Conditions of Sale 



1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by 

 the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale in- 

 juriously. 



2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between 

 two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for 

 re-sale the lot so in dispute. 



3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the purchase money as 

 may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given 

 immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased 

 shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 



Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale, 

 shall be made within ten days thereafter, in default of which the undersigned may 

 either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action 

 as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private 

 sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such pur- 

 chaser, and the deficiency (if any) arising from such re-sale, shall be a charge 

 against such purchaser. 



4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment of the total 

 amount due for all purchases at the sale. 



Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., 

 and on other days except holidays between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. 



Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or 

 other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. 



Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase 

 during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 



5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the 

 Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association 

 for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility 

 for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers ; doing so, how- 

 ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges 

 of the parties engaged for such service. 



6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title 

 passes upon the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, and thereafter, while the Asso- 

 ciation will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it 

 will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or 

 destroyed. 



Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days 

 from the date of the sale thereof. 



7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Association of the cor- 

 rectness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot, and no sale will 

 be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imper- 

 fection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its 

 sale, after which it is sold "as is" and without recourse. 



The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will 

 give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any 

 lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the 

 lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert who thereby 

 would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion with- 

 out proper foundation. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders trans- 

 mitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without 

 charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Condi- 

 tions of Sale, which cannot in any manner be modified. The Association, however, 

 in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a 

 purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition 

 or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, 

 and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs 

 from its catalogue description. 



Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with 

 such plainness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot 

 number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much 

 for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 

 of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting 

 the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit should be sent or reference 

 submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 



Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be 

 furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. 



AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 



American Art Galleries, 

 Madison Square South, 



New York City. 



