Important information for buyers – Auction 86

- The lots are definitely awarded in the auction room on the days of sale: 9^th December 2020 – 2.00 pm GMT in Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), or 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom).

- The lots are available for viewing only and exclusively by appointment from the 1st december to the 8th december from 11 AM GMT to 6 PM GMT, at Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place, Mayfair (London W1S 1BU- United Kingdom), or 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, (London, W1S 1HP - United Kingdom). Contacts on +44 7737 034525 or write an email at info@bertolamifineart.com. 

- The offers may be made through our websites (www.bertolamifinearts.com), Invaluable (www.invaluable.com), Bidspirit (www.bidspirit.com), Arsvalue (www.arsvalue.com), Live Auctioneers (www.liveauctioneers.com), The Saleroom (www.the-saleroom.com), Drouot (www.drouot.com) Sixbid (www.sixbid.com), Emax (www.emaxbid.com), Biddr (www.biddr.ch) by fax, email, phone or directly to the offices of Bertolami Fine Art. Offers made by email, by fax and through our website or websites above mentioned, can be received until 12.00 pm GMT of 9^th December 2020.

- In the event of matching bids on the same lots, the earliest bid will take precedence.

- In the case of only one bid on a lot, the lot will awarded at the opening price. (e.g. if the opening price is £ 1.000 and the only bid offered is £ 1.500, the lot will be awarded at £ 1000).

- In the case of multiple bids on the same lot, it will be awarded to the highest bidder. The calculation of the offer will be made at predetermined increments (view “Predetermined increase”) added to the bid immediately lower than the highest received. (e.g. if the opening price is £ 1.000 and customer (A) offers £ 1,270 while customer (B) offers £ 1,800, the lot will be awarded to customer (B) at £ 1,370 (i.e. with a  predetermined increment of £ 100 over the immediate lower bid of £ 1,270).

- The realized sale prices list will be published on the Bertolami Fine Arts website within five days of adjudication.

- Payment for the purchased lots may be made via the following methods:

- Bank cheque or cash in favour of Bertolami Fine Arts LTD with surcharge of £ 10 for foreign checks

- bank transfer in Euro or Pound may be made to Bertolami Fine Arts LTD with surcharge of £ 10 for outside European Bank transfer:

Barclays in Pound, IBAN: GB68 BUKB 2057 7690 1999 66 – Account Nr. 90199966 - SWIFT/BIC: BUKBGB22

Barclays in Euros, IBAN: GB69 BUKB 2057 7642 5454 00– Account Nr. 42545400 - SWIFT/BIC: BUKBGB22

- Credit card and PayPal

On the invoices paid by bank transfer, cheque or cash will not be added a surcharge of Administration fees of 3,5%

- Payment of purchased items must be made within than 7 days from receipt of the invoice. If the invoice has not been paid within 30 days of the auction day, the interest will be charged at 1% monthly.

- The request and all the costs for the issue of export license will be charged to the buyer. In the case of unjustified contestation, by which the items are returned to Bertolami Fine Arts, any customs and courier costs will be payable by the buyer. 

- Bertolami Fine Arts reserves the right to withdraw any lot. The auctioneer during the auction, has the right to unite or separate lots and possibly vary the order of sale. He may, at its own discretion, withdraw lots if the bids in the auction does not reach the reserve price agreed between Bertolami Fine Arts and seller.

- The successful bidder will pay a commission to Bertolami Fine Arts, for each lot on the hammer price, of 26%.

- All lots purchased on the Live-bidding of our website (www.bertolamifineart.com) and Bidspirit are subject to an increment of 1,5% on the hammer price.  All lots purchased on the Live-bidding of Invaluable and Live Auctioneers are subject to an increment of 5% on the hammer price. All lots purchased on the Live-bidding of Drouot and The Saleroom are subject to an increment of 3% on the hammer price

- All participants in the auction must, under the validity of an eventual award, complete a registration form with your personal data and the information requested before each auction. To buy you must possess the ability to act as required by law.

- Bertolami Fine Arts may accept mandates for the purchase, by making bids via the auctioneer, in competition with the public participating in the auction. Bertolami Fine Arts reserves the right to refuse bids from buyers not known unless they make a deposit to cover the whole value of the lots desired or, in any case, provide other adequate guarantees.

- The estimates of the possible selling price of each lot are printed under the description of the lots shown in the catalog and don’t include the commissions payable by the successful bidder. These estimates are approximate. The descriptions of the lots in the catalog may be revised by public announcement during the auction.

- The descriptions contained in the catalog are subjective and they are expressed in good faith.

- In case of discrepancies, the online version of these terms of sale prevails.