BUYERS’ COMMISSION
20% (excluding VAT) is added to the hammer price of all lots. No
extra fee is charged for on-line bidding.
ROOM BIDDERS
1. Room bidders must register and obtain a bidding number on
arrival. Proof of identity is required from clients new to us.
2. If successful in obtaining a lot please ensure you display your
number clearly to the auctioneer and that it is your number that
is called out. If there is any doubt about the hammer price or
buyer, please draw this to the attention of the auctioneer
immediately.
3. Payment may be made by cash, bank draft, cleared cheque,
debit or credit card —we accept Mastercard or Visa (a charge of
2% is made on credit card transactions). There is no charge on
debit card transactions..
ABSENTEE BIDDING
1. If you are unable to attend you may bid before the sale, using
the form provided. Enter the maximum you are prepared to
offer for each lot and the auctioneer will represent you as if you
are personally attending the sale. Lots are knocked down at one
step above the next highest bid, and not necessarily at your
highest bid. Example: your bid is €1,000 and next highest bid is
€800 – the hammer price is €850.
2. LIMIT BIDDING: Absentee bidders may limit their total purchases
to a set amount by entering their limit on the bidding form. This
is especially useful for bidders wishing to cover as many lots as
possible while setting a maximum amount to spend.
3. “OR” BIDDING: Absentee bidders who wish to bid on two or
more lots, but only wish to purchase one, may do so by entering
“OR” between the bids – the lots will be bid on in catalogue
order.
4. EQUAL BIDS: In the event of equal bids being received for the
same lot the first received will be given preference. If the
instruction “break ties” is entered on the bid form the auctioneer
will increase the bid by one step in the event of equal bids being
received or in the event of a tie with a room bidder.
5. “BUY” BIDS: Unless otherwise instructed bids of “Buy” or “Buy at
Best” shall be taken to indicate bids of up to three times the
stated higher estimate in the catalogue.
6. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING AT NO EXTRA CHARGE: You may watch
and/or bid live with video and audio link to the saleroom on our
website
at no extra charge.
7. LIVE TELEPHONE BIDDING may be arranged on request, subject
to availability and
given at least 24 hours notice
. This facility is only
available on lots estimated at €2,000 or more, and a minimum
bid may be requested.
8. INVOICING AND PAYMENT: Successful absentee bidders will be
sent a
pro forma
invoice immediately after the sale with details
of payment methods. All invoices must be paid within 7 days of
the date of the sale or the lot(s) may be deemed in default and
any subsequent losses incurred on resale become the
responsibility of the bidder.
The Auctioneers and House Agents
Act, under which we are licensed to hold public auctions, only
allows for lots to be handed over to purchasers when paid for in full.
PRICES REALISED
A complete list of prices realised and unsold lots will be posted to
our Internet website (
on the day after the sale.
SPECIAL NOTICES CONCERNING THIS AUCTION
VENUE FOR AUCTION NIGHT
The venue for the auction is the Royal Dublin Society, Anglesea
Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and the sale starts at 6pm.
Bidder registration
will take place here from 5pm on Monday
26 May and the sale starts at 6pm. Complimentary tea and coffee
will be served in the café.
COLLECTION OF LOTS
Collection of purchases at this sale may be effected 10am to 3pm
on Tuesday 27 May from the RDS. After that date lots may be
collected from our Molesworth Street premises.
Purchasers must pay for and collect all lots within 7 days of the
date of sale. Note: each lot is at the buyer’s risk from the fall of the
hammer. Storage charges will apply after 7 days.
MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE
whytes.ie or whytes.com
Here you will find much useful information pertaining to lots in this
auction, including biographies and previous results for many of the
artists featured in this sale.
WHYTE’S GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY
Whyte’s takes especial care to ensure that all works offered in this
catalogue are as described and are the work of the artists they are
attributed to. In the event of any work sold from this catalogue to be
subsequently proved to be a “deliberate forgery”, subject to our terms and
conditions of sale (especially Clause 5c) as printed elsewhere in this
catalogue Whyte’s will cancel the sale and refund to the buyer the total
amount paid by the buyer to Whyte’s for the item, in the currency of the
original sale. This guarantee is provided for a period of seven (7) years after
the date of the relevant auction, and may be extended at Whyte’s
discretion.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
The following are examples of the terminology used in this catalogue.
1
Sir John Lavery
in our opinion
a work by the artist
.
2
Attributed to Sir John Lavery
In our opinion
probably
a work by the artist but less certainty as to
authorship is expressed than in the preceding paragraph.
3
After Sir John Lavery
In our opinion a
copy
of a known work by the artist. We also use this
term for
prints
of works by the artist.
4 The term
signed
and/or
dated
and/or
inscribed
means that in our
opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand
of the artist.
5 The term
bears a signature
and/or
initials
and/or
date
and/or
inscription
means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or
inscription has been added by another hand.
IMPORTANT NOTES
ALL LOTS ARE SOLD SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED ON PAGE 5
