lot                        agencies in the countries of exportation as well          endangered or protected animal materials such as
Others (except Wine*): HK$1500 per lot                    as importation. In some cases, the lot can only be        alligator or crocodile. These lots are marked with
                                                          shipped with an independent scientific confirmation       the symbol ~ in the catalogue. These endangered
*Please refer to Wine Catalogue for details.              of species and/or age and you will need to obtain         species straps are shown for display purposes only
                                                          these at your own cost. If a lot contains elephant        and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain
Additional charges such as insurance and transportation   ivory, or any other wildlife material that could          the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At
will be charged separately if required.                   be confused with elephant ivory, (for example,            some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make
                                                          mammoth ivory, walrus ivory, helmeted hornbill            the displayed endangered species strap available to
In respect of requests from purchasers wishing            ivory) please see further important information in        the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in
to arrange collection of their property from our          paragraph (c) if you are proposing to import the          person from the sale site within 1 year of the date
offices after the property has been transferred to        lot into the USA. We will not be obliged to cancel        of the sale. Please check with the department for
the warehouse, we may in our discretion allow             your purchase and refund the purchase price if            details on a particular lot.
collection at our offices in limited circumstances        your lot may not be exported, imported or it is           For all symbols and other markings referred to in
but will need to charge a HK$850 administration           seized for any reason by a government authority. It       paragraph H2, please note that lots are marked as a
(minimum charge).                                         is your responsibility to determine and satisfy the       convenience to you, but we do not accept liability
                                                          requirements of any applicable laws or regulations        for errors or for failing to mark lots.
H	 TRANSPORT AND SHIPPING                                 relating to the export or import of property              I	 OUR LIABILITY TO YOU
1	 TRANSPORT AND SHIPPING                                 containing such protected or regulated material.          (a)	 We give no war ranty in relation to any
We will enclose a transport and shipping form             (c)	 US import ban on African elephant ivory              statement made, or information given, by us or our
with each invoice sent to you. You must make all          The USA prohibits the import of ivory from the            representatives or employees, about any lot other
transport and shipping arrangements. However,             African elephant. Any lot containing elephant             than as set out in the authenticity warranty and,
we can arrange to pack, transport and ship your           ivory or other wildlife material that could be            as far as we are allowed by law, all warranties and
property if you ask us to and pay the costs of doing      easily confused with elephant ivory (for example,         other terms which may be added to this agreement
so.We recommend that you ask us for an estimate,          mammoth ivory, walrus ivory, helmeted hornbill            by law are excluded. The seller’s war ranties
especially for any large items or items of high           ivory) can only be imported into the US with              contained in paragraph E1 are their own and we
value that need professional packing before you           results of a rigorous scientific test acceptable to Fish  do not have any liability to you in relation to those
bid. We may also suggest other handlers, packers,         & Wildlife, which confirms that the material is not       warranties.
transporters or experts if you ask us to do so. For       African elephant ivory. Where we have conducted           (b)	 (i) We are not responsible to you for any reason
more information, please contact Christie’s Art           such rigorous scientific testing on a lot prior to        (whether for breaking this agreement or any other
Transport on+852 2978 9914. See the information           sale, we will make this clear in the lot description.     matter relating to your purchase of, or bid for, any
set out at www.chr isties.com/shipping or                 In all other cases, we cannot confirm whether a lot       lot) other than in the event of fraud or fraudulent
contact us at arttransporthongkong@christies.com.         contains African elephant ivory, and you will buy         misrepresentation by us or other than as expressly
We will take reasonable care when we are handling,        that lot at your own risk and be responsible for any
packing, transporting and shipping a lot. However,        scientific test or other reports required for import

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