Entomological News Advertiser. ii 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



First (teal unction 



IN 



YORK CITY. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. Having successfully conducted Auc- 

 tion sales of insects in this city, I have decided in the interest of 

 all the Collectors to inaugurate an Annual Auction. I do this 

 not as a money making scheme for myself, but with the idea of 

 affording a market for Professional Collectors, and thus stimu- 

 lating them to greater exertion. The following rules will hold, 

 subject to changes which experience will prompt. 



FIRST. I will accept material from any person in the United 

 States, and dispose of it at Public Auction, charging fifteen per 

 cent, to cover my expenses. 



SECOND. Only species of ordinary or extraordinary rarity 

 will be accepted. Though, of the commoner species, bred speci- 

 mens may be accepted. 



THIRD. All specimens must be well mounted. Otherwise 

 a fee of three cents per specimen will be charged for spreading. 

 As all specimens will be spread for me by the best expert in this 

 country, it will be advisable for collectors to send material pinned 

 or papered but not spread. They will receive higher prices. 



FOURTH. I will catalogue all material, and mail catalogues 

 to all collectors in United States in time to receive out-of-town 

 bids. 



FIFT,H. Out-of-town bids will be accepted and the bidders 

 protected at the sale. The bidder, will send me a list of material 

 on which he bids, with his highest bid on each. At the sale I 

 will bid for him, buying cheaper than his bid if possible, but 

 never exceeding it. 



SIXTH. Duplicate material received from various collectors 

 will be put together, and the choice of the lot sold successively. 

 Thus the best material will receive the highest price. 



Other rules will be made, as I find it necessary, to make the 

 sale absolutely just both to buyer and seller. I also agree that 

 after covering my expenses, I will spend the balance of my com- 

 missions at the sale, buying for my own collection, so that prac- 

 tically all the money received will go to the sellers. 



B^ Persons who contemplate consigning material to me will 

 please communicate with me at once, and as soon as possible 

 send a list of material which they will have to offer. Persons 

 wishing catalogues will also please write to me. Further particu- 

 lars by mail. 



R. OTTOLENGUI, 

 115 Madison Ave., New York City. 



