THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 July 2014
Ships and Sea Painters; A lecture exploringThe John Robertson Collection of Marine Paintings Tuesday 8 July 2014
Bonhams are pleased to be hosting a lecture exploring the collection of John Robertson titled ‘Ships and Sea Painters; a perspective on the Robertson Collection’. The lecture will be given by the maritime historian Michael Naxton at 101 New Bond Street. This will be followed by a preview of the collection and drinks. Spaces are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please apply for complimentary tickets by contacting Antonia Vincent via email at [email protected] or via telephone on 0207 468 8246.
The lecture will take place at 6.30pm on Tuesday 8th July at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, W1S THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 July 2014 at 15.00 New Bond Street, London
This sale will begin after the end of the Old Masters Sale and not before 3pm.
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John Windeler Robertson had a long standing passion for the sea and such a renowned event. Trident was sold in 1969 but he thereafter all things maritime. This was apparent to any guest from the moment always owned a boat, although never quite so powerful, which they walked into his converted double height barn in West Sussex allowed him to go to sea whenever he wanted. This world of speed where his wonderful collection of pictures, accumulated over 30 years, boats seems a long way away from the refined atmosphere of the covered every inch of available wall space. He took much enjoyment 18th and 19th century marine paintings he loved but it reveals a love from sitting in his armchair with a pair of binoculars inspecting his of the sea in all its guises. most recent acquisition, Francis Holman’s The Battle of St Kitts which was hung high in the eaves in front of him. During his time in the City he invested carefully and somewhat slowly in marine paintings as he was restricted by space available to him. The John was happy to share his knowledge with anyone that showed Battle of Trafalgar by Thomas Luny was an imposing image to wake interest and could spend hours talking about each picture. The up to every morning in his London flat at the end of his bed. There starting point of the collection was The brig Hope unloading cargo by was no doubting his patriotism ! Charles Martin Powell which was a gift from his mother. He went on to build on this through purchases from auction and private dealers. On retiring and moving to West Sussex with his wife Jane, he decided He stands in a long line of collectors whose only criteria for acquiring that wall space was top of the list of requirements for their new home. works was the joy they would get looking at them. This was combined John was still busy with various roles including being Chairman of with a fine eye for detail and a love of quality above style or passing the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. It was at this time that he taste which gives the collection a timeless character. then set upon building his collection with great enthusiasm until he filled all the wall space he was allowed, which did not include their John’s love of the sea first manifested itself when it came to his bedroom where marines were forbidden! Nevertheless on a number of National Service. In 1953, rather than follow in his father’s footsteps occasions the ‘right’ painting came up for sale at which another major and join the Gordon Highlanders, he was adamant that he wanted to rehang had to be considered as he attempted to fit another picture in. serve in the Navy. He always spoke very fondly about his time on the Frigate HMS St Austell Bay stationed in the West Indies and Falkland The quality of the John Robertson collection is testament to the Islands. He loved the finer details of astro-navigation and it was well taste, passion and love of his subject of the man who assembled it known by all in his family, even 40 or more years later, that he had over a lifetime. The result is a select group of pictures that show the achieved 100 per cent in his exams! respective artists at the peak of their powers and it was this honest pursuit of the best that makes the collection such a rare combination. On leaving the Navy he embarked on a long and successful career in In the modern world of collecting where so much emphasis is placed the City. This did not keep him away from the sea and from 1962 he on investment and the conspicuous acquisition of certain artist’s work was a regular competitor in the Cowes to Torquay power boat race. it is restorative to come across a collection put together with one He raced alongside his uncle Don Robertson on Trident, a 23 foot Levi reason in mind – enjoyment. The present catalogue acts as a record Trident 250 horse power speed boat. Hearing the stories, it sounded of this, from his mother’s present to the masterpieces that were the a gruelling and uncomfortable race however he competed for many pinnacle of John’s collecting life. years enjoying the adrenaline and highly competitive atmosphere of
THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 7 101 Robert Dodd (British, 1748-1816) A Trinity House yacht in two positions off Dover, with a view of the castle and cliffs beyond signed ‘R. Dodd’ and dated 1802 (lower right) oil on canvas 48.2 x 76.2cm (19 x 30in).
£12,000 - 18,000 €15,000 - 22,000 US$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance With Lane Fine Art, 1991 With Ackermann & Johnson J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1993)
Literature Lane Fine Art Catalogue of Marine and Landscape Paintings, 1991, no. 22 illustrated in colour
“The Corporation of Trinity House [of Deptford Strond (sic)]” is an ancient foundation whose charter, granted by Henry VIII, dates back to 1514. With its headquarters at Trinity House on Tower Hill, in the City of London, its broad objectives are still the same today as they have always been, namely the advancement of navigation and the welfare of seamen and their families. This first objective encompasses not only the building, manning and maintenance of the nation’s lighthouses, but also the training and provision of pilots to bring ships in and out of harbour safely. Given Dover’s importance as a port even in Robert Dodd’s day, it is probable that the vessel depicted by him here is engaged in pilot duties, with her status clearly defined by her distinctive ensign bearing four galleons (each representing one of the four ‘Societies of Mariners in the Kingdom’) on a white ground in the fly of the Union flag.
Works by Dodd are in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland (2) and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (19),
8 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 9 Thomas Buttersworth
102 Thomas Buttersworth (British, 1768-1828) cutter is seen bearing away to starboard and almost certainly carrying Admiral Lord St. Vincent’s flagship Ville de Paris hove-to, off the pilot whose work, having brought the ship safely downriver, is but about to get underway again having ‘dropped her pilot’ now done. Completing the balance is a flotilla of craft, both large and off the Bugío lighthouse at the mouth of the Tagus small, filling the northern horizon making this a particularly attractive signed ‘T. Buttersworth’ (lower left) memento of the most glamorous episode in this great ship’s career. oil on canvas 53.3 x 76.2cm (21 x 30in). As for the Ville de Paris herself, her somewhat surprising name had been chosen so as to perpetuate the name of the French flagship £20,000 - 30,000 taken as a prize at the battle of the Saintes, Lord Rodney’s famous €25,000 - 37,000 victory which had saved Jamaica from invasion in April 1782. Even US$33,000 - 50,000 though that prize had foundered in a gale off Newfoundland within six months, her propaganda status as a captured flagship was deemed Provenance much too valuable to be forgotten. with Royal Exchange Gallery J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, July 1987) Designed by Sir John Henslow, the ‘new’ Ville de Paris was ordered early in 1789 and her keel was laid in Chatham dockyard on 1st July. Although undated, this impressive work shows the mighty Ville de After six years ‘on the stocks’, she was launched on 7th July 1795 Paris sporting a plain blue flag at her main masthead to denote that and completed for sea in September 1796 at a final cost of almost she has an Admiral of the Blue aboard her as she heads out of the £79,000. Measured by her builders at 2,332 tons and 190 feet in Tagus into open water. The flag officer in question is Admiral Lord length with a 53 foot beam, she was the largest warship of the century St. Vincent, who had recently been created a peer as the result of and mounted an impressive 110-guns of varying calibre, principally his victory at the battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14th February 1797. 30-32pdrs. First commissioned in October 1796, she sailed for the Sir John Jervis, as he was then, had been appointed C.-in-C., Mediterranean the following March and, that June, became flagship to Mediterranean in the summer of 1795, following his promotion to Lord St. Vincent. Apart from returning home for refits when necessary Admiral of the Blue on 1st June, and had joined his fleet off Corsica and two brief sojourns with the Channel fleet, Ville de Paris spent her in November the same year. Just a year later, in November 1796, entire sea-going career in the Mediterranean, often in the capacity following the loss of his bases in Corsica and on the Italian mainland, of flagship to successive C.-in-C.s including Vice-Admiral Lord Jervis had been obliged to move his centre of operations to Lisbon Collingwood (1809-10). Laid up in July 1814 and paid off in August where, after refitting his ships and giving some much needed verbal 1815 after Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo, she was placed in encouragement to the Portuguese government, he put to sea again reserve at Plymouth until converted into a lazarette in 1825; in January 1797 declaring that ‘inaction in the Tagus will make us all thereafter employed at Milford Haven, she remained there cowards’. On that occasion, he was actually flying his flag in the soon- until broken up in 1845. to-be immortalised Victory and, on 14th February, having sighted and brought to action a powerful Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, won such a notable victory that he was raised to the peerage as the Earl Works by Buttersworth are in the collections of the U.S. Naval of St. Vincent in June (1797). That same month, he transferred his Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland (2), National Maritime flag into the Ville de Paris where it remained for two years until both Museum, Greenwich (16 plus 27 watercolours), Mariners Museum, Admiral and ships returned to England. Thus, the undated painting Newport News, Virginia (2), City Art Gallery, Plymouth (1), Royal Naval offered here can be dated fairly probably to 1799 and was very likely Museum, Portsmouth (1), Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts commissioned by Lord St. Vincent to mark the end of the hugely (1 plus 2 watercolours), Library of New South Wales, Sydney (1) and successful Mediterranean command which he resigned in June 1799. the Maritime Museum, Venice (1)
Buttersworth has chosen the distinctive Bugío lighthouse at the mouth of the Tagus to give this work a picturesque landmark in addition to the usual contrast betwixt land and sea seen in most ship portraits. To add further interest, he shows the flagship hove-to, with her sails backed and practically stationary in the water. Off her stern a naval
12 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 13 William Anderson
103 William Anderson (British, 1757-1837) away. By comparison, the work offered in this lot is a far more unusual H.M.S. Culloden, under Captain Troubridge’s command, composition recording, as it does, one of the least known incidents stranded on a shoal off Aboukir Island as the battle of of that momentous day, the stranding of the Culloden and the almost the Nile rages in the distance ahead of her super-human efforts to save her. signed and dated ‘W. Anderson/1801’ (on buoy, lower left) oil on canvas The first shots of the battle rang out at about 6.30pm. and within two 80 x 133.3cm (31 1/2 x 52 1/2in). hours, five French ships-of-the-line had been overwhelmed and forced to surrender. As darkness fell, the fight shifted to the centre where £40,000 - 60,000 Bruey’s largest ships, most notably his own flagship L’Orient, began €49,000 - 74,000 inflicting serious damage on several of Nelson’s ‘74s’. For a while US$67,000 - 100,000 it seemed as if Nelson’s gamble might fail and only the opportune arrival of his last four ships saved the day, one of which had been the Provenance Culloden. As she sailed towards the fray however, she grounded on an Sale, Sotheby’s London, 31st May, 1989, Marine Pictures, Nautical uncharted shoal off Aboukir Island and stuck fast. Alerted to what had Works of Art, Classic Yachts and Boats, lot 132. occurred by Culloden’s cannon firing in distress, Captain Thompson with Leger Galleries, London of the Leander, the vessel immediately ahead of Culloden, put his ship Sale, Sotheby’s New York, 7th June 1991, Sporting and Marine about and came to assist. She is clearly shown as the only vessel Paintings and Sculpture, lot 148. sailing towards the viewer whilst, in the foreground, officers and men with Lane Fine Art in Culloden’s launches are doing what they can to free the stricken J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1991) ship by any and every means. Despite the best efforts of every man however, it was all to no avail as far as Culloden’s participation in the The victory at the Nile was the highly positive outcome of the battle was concerned. Troubridge and his crew struggled all night to unsuccessful attempt to stop Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt which save her from sinking as one crisis followed another and, when dawn Nelson spent most of the summer of 1798 trying to prevent. Cruising broke on 2nd August to find her still afloat, a weary cheer echoed the eastern Mediterranean in an attempt to locate Admiral Bruey’s around the entire fleet. It nevertheless took many more days of Toulon fleet, Nelson eventually arrived off Alexandria and, in the early massive effort to ensure her survival until finally, on 19th August, she afternoon of 1st August, sighted the French fleet at anchor in Aboukir was seaworthy enough to make for Naples whose shipwrights and Bay, about 15 miles to the west. Bruey had chosen a strong position labourers spent fully “849 man-days of work” restoring her in a well-protected bay; additionally, the French ships had larger and to prime condition. heavier guns even though the number of vessels was roughly equal on both sides. Conversely, Nelson had the advantage of surprise and The epic saving of the Culloden, which Nelson himself was determined when he realised that the enemy’s ships were not cleared for action not to lose under any circumstances, is one of the most heroic tales on their landward sides, he gave orders to attack. It was already six of survival in the long history of the Royal Navy. Notwithstanding the o’clock in the evening by the time Nelson’s fleet had crossed the fact that she was denied an active role in the Battle of the Nile, it is not bay and, with only two hours of daylight remaining, the enemy was in the least surprising that her deliverance should be recorded by any as amazed as Nelson’s own captains by his daring. Outgunned and artist who came upon her inspiring story. unprepared for an action they believed would not come until the next morning, the French were decisively defeated and their fleet in the William Anderson, in fact, produced a quartet of Nile views for Mediterranean virtually annihilated. It was the greatest naval victory engraving, the first of which has a striking similarity to the work offered to date in an age of notable successes at sea and it brought Nelson here. It seems very probable therefore that, after seeing the published the adulation of his country and the undying admiration of his print, this oil could well have been commissioned by Captain fellow officers. Troubridge as a poignant memento of his own ultimately successful battle to save his ship from loss and dishonour. Many artists, both at the time and subsequently, have augmented their incomes with depictions of this seminal action, the most enduring image of which tends to be the dramatic night-time explosion of the Works by Anderson are in the collections of the National Maritime huge French 120-gun flagship L’Orient at about 10.00pm. Engaged Museum, Greenwich (9), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull, (1), by several British ships, she had been on fire for some time before the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut (3) and the Graves blaze reached her powder magazines and when she blew up “with Art Gallery, Sheffield, (1) a crashing sound that deafened all around her”, the brilliant flash of flame was visible in Alexandria and the noise heard even further
16 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 17 Thomas Luny
104 Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837) became embroiled in a tremendous struggle during which the 74-gun The battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 – Nelson’s flagship Victory Rédoubtable fought with great heroism against the two much larger and Téméraire in close action with the French Rédoubtable British first rates. Victory pounded Rédoubtable relentlessly, inflicting as the battle rages around them appalling casualties amongst the men on her decks, whereas above signed ‘Luny’ and dated 1822 (on driftwood lower left) the carnage, the French sharpshooters stationed in the fighting tops of oil on canvas the masts quietly waited in turn for their opportunities to pick off men 86.3 x 129.5cm (34 x 51in). on Victory’s decks, one of whom would soon be Nelson himself.
£30,000 - 50,000 In this splendid rendering of the most famous sea battle in history, €37,000 - 61,000 Luny has chosen to highlight the epic assault on Rédoubtable which, US$50,000 - 84,000 after she had endured the two most devastating broadside onslaughts of the day, was – in her captain’s own words – “so riddled that she Provenance seems to be no more than a mass of wreckage.” She is seen here Sale, Sotheby’s London, 21st November 1979, lot 7 in the very centre of the canvas, with the French tricolour still flying with Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd. proudly from her stern jack as Victory pounds her port side and J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1980) Téméraire does the same to starboard; it will not be long now before she is battered into submission and forced to strike her colours.
Throughout the long history of war at sea, the battle of Trafalgar was Elsewhere, the colossal Spanish four-decker Santisima Trinidad [“Most certainly the most complete victory of the age of sail if not the most Holy Trinity”] and the largest wooden warship ever built, can also be decisive naval engagement ever fought. seen in close action (on the right) and it is everywhere clear that the outcome of the battle is, as yet, far from decided. After a lengthy and frustrating chase across the Atlantic Ocean and back, Lord Nelson finally confronted the Franco-Spanish fleet Sadly there is no pedigree for this lot but Thomas Luny produced a off Cape Trafalgar on the morning of 21st October 1805. Admiral number of paintings of Trafalgar, both at the time and also in the years Villeneuve, the French supreme commander, had managed to that followed, as junior officers who had been present on the day combine the Spanish fleet with his own to give him a formidable gradually became more affluent thanks either to promotion or prize thirty-three ships-of-war against Nelson’s total of twenty-seven. To money. It is therefore more than probable that this painting would have compensate for this numerical imbalance, Nelson had conceived his been executed for a British naval officer who had participated in the famously unconventional battle plan to break the enemy line in two battle and wanted an enduring memento of it. places and as soon as the opposing fleets sighted each other on the fateful morning, the British ships formed up into their two pre- arranged columns. Nelson himself led the Weather Division in H.M.S. Works by Luny are in the collections of the City Art Gallery, Bristol (2), Victory whilst his second-in-command, Vice-Admiral Collingwood, Exeter Art Gallery (4), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (41), spearheaded the Leeward Division in the 100-gun Royal Sovereign. Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia (3), Peabody Museum of As the fleets closed for action, Royal Sovereign drew ahead and broke Salem, Massachusetts (1), Swansea Museum (1) and the Library of the line first, but it was almost half-an-hour before Victory was able to New South Wales, Sydney (1) do the same when she forced herself between Villeneuve’s flagship Bucentaure and Captain Lucas in the Rédoubtable. Close behind Victory was Téméraire and, within minutes, the four ships
20 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 21 105 Attributed to Adriaen van Diest (British, 1655-1704) An engagement between opposing French and English squadrons at sea, the English flagship in close action with two of the enemy oil on canvas 82.6 x 130.8cm (32 1/2 x 51 1/2in).
£6,000 - 8,000 €7,400 - 9,800 US$10,000 - 13,000
Provenance with the Parker Gallery J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1974)
The lines and general appearance of all the vessels depicted in this work are suggestive of an action during the so-called War of the English Succession, 1689-97, fought to preserve the protestant monarchy of England, or the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-14, in which France and England each fought to place their own candidate on the vacant throne of Spain and its empire.
106 English School, mid-19th century A Squadron of the Red at sea and battling against a stiff breeze in a heavy swell oil on canvas 52 x 59.7cm (20 1/2 x 23 1/2in).
£1,000 - 1,500 €1,200 - 1,800 US$1,700 - 2,500
Provenance with Parker Gallery J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1980)
The large plain red flag at the main masthead of the vessel in the foreground indicates that she has an Admiral of the Red aboard her.
22 | Bonhams 107 Charles Brooking (British, 1723-1759) Literature A Cutter hauled on the starboard tack in a fresh breeze David Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British signed with initials ‘C.B.’ (on driftwood lower left) Marine Painters, David Joel, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, no.247B, oil on panel p.154 19.7 x 28cm (7 3/4 x 11in). Another version of this picture (no. 247A) is illustrated in colour, ibid, £8,000 - 12,000 p.149 (Mellon collection, Yale Centre for British Art, Newhaven, CT) €9,800 - 15,000 US$13,000 - 20,000 Works by Brooking are in the collections of the National Gallery, Dublin (1), Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery (1), National Maritime Museum, Provenance Greenwich (21), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull (1), Tate Sale, Sotheby’s London, Marine Pictures and Nautical Works of Art, Britain, London (2) and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, 22 May 1991, lot 110 (catalogued as ‘Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek Connecticut (7). - a Dutch Boier’) F. B. Cockett Esq. J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1992)
THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 23 108 Circle of Cornelis van de Velde (British, 1675-1729) English men-o’war riding out the gale under staysails only, with a Hooker nearby oil on canvas 61.6 x 91.4cm (24 1/4 x 36in).
£3,000 - 5,000 €3,700 - 6,100 US$5,000 - 8,400
Provenance F.B. Cockett J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1995)
Literature F.B. Cockett. Early Sea Painters, 1660-1730, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995, illustrated colour plate 54, p. 119
“This painting [i.e. its subject] was a very popular late Van de Velde studio piece, of which there are no fewer than six contemporary versions. The one shown here is No. 5 in Robinson’s The Paintings of the Willem Van de Veldes (page 1058). It is unsigned but has all the characteristics of a Cornelius Van de Velde. It may even have been done after Willem’s death in 1707.” Frank Cockett
A ‘Hooker’ was a contemporaneous slang term for any small boat of indeterminate rig.
109 English School, Early 18th century The English fleet at anchor in a calm off a fortified citadel oil on canvas 72.4 x 118.1cm (28 1/2 x 46 1/2in).
£4,000 - 6,000 €4,900 - 7,400 US$6,700 - 10,000
Provenance F.B. Cockett Esq. J. W. Robertson Esq., (bought from the above, 1996)
Literature F.B. Cockett, Early Sea Painters, 1660-1730, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995, illustrated colour plate 45, p. 90
Although this fanciful ‘castle’ - or another, clearly very similar - was employed as a backdrop by several other artists of this period, most notably Peter Monamy, it has never been satisfactorily identified as an authentic location. It might be intended to be Calshot, on Southampton Water, or maybe Castle Cornet, Guernsey, although it is equally possible it may simply be a pastiche to give the works it decorates a little verisimilitude..
24 | Bonhams 110 Francis Swaine (British, d. 1782) size and, like the majority of her sisters, Unicorn was ready for sea His Majesty’s frigate Unicorn sailing down the coast in company just in time for the start of the American War of Independence. First with an Admiralty yacht; and Unicorn, in three positions, driven close commissioned under Captain John Ford, on 23rd July 1776 she sailed inshore by heavy weather from Plymouth bound for North America as escort to a troop convoy a pair where, in the ensuing three years, she enjoyed repeated successes oil on canvas in action. During that time, she took no less than six US privateers 30.5 x 35.6cm (12 x 14in). comprising the Wolf (20th September 1776), Nancy (1st July 1777), (2) Warren (9th September 1777), McClary (6th February 1778), Reprisal (19th February 1778) and Blaze Castle (10th June 1778). Still in 1778, £2,000 - 3,000 on 28th September she, in company with a larger consort, H.M.S. €2,500 - 3,700 Experiment, captured the U.S. 32-gun frigate Raleigh, a notable coup. US$3,300 - 5,000 Sent home to be paid off in August 1779, Unicorn was soon Provenance recommissioned for service in home waters before returning to the with Parker Gallery West Indies where she was captured by the French 32-gun frigate J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1962) L’Andromarque off Tortuga on 4th September 1780. Renamed La Licorne by her captors, she did not fly French colours for very long fortunately and was recaptured by H.M.S. Resource the following H.M.S. Unicorn was one of the ten highly distinctive ‘Sphinx’ class April. Returning home again for refitting, she was recommissioned 20-gun frigates designed by John Williams and ordered for the fleet under Captain Archer and, after a brief spell patrolling the Channel and in 1775. The first ‘20-gunners’ for nearly two decades, the class was Irish Sea, was then despatched to the Leeward Islands for her final also the last of its kind before the turn of the century and, despite its cruise in the Caribbean. Virtually continuous action at sea for fully ten undoubted usefulness, was not repeated again until 1810. years had taken its toll on her however and, in the early summer of 1786, she was despatched home, paid off that July and broken up at The order for Unicorn went to John Randall’s yard at Rotherhithe, on Deptford in August 1787. the Thames, where her keel was laid in November 1775. Launched on 23rd March 1776, she was then towed downriver to Woolwich where she was completed in the royal dockyard during April and May the Works by Swaine are in the collections of the City Art Gallery, Glasgow same year. Like all her consorts, she was measured at about 430 tons (1), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (16), Victoria and Albert and was 108 feet in length with a 30 foot beam. Although the whole Museum, London (2) and the Sigmund Samuel Canadiana Museum, class was fitted with some additional armament after 1794, their Toronto (1) original 20-9pdrs. were more than adequate for their
THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 25 Charles Martin Powell
111 Charles Martin Powell (British, 1775-1824) The trading brig Hope unloading her cargo at a wharf signed ‘C. M. Powell (lower right), inscribed on old label on reverse ‘Harrogate 24th Feby 1875. I hereby guarantee + warrant that the picture by William (sic) Powell sold by me this day to Mr. W. McDonald is a genuine + original picture by that artist + is signed by him - the same picture being a quay scene, W. J. Scott’ oil on canvas 71.1 x 106.7cm (28 x 42in). in an 18th Century English carved frame
£20,000 - 30,000 €25,000 - 37,000 US$33,000 - 50,000
Provenance W. J. Scott, Esq., Harrogate W. McDonald Esq. acquired upon the death of Mr. J. W. Robertson’s mother, 1965
Taking 1800 as the mid-point in the artist’s life, no less than sixty merchant brigs are noted in that year’s edition of Lloyd’s Register [of Shipping]. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, seafaring was still seen as a highly risky occupation and sailors, by their nature one of the most superstitious sections of society, much preferred their vessels to be named with terms which, they hoped, would placate the elements; hence the popularity of Hope and other similar names such as Providence, Fortune (or Fortuna) and Harmony.
Although sadly unidentified, the location of this little port is most probably the south coast of England as evidenced by the presence of a distinctive three-masted armed lugger, the fast craft so beloved of the Revenue Service. Since the little Hope is so clearly unloading barrels, possibly molasses but much more likely wine or French brandy, the inclusion of a revenue vessel inshore ‘keeping a weather eye’ on the arriving alcohol adds a delightful note of whimsy to an already charming composition.
Works by Powell are in the collections of the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (1) and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (3)
28 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 29 Thomas Whitcombe
112 Thomas Whitcombe (British, 1760-1824) ‘Hailing the frigate’: a frigate heaving-to and slowing to allow an approaching cutter to transfer her passenger or deliver dispatches, with a first rate heeling in the breeze beyond as she bears away down the Channel signed and dated 1787 (on driftwood lower left) oil on canvas 89 x 125.7cm (35 x 49 1/2in).
£15,000 - 20,000 €18,000 - 25,000 US$25,000 - 33,000
Provenance Sale, Sotheby’s London, 20th May 1992, ‘Marine Pictures, Nautical Works of Art and Medals’, lot 67 J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above sale)
Works by Whitcombe are in the collections of the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia (8), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (40), Tate Britain (1) and the Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (1)
32 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 31 Dominic Serres
113 Dominic Serres (British, 1722-1793) The ‘Glorious 1st of June’, the first fleet action of the French H.M.S. Brunswick, commanded by Captain John Harvey, passing Revolutionary Wars: Mount Edgcumbe as she heads into Plymouth Sound and thence open water Admiral Lord Howe, at sea with orders to prevent a vital grain convoy indistinctly signed (on driftwood, lower left) from the Americas reaching France where there were already serious oil on canvas food shortages resulting from the Royal Navy’s blockade, sighted both 71 x 142.2cm (28 x 56in). the convoy and the French fleet escorting it on 28th May (1794). After a running fight lasting three days, during which the French had the £30,000 - 50,000 advantage of heavy weather, Howe seized the initiative on the morning €37,000 - 61,000 of 1st June and attacked. His strategy was not entirely successful US$50,000 - 84,000 however, as the convoy was able to make port safely whilst the battle raged nearby; nevertheless, six French ships-of-the-line were taken Provenance as prizes and a seventh, Le Vengeur du Peuple, was sunk after a The 2nd Earl Beatty tremendous duel with H.M.S. Brunswick. Sale, Sotheby’s London, 12th March 1986, lot 16, as ‘The Brunswick leaving Plymouth’ The celebrated fight between Le Vengeur, under Captain Renaudin, with Lane Fine Art and the Brunswick, Captain Harvey, began early in the day when J. W. Robertson Esq., (bought from the above, 1986) Brunswick ran against Le Vengeur broadside on and the two ships began to pound each other mercilessly. Brunswick gave Le Vengeur Literature a fearful battering and then grappled herself to the Frenchman, Alan Russett, Dominic Serres, 1719-1793 War Artist to the Navy, thereby gaining the final advantage with her more rapid rate of fire. Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2001, illustrated in colour, p.153, plate 63 Other British vessels joined in the affray later, but only Le Trente-et- Un Mai was able to give Le Vengeur some temporary support in her ‘The painting, which was in the collection of 2nd Earl Beatty, shows unequal struggle. At about 4.30pm., Renaudin realised that his ship the 74-gun ship in a typical Serres coastal landscape composition, was sinking beneath him and he ordered her colours to be struck. bathed in its own patch of sunlight and framed by towering heaps of The victors sent their boats to take off her crew, but Le Vengeur sank cloud. the palette is the artist’s preferred pale blend of predominant before all could be saved. Renaudin’s tenacity soon became the browns and greens which gives his canvases their characteristic, stuff of legend and few other losses in the coming years entered the understated appeal.’ Alan Russett, ibid. consciousness of the French nation as deeply as the sinking of Le Vengeur du Peuple. We are grateful to Alan Russett for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Although the ‘Glorious 1st of June’ was the only fleet action of her career, Brunswick nevertheless distinguished herself in many later operations, most notably in Admiral Lord Gambia’s expedition to H.M.S. Brunswick, named for the German dukedom of Brunswick- bombard Copenhagen in 1807, and with Sir James Saumarez’s fleet Lüneburg over which England’s Hanoverian rulers also held sway, was in the Baltic the next year. Returning to England, she was thereafter the first ‘74’ to be designed and built on the basis of the experience laid up at Gillingham until 1812 when she was converted into one gained by the Royal Navy’s other third rates during the American of the Medway’s notorious prison hulks. With the Napoleonic Wars War of Independence. Ordered in January 1785, her keel was laid at over and all French prisoners repatriated, Brunswick then became Deptford in May 1786 where her construction was directed, first by a powder hulk and, later, a lazarette, and was finally broken up at Master Shipwright Henry Peake and then by Martin Ware. Launched Sheerness in 1826. on 30th April 1790 and completed soon afterwards in the royal dockyard at Woolwich, she was measured at 1,829 tons and was 176 Given that Brunswick was not required for sea duty until Captain John feet in length with a 49 foot beam. Carrying a main armament of 28- Harvey was given her in July 1793, it seems highly likely that this work 32pdrs. and manned by a crew of 650 officers, men and marines, she was commissioned by Harvey to mark his new command. Similarly, was significantly larger than any previous ‘74’ built for the fleet, and since Serres died in November 1793, it seems equally probable that her completion marked the start of a programme of large two-deckers this must be one of his very last finished works. which continued until the end of the century.
After brief dockyard commissions under Captain Sir Hyde Parker and Works by Serres are in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Captain Sir Roger Curtis, making ready for action against the Spanish Museum, Annapolis, Maryland (1), National Gallery, Dublin (1), National and the Russians respectively during two successive diplomatic Maritime Museum, Greenwich (45) and the Town Hall, Ipswich (7) crises, she was briefly guardship at Portsmouth during the lull before the outbreak of War with Revolutionary France. Recommissioned for sea under the command of Captain Sir John Harvey in July 1793, her first taste of action came in the battle of the ‘Glorious 1st of June’ (1794) where her legendary duel with the French ‘74’ Le Vengeur du Peuple brought her enduring fame tempered only by the untimely death of Harvey himself.
34 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 35 114 Peter Monamy (British, 1681-1749) A third rate of 74-guns running down the coast, probably nearing the Nore, to join the squadron ahead of her oil on canvas 83.8 x 111.7cm (33 x 44in).
£15,000 - 20,000 €18,000 - 25,000 US$25,000 - 33,000
Provenance Sale, Christie’s London, 17 March 1978, lot 122 Sale, Bonhams London, Marine Paintings and Works of Art, 11th August 1993, lot 510 J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above)
Throughout the seventeenth century and beyond, the Royal Navy’s most important anchorage was the Nore. The Nore itself was a sandbank in the Thames estuary, located off the entrance to the River Medway, and warships anchored there could protect not only London, but also the vital naval dockyard facilities at Chatham, established by Henry VIII and greatly enlarged by both Elizabeth I and Charles II. As an aid to navigation, it was proposed to station a lightship at the Nore as early as 1623, but at that time, and again in 1670, the proposals were treated with contempt by Trinity House which did not finally reverse its earlier somewhat perverse decisions until 1732 when the first such vessel was positioned.
Works by Monamy are in the collections of the National Gallery, Dublin (2), City Art Gallery, Glasgow (1), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (21), Paint Stainers’ Company, London (2), Metropolitan Museum, New York (1) and the National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (1)
36 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 37 Francis Holman
115 Francis Holman (British, 1729-1790) substantial fleet of twenty-four ships-of-the-line, two ‘50s’ and a The action between the fleets of Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel (later Lord) flotilla of transports, sailed into Frigate Bay, off the St. Kitts capital of Hood and the French Comte de Grasse in Frigate Bay, off Basseterre, Basseterre, and landed some 8,000 troops. As soon as he learned St Kitts, 26th January 1782 of the landings on the 16th, Hood put to sea with twenty-two sail signed ‘F. Holman’ and dated 1783 (lower left) and, on the 21st, was in Antigua for repairs, barely fifty miles from his oil on canvas objective. Originally intending to surprise the enemy at their anchorage 101 x 186cm (39 3/4 x 73 1/4in). at daybreak on the 24th, Hood’s approach was spotted by French lookouts and de Grasse immediately weighed anchor and stood out £50,000 - 80,000 to sea. Hood then made a surprisingly bold move and, instead of €61,000 - 98,000 attacking de Grasse, determined to seize the Basseterre anchorage US$84,000 - 130,000 himself. On the afternoon of 25th January, the French endeavoured to force an action and de Grasse’s flagship, the huge 110-gun Ville Provenance de Paris, led a furious attack on the British rear. Undeterred, Hood By family descent calmly took his ships into the roadstead where they took up their Sale, Sotheby’s London, Important British Pictures, London, 1 July stations and dropped anchor in formation. Having completed this 2004, lot 6, as ‘Action between Lord Hood and the Count de Grasse “masterly manoeuvre” under heavy enemy fire, Hood then beat off a off Basse Terre, 26th January 1782’ succession of three spirited French attacks later that day and one the Private collection, UK next until, finally, de Grasse gave up and retired. Even though St. Kitts Sale, Bonhams London, 28 September 2010, lot 225 fell into French hands three weeks later, the naval operations had been J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above sale) dominated by Hood’s brilliant defence of the island during that last week in January. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1784, no.337 Although it has not been possible to pinpoint the exact moment of the battle as depicted in this painting, Holman’s own title seems to When news of General Cornwallis’s catastrophic defeat at Yorktown indicate that it shows the final French attack on the second day of in October 1781 reached London, Lord North’s government realised the fighting, namely 26th January [1782]. Hood’s flagship, the 98-gun that the fight to hold on to England’s North American colonies was second rate Barfleur, is clearly identifiable in the very centre of the effectively lost. The conflict with France and Spain however, both of picture wearing the red command flags appropriate to Hood’s rank at which had allied themselves to the infant United States in the hope of her mastheads. territorial gain at England’s expense, was far from over. It was when the French fleet returned to the Caribbean from the Virginia coast that There are two classic paintings of this action in the National Collection November, yhat it became clear that de Grasse was planning a major at Greenwich by Thomas Maynard and Nicholas Pocock, the work new initiative against the valuable British West Indian ‘sugar’ islands. offered in this catalogue being more similar to the latter in its overall composition. With Admiral [Lord] Rodney – in command of the Jamaica station – absent in England, temporary command of the fleet there fell upon Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood who received news that the French Works by Holman are in the collections of the National Maritime were at sea just after the turn of the New Year [1782]. De Grasse’s Museum, Greenwich (11), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull (1), target was the island of St. Kitts and, on 11th January, his Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts (4) and the Library of New South Wales, Sydney (1)
40 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 41 116 L de Man (fl. c. 1725) From there, Rooke took the fleet to Vigo Bay where, on 12th October The flagship Royal Sovereign saluting at the Nore (1702), he partially restored his reputation not only by destroying the signed ‘LD*Man’ (lower left) French fleet at anchor there, but also by seizing the Spanish treasure oil on canvas galleons it was guarding. Millions in specie were captured yet one of 61.6 x 74.3cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4in). the most curious aspects of the affair was that Rooke transferred his flag to the 80-gun Somerset beforehand and Royal Sovereign took no £10,000 - 15,000 part in the action whatsoever. €12,000 - 18,000 US$17,000 - 25,000 One possible explanation could be that Rooke was under orders not to damage, let alone hazard, his flagship by exposing her to enemy Provenance fire such was her status as the symbolic flagship of the entire Navy F.B. Cockett Esq. and, in effect, a national icon. There is no documentary evidence J. W. Robertson Esq., (bought from the above, 2002) to support such a theory yet it remains a mystifying fact that she never participated in any of the great sea-fights of her era despite Literature several periods as flagship to successive commanding admirals. For Frank Cockett, Early Sea Painters, 1660-1730, Woodbridge, Suffolk, unspecified reasons, she was effectively rebuilt by Master Shipwright 1995, illustrated in colour, p. 74, plate 34 J. Rosewell at Chatham between 1723 and 1729, even though details of her later career are equally sparse. Reclassed as a 90-gun Designed by Surveyor Harding and built under his direction, the 2nd Rate in 1756, three years later she was made Guardship in the second Royal Sovereign to serve in the fleet was a majestic three- Downs, a position of some significance, especially in time of war, as decker measured at 1,883 tons and 174½ feet in length with a 50 was the case from 1756-63. Further reduced to an 80-gun ship in foot beam. With a principal armament of 28-32pdrs. on her gundeck, 1763, perhaps as a result of the restoration of peace, she was broken she further mounted 28-18pdrs. on her maindeck and 28-9pdrs. on up at Chatham a few years later, probably in 1766 although some her upper deck, with additional 6pdrs. on the quarterdeck, forecastle sources state 1768. This lack of clarity concerning the precise year of and roundhouse (or poop) to give a total of 102 guns. In terms of her demise somehow reflects the whole of her sixty-year career which sheer firepower, she was a worthy successor to her earlier namesake started with such promise yet achieved so little. although the grandeur and lavishness of her external carvings and decoration were also just as spectacular. Indeed, it is intriguing This attractive work is derived from one of the Van de Velde portraits to speculate just how much of her cost was attributable to all this of this great ship which inspired a number of artists. For another very splendid though needless finery, an issue which assumes even greater similar composition, see Frank Cockett’s Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, importance once her career is examined. Launched on 25th May and His Circle, publ. 2000, front dust jacket and p. 72, plate 40. 1701 and commissioned for sea under Captain John Fletcher, her first operational rôle was as flagship to Sir George Rooke when the War In his Dictionary of Sea Painters, first published in 1980, the late of the Spanish Succession began in 1702. Rooke’s initial objective Edward ‘Teddy’ Archibald wrote that - ‘Although this artist was was the capture or destruction of Cadiz and, to this end, the fleet he painting in England he was probably not British, as his style is Dutch... had assembled left Spithead on 19th June (1702). Arriving at their His work is carefully finished...’ intended anchorage near Cadiz on 12th August, Rooke then displayed ‘an ominous lack of energy’ which resulted in the failure of the several Works by de Man are in the collection of the National Maritime operations to take the city and a complete withdrawal a month later. Museum, Greenwich (3)
42 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 43 Francis Holman
117 Francis Holman (British, 1729-1790) The London merchantman Adamant in three positions off the coast, probably the Thames estuary signed ‘F. Holman’ and dated 1783 (lower left) oil on canvas 63.5 x 127cm (25 x 50in).
£20,000 - 30,000 €25,000 - 37,000 US$33,000 - 50,000
Provenance with Royal Exchange Gallery J. W. Robertson Esq.(bought from the above, 1998)
Noted quaintly as having been built “on the river” [i.e. the Thames] in 1774 and measured at 320 tons burden, Adamant was owned by Watson & Co. who employed her in the lucrative Canada trade under her first master Captain Charles Wyatt. He sailed her regularly to Quebec and Halifax (Nova Scotia) until she was sold to Blakes & Co. in 1786 who replaced Captain Wyatt at the same time. Thereafter she traded to Tortola, in the West Indian Virgin Islands, probably for sugar, rum and molasses, until disappearing from record after 1790. Latterly, Lloyd’s Registers note her deteriorating condition which is suggestive that, by then, she was no longer seaworthy.
Works by Holman are in the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (11), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull (1), Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts (4) and the Library of New South Wales, Sydney (1)
46 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 47 Charles Brooking
118 Charles Brooking (British, 1723-1759) It is hard to dispute this statement with regard to the painting included A Merchant Snow, two of the King’s Ships-of-War, in this lot as it shows all the elements of a particularly fine example a Lugger and a Cutter all in close proximity in the Channel of Brooking’s work. His usual division of about three-quarters sky to signed ‘C. Brooking’ on the lugger in the middle foreground one quarter sea are both painted with equal care and attention, and oil on canvas the former is crowded with an eclectic array of vessels, both large 49.5 x 79.5cm (19 1/2 x 31 5/16in). and small. In the left foreground, a warship – probably a sixth rate mounting 20 guns – is seen beating up the Channel whilst a lugger, £20,000 - 30,000 apparently carrying several well-dressed passengers huddled in her €25,000 - 37,000 stern, heads inshore on an opposite tack. On the right - and heeling US$33,000 - 50,000 to starboard in the stiff breeze - is a snow-rigged merchantman (see following paragraph), with a fast cutter closing her stern, perhaps in Provenance pursuit, bearing some forgotten item of cargo or a late passenger Mr. and Mrs. Baussey who had missed her departure? With these to frame the composition, with Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., 1987 numerous other craft fade into the distance as the viewer’s gaze is J. W. Robertson Esq. 1994 (bought from the above together with lot drawn slowly down the Channel and beyond. In fact, with the faintest 119, as a pair) hint of the south coast just visible on the far right, this work could easily be seen as a perfect analogy of England’s growing maritime Exhibited supremacy as the eighteenth century approached its mid-point and Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd. Exhibition of British Marine the artist the end of his life. paintings, 1987, no.5 A snow was a two-masted square-rigger, usually no larger than 1,000 Literature tons, very similar to a conventional brig except that the mainsail was Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd. Exhibition of British Marine carried on a light, auxiliary ‘snow’ mast immediately abaft the mizzen paintings, 1987, no.5 illustrated in colour mast. Developed for its usefulness in simplifying sail handling, the gaff David Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British supported on this ‘snow’ mast was often loose footed. Marine Painters, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, no.281, p.163
In his ‘Dictionary of Sea Painters’, first published in 1980, the late Works by Brooking are in the collections of the National Gallery, Dublin Edward ‘Teddy’ Archibald wrote that ‘No painter of the second (1), Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery (1), National Maritime Museum, generation [the Van de Veldes and their contemporaries being the Greenwich (21), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull (1), Tate Britain first generation] of British marine artists contributed so much to the (2) and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut (7). emergence of a national style as did Brooking, and no painter, then or after, did it better.’
50 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 51 Charles Brooking
119 Charles Brooking (British, 1723-1759) two French vessels – the Marquese d’Antin and the Louis Erasme – The celebrated English privateer squadron known as the ‘Royal returning home from Lima loaded with an extraordinarily rich cargo Family’ engaging enemy ships during the War of the Austrian comprising 1,093 chests of silver bullion, along with large quantities of Succession gold and silver plate and many other valuables. When the privateers signed ‘C. Brooking P.’ (lower left) and their prizes made port at Bristol on 8th September, the captured oil on canvas treasure was quickly assessed and then transported to London in 49.5 x 80cm (19 1/2 x 31 1/2in). forty-five wagons guarded by armed sailors on horseback. Arriving at the Tower, the treasure was officially valued at £700,000 (some £30,000 - 50,000 estimates put it as high as £1 million) which the owners promptly €37,000 - 61,000 loaned to the Government to finance the operations to put down the US$50,000 - 84,000 Jacobite Rebellion; when the proceeds were finally divided, even the most humble sailor received £850. Talbot himself, now an extremely Provenance rich man, retired from the sea to join the merchants’ syndicate which Mr. and Mrs. Baussey soon funded the celebrated privateer squadron which succeeded his with Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., 1987 own, and which came to be known as the ‘Royal Family’. J. W. Robertson Esq., 1994 (bought from the above together with lot 118, as a pair) The following year (1746), the newly-christened ‘Royal Family’ – now under the command of Commodore George Walker and expanded Exhibited by the addition of new ships all named for various members of King Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., Exhibition of British Marine George II’s family – enjoyed further profitable cruises and the next paintings, 1987, no.5 year (1747) saw the capture of another extremely valuable prize, the Spanish 74-gun Glorioso whose cargo was valued at £700,000. This Literature seizure took place in October 1747, after which the ‘Royal Family’ Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., Exhibition of British Marine returned home for the winter prior to being disbanded following the paintings, 1987, no.5 illustrated in colour end of the War in 1748. David Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, no.361, p.165 Charles Brooking seems to have been the sole recorder of the colourful adventures of the ‘Royal Family’, although it is clear from works by other (unknown) hands in the National Collection at The so-called ‘War of Jenkins’ Ear’, which began in 1739 as a simple Greenwich that contemporary copyists abounded, such was the conflict between England and Spain, soon developed into a far wider demand for these narrative battlescapes. Brooking’s originals were European struggle known as the War of the Austrian Succession. also widely engraved, mostly by J. Boydell, and eagerly purchased by Once hostilities were extended, the old rivalry between England and a population whose patriotic sentiments were stirred by such exploits. France quickly began to dominate matters and even though most The work offered in this catalogue is undoubtedly one of the finest of the campaigning was land-based, there was still ample scope for oils of the series and also one of the best pictures by Brooking to action at sea where a buccaneering squadron of English privateers appear on the market for some years. The various actions in which attracted not only the nation’s attention but also a huge profit for its this legendary squadron was involved, the paintings which Brooking backers. executed to commemorate them, and the engravings which resulted from them, are all discussed at length in David Joel’s highly informative Commanded by Captain James Talbot, the squadron initially consisted monograph published in 1980. of three armed ships, the 500-ton 30-gun flagship Prince Frederick, the 300-ton 20-gun Duke (Captain Morecock) and the much smaller Prince George, although the latter capsized and sank five days out Works by Brooking are in the collections of the National Gallery, Dublin from Cowes, on 2nd June 1745, with the loss of all but twenty of her (1), Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery (1), National Maritime Museum, crew. The two remaining ships continued out into the North Atlantic Greenwich (21), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull (1), Tate Britain however where, on 10th July, they sighted, chased and captured (2) and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut (7).
54 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 55 Samuel Scott
120 Samuel Scott (British, 1702-1772) Whilst the victory off Cape St. Vincent eased the Spanish blockade The flagship Royal George coming to anchor in a stiff breeze, of Gibraltar, the siege nevertheless continued and, in the summer of probably upon arrival at Spithead 1782, the Admiralty decided to concentrate a fleet at Spithead from signed ‘S. Scott’ (lower right) whence it would be despatched to relieve the fortress which had been oil on canvas without supplies since April 1781. It was whilst this relief expedition 71 x 134.6cm (28 x 53in). was being assembled that the Royal George assumed her place in history by spectacularly sinking on 29th August in full view of the £60,000 - 80,000 entire Channel Fleet. While she was anchored and taking on stores €74,000 - 98,000 prior to departure, a party of dockyard plumbers came aboard to fit a US$100,000 - 130,000 new water pump and requested that the ship be heeled over to allow a small hole to be bored in her side. Captain Waghorn agreed and Provenance various banks of the ship’s cannon were moved to new positions in F.B. Cockett Esq. order to facilitate the manoeuvre. Suddenly and apparently without J. W. Robertson Esq.(bought from the above, 1986) warning, water began pouring into the lower deck and, within minutes, the Royal George sank taking Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt, many of her The 100-gun first rate Royal George was laid down in Woolwich crew and countless visitors, including women and children, with her; Dockyard as the Royal Anne in January 1747 but renamed in January some estimates put the loss of life as high as 900 persons although 1756, one month before she was launched on 18th February. the actual toll could never be verified. The subsequent Court Martial Measured by her builder (J. Pownell) at 2,065 tons, she was 178 blamed rotten timbers giving way under the stress of the heel as the feet in length with a 52 foot beam, and mounted 28 guns on each most likely cause of the disaster; whatever the truth, it remains one of of her three decks with a further 12 on her quarterdeck and 4 on the most embarrassing losses in the long annals of the Royal Navy. her forecastle. With the Seven Years’ War in its opening stages, she was commissioned as soon as she was completed and in action Scott has depicted this splendid vessel flying the Union flag at her almost immediately. Acting as flagship to Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, main masthead to indicate that there is no less a personage than an she led the fleet into the dangerous shoals of Quiberon Bay on 20th Admiral of the Fleet aboard her. November 1759 where Hawke’s daring was rewarded by a crushing defeat of the French in one of the most decisive naval battles of the eighteenth century. During the next war, she played a less prominent Works by Scott are in the collections of the National Maritime though still significant role at the engagement off Cape St. Vincent Museum, Greenwich (16), Tate Britain (5), Victoria and Albert Museum, during the night of 16-17th January 1780 - the so-called ‘Moonlight London (1), Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut (3) Battle’ - when Admiral Lord Rodney soundly defeated the Spanish and the Metropolitan Museum, New York (1) fleet, even though she was nearly lost in the severe storm which blew up later the same day.
58 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 59 Peter Monamy
121 Peter Monamy (British, 1681-1749) The new King, having travelled to Holland overland from Hanover, The Royal Yacht Peregrine and her escorts off Gillingham, Kent, boarded the Peregrine at Oranil Polder on 16th September 1714 acknowledging a salute as she passes Upnor Castle and, escorted by Admiral Berkeley and a fleet of twenty sail, made signed ‘P. Monamy’ (on driftwood lower centre) the short journey across to the Thames estuary. Sailing up-river to oil on canvas Greenwich, George disembarked there for his carriage journey into 67.3 x 155cm (26 1/2 x 61in). London but not before pausing to knight Peregrine’s captain William Sanderson in thanksgiving for his safe arrival. £60,000 - 80,000 €74,000 - 98,000 Renamed Carolina in 1716 in honour of the new Princess of Wales – US$100,000 - 130,000 the future Queen Caroline, wife of George II – the Peregrine was later extensively rebuilt and renamed Royal Caroline in 1733. Converted Provenance to a sloop and reverting to her original name in 1749, she was last Sale, Sotheby’s London, 13th November 1991 British Paintings 1500- seen in heavy weather in the western approaches on 28th December 1850, lot 2, as ‘The Royal Yacht Peregrine and a smack rigged Royal 1761 whilst en route to the West Indies, after which she disappeared Yacht on the Medway off the coast at Gillingham, Kent, with Upnor without trace with the loss of all hands. Castle’ with Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd. This attractive work, by far the most widely reproduced image of this J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1992) particular royal yacht, can be dated fairly precisely to 1707-14 as Peregrine herself, in addition to flying post-1707 (Union with Scotland) Exhibited Union flags, is also shown wearing the Royal Standard of Queen Anne Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., Exhibition of Marine Paintings, at her main masthead. At the foremasthead is the equally distinctive 1992, no. 1 flag of the Lord High Admiral [of England] which would suggest that this painting almost certainly commemorates a visit by Prince George, Literature Queen Anne’s consort and also her Lord High Admiral, to Chatham, Richard Green Fine Paintings Ltd., Exhibition of Marine Paintings, either to inspect the dockyard facilities or possibly to witness the 1992, no. 1, illustrated in colour launching of a new man-o’war. F.B. Cockett, Peter Monamy 1681-1749 and his circle, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2000, illustrated colour plate 16, p.57 Works by Monamy are in the collections of the National Gallery, Designed by Peregrine, Lord Danby (later the Marquess of Dublin (2), City Art Gallery, Glasgow (1), National Maritime Museum, Carmarthen) to replace his earlier yacht Royal Transport which had Greenwich (21), Painter Stainers’ Company, London (2), Metropolitan been given to the Russian Tsar Peter (the Great) when the latter Museum, New York (1) and the National Gallery of New South Wales, visited England in 1698, the so-called Peregrine Galley was built at Sydney (1) Sheerness by Master Shipwright R. Lee in 1700. Measured by her builder at 197 tons burden, she was 87 feet in length with a 22½ foot beam and classed as a sixth rate mounting 20-guns. Taken straight into naval service by William III upon completion in 1700, she was not, in fact, specifically classed as a Royal Yacht until after her refit and renaming as the Carolina in 1716. However, such was the success of her design, coupled with the lavishness of her appointments, that she was frequently used as a royal yacht throughout the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14) and was the obvious choice to convey George I to England after his accession.
62 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 63 John Cleveley
122 John Cleveley (British, c. 1712-1777) The flotilla of ships, led by the Royal Charlotte in company with five other royal yachts, arriving off Harwich on 6th September 1761, after conveying Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg to England for her marriage to George III oil on canvas 110.5 x 196.8cm (43 1/2 x 77 1/2in). in a reproduction ‘Kent’ frame
£300,000 - 500,000 €370,000 - 610,000 US$500,000 - 840,000
Provenance Sale, Christie’s London, 6 May 1993, catalogued as by ‘Cleveley the Elder’ with the erroneous title: ‘Lord Anson with the ‘William and Mary 13 May 1748, escorting George II to Holland with the ‘Royal Caroline’, ‘Katherine’ and ‘Charlotte’’ with Lane Fine Art J. W. Robertson Esq. (bought from the above, 1996)
66 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 67 When George III selected Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to be both his bride and his queen, it was obvious that she would need to be conveyed to England in safety as well as in luxury. It was not surprising therefore that the vessel chosen for the task of crossing the notorious North Sea was the largest royal yacht of the day, hitherto named Royal Caroline, in honour of George’s mother. After she was hastily renamed (on 27th July 1761) to celebrate the new bride, a special squadron of six royal yachts (Royal Charlotte together with William & Mary, Charlot II, Katherine III, Fubbs III and Mary III) accompanied by six ships-of-war was quickly assembled at Harwich and, on 7th August, sailed for Cuxhaven under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Anson. The future queen and her suite came aboard at the north German town of Stade where the young princess was so overwhelmed by the farewell ceremonies that she remarked ‘And am I worthy of all these honours?’ The return journey was beset by appalling weather and when the royal flotilla eventually made Harwich safely on 6th September, it had survived three severe storms and been almost wrecked on the coast of Norway on two occasions. Remaining on the yacht overnight, Charlotte disembarked early the next morning to travel to London where, after meeting her future husband for the first time, she and George were married at St. James’s Palace the very next day, 8th September, and crowned two weeks later.
There are two other depictions of this event by Cleveley the Elder. The first measuring 36 x 58 inches, titled ‘The Landing of Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at Harwich’ is in the collection of the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (Accession number : BATVG : P : 1949.7 - A gift from Francis Llewellyn Bridges, 1949). The other titled ‘Arrival of Princess Charlotte at Harwich in September, 1761’ measuring 34 x 67 inches, is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA, USA. This version shows the jubilation of the scene, with the royal yacht surrounded by escorting vessels with the sailors lined up on the booms. The present work shows the scene more round to seaward than Bath’s example and Landguard Fort can be seen on the very right of the composition.
Royal Caroline, principal yacht to King George II and named in honour John Cleveley the Elder was born in Southwark, London c.1712. of his wife Caroline [of Ansbach], was built at Deptford by Mr. J. Allin By 1726 he was apprenticed to a joiner, later working in the Royal in 1749. Designed as a sixth-rate mounting 10-3pdrs. and 8-½ pdr. Dockyard at Deptford, where he lived until his death in 1777. It is swivel guns, she was measured at 232 tons burden with a 90 foot assumed that he learned to paint from one or some of the dockyard gundeck and a 24½ foot beam. The largest royal yacht to date and painters with whom he came into contact and only gradually refined the only such vessel to exceed 200 tons until Royal Sovereign was his work to easel paintings, as it seems that he did not take up this launched in 1804, she was one of the most sumptuously decorated profession seriously until he was in his thirties. Cleveley painted a vessels ever constructed and her full ship rig required a crew of series of launches of ships, ship portraits, a few battle scenes and 70 men to handle. She was also a uniquely important link in the royal occasions. Apparently, he did not feel he could give up his development of fast sailing vessels for the Royal Navy and her hull dockyard appointment as, in the year after his death, he is referred to in lines, inherited from the last years of the seventeenth century, were documents as ‘carpenter, belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Victory in the scaled up for some of the new frigates and sloops of the 1750s whilst pay of His Mjs Navy’. her design was being re-used as late as 1804. Quite apart from her many other duties, George II’s frequent visits to Hanover meant that We would like to thank Dr. Pieter van der Merwe MBE, General Editor she was in constant use ferrying him to and from the continent and and Greenwich Curator, National Maritime Museum for his help in she remained a firm favourite with the King until his death in 1760. cataloguing this lot.
After the Princess Augusta was launched in 1771, Royal Charlotte Works by Cleveley are in the collections of the Glasgow City Art lost her place as the most favoured royal yacht but continued in Gallery,(1), National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (16), the Victoria service, her duties actually increasing as George III’s children grew Art Gallery, Bath and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, into adulthood and greater independence. In October 1797, Royal Connecticut (1) Charlotte reverted briefly to her former pre-eminence by taking the King down to the Nore to visit the fleet after its victory at Camperdown although the actual review had to be abandoned due to adverse weather. This proved her last ceremonial outing and other than carrying the King on the occasional holiday trip to Weymouth during 1801-04, she was mostly laid up at Deptford due to the prevailing war with France and finally broken up in 1820.
68 | Bonhams THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION OF MARINE PAINTINGS | 69 John Robertson with his uncle Don Robertson aboard Trident, 1966
Index
Artist Lot
Anderson, William 103
Brooking, Charles 107, 118, 119 Buttersworth, Thomas 102
Cleveley, John 122
De Man, L 116 Diest, Adriaen van, attributed to 105 Dodd, Robert 101
English School, 18th Century 109 English School, 19th Century 106
Holman, Francis 115, 117
Luny, Thomas 104
Monamy, Peter 114, 121
Powell, Charles Martin 111
Scott, Samuel 120 Serres, Dominic 113 Swaine, Francis 110
Velde, Cornelis van de, circle of 108
Whitcombe, Thomas 112
70 | Bonhams Edward William Cooke, RA contact 19th Century European, (British, 1811-1880) +44 (0) 20 7468 8201 Victorian and British Evening on the lagoon [email protected] from Isola San Servolo, Venice (detail) Impressionist Art oil on canvas New Bond Street 39.5 x 66.5cm (15 9/16 x 26 3/16in). Wednesday 25 June 2014 £60,000 - 80,000
bonhams.com/19thcentury Old Master Paintings Claude Joseph Vernet contact (Avignon 1714-1789 Paris) +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 and Drawings A shipwreck on a rocky coast (detail) [email protected] Wednesday 9 July 2014 signed and dated ‘J Vernet.f.1775’ (lower right) New Bond Street, London one of a pair, oil on canvas 73.8 x 107.8cm (29 1/16 x 42 7/16in). (2) £1,500,000 - 2,000,000
bonhams.com/oldmasters Montague Dawson Closing Date for entries The Marine Sale (British, 1890-1973) Friday 22 August 2014 Wednesday 8 October 2014 Running before the wind on a choppy sea Knightsbridge, London oil on canvas contact £40,000 - 60,000 +44 (0) 20 7393 3865 [email protected]
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Please then return it to the office responsible terms in the Catalogue and/or by placing an insert in the in full before making a bid for the Lot. If you are a successful does not act for Buyers or Bidders in this role and does not included in the Sale, the manner in which the Sale is conducted for the Sale at least 24 hours in advance of the Sale. It is your Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral Bidder, payment will be due to us by 4.30 pm on the second give advice to Buyers or Bidders. When it or its staff make and we may offer Lots for Sale in any order we choose Estimates responsibility to check with our Bids Office that your bid has announcements before and during the Sale. You should be working day after the Sale so that all sums are cleared by statements about a Lot or, if Bonhams provides a Condition notwithstanding the numbers given to Lots in the Catalogue. In most cases, an Estimate is printed beside the Entry. Estimates been received. Telephone calls will be recorded. The telephone alert to this possibility of changes and ask if there have been the eighth working day after the Sale. Unless agreed by us in Report on a Lot it is doing that on behalf of the Seller of the You should therefore check the date and starting time of the are only an expression of Bonhams’ opinion made on behalf bidding facility is a discretionary service and may not be any. advance payments made by anyone other than the registered Lot. Bidders and Buyers who are themselves not expert in Sale, whether there have been any withdrawals or late entries. of the Seller of the range where Bonhams thinks the Hammer available in relation to all Lots. We will not be responsible for Buyer will not be accepted. Payment will have to be by one of the Lots are strongly advised to seek and obtain independent Remember that withdrawals and late entries may affect the Price for the Lot is likely to fall; it is not an Estimate of value. bidding on your behalf if you are unavailable at the time of 7. BUYER’S PREMIUM AND OTHER CHARGES the following methods (all cheques should be made payable to advice on the Lots and their value before bidding for them. time at which a Lot you are interested in is put up for Sale. We It does not take into account any VAT or Buyer’s Premium the Sale or if the telephone connection is interrupted during PAYABLE BY THE BUYER Bonhams 1793 Limited). Bonhams reserves the right to vary the The Seller has authorised Bonhams to sell the Lot as its agent have complete discretion to refuse any bid, to nominate any payable. Lots can in fact sell for Hammer Prices below and bidding. Please contact us for further details. terms of payment at any time. on its behalf and, save where we expressly make it clear to bidding increment we consider appropriate, to divide any Lot, above the Estimate. Any Estimate should not be relied on as an Under the Buyer’s Agreement, a premium (the Buyer’s the contrary, Bonhams acts only as agent for the Seller. Any to combine two or more Lots, to withdraw any Lot from a Sale indication of the actual selling price or value of a Lot. Estimates Bidding by post or fax Premium) is payable to us by the Buyer in accordance with the Sterling personal cheque drawn on a UK branch of a bank statement or representation we make in respect of a Lot is and, before the Sale has been closed, to put up any Lot for are in the currency of the Sale. Absentee Bidding Forms can be found in the back of this terms of the Buyer’s Agreement and at rates set out below, or building society: all cheques must be cleared before you made on the Seller’s behalf and, unless Bonhams sells a Lot auction again. Auction speeds can exceed 100 Lots to the hour Catalogue and should be completed and sent to the office calculated by reference to the Hammer Price and payable in can collect your purchases; as principal, not on our behalf and any Contract for Sale is and bidding increments are generally about 10%. However Condition Reports responsible for the Sale. It is in your interests to return your addition to it. Storage charges and Expenses are also payable between the Buyer and the Seller and not with us. If Bonhams these do vary from Sale to Sale and from Auctioneer to In respect of most Lots, you may ask for a Condition Report on form as soon as possible, as if two or more Bidders submit by the Buyer as set out in the Buyer’s Agreement. All the sums Bankers draft/building society cheque: if you can provide sells a Lot as principal this will either be stated in the Catalogue Auctioneer. Please check with the department organising the its physical condition from Bonhams. If you do so, this will be identical bids for a Lot, the first bid received takes preference. payable to us by the Buyer are subject to VAT. For this Sale the suitable proof of identity and we are satisfied as to the or an announcement to that effect will be made by the Sale for advice on this. Where a Reserve has been applied to a provided by Bonhams on behalf of the Seller free of charge. In any event, all bids should be received at least 24 hours following rates of Buyer’s Premium will be payable by Buyers genuineness of the draft or cheque, we will allow you to collect Auctioneer, or it will be stated in a notice at the Sale or an Lot, the Auctioneer may, in his absolute discretion, place bids Bonhams is not entering into a contract with you in respect before the start of the Sale. Please check your Absentee of Lots: your purchases immediately; insert in the Catalogue. (up to an amount not equalling or exceeding such Reserve) on of the Condition Report and accordingly does not assume Bidding Form carefully before returning it to us, fully completed behalf of the Seller. We are not responsible to you in respect of 25% up to £50,000 of the Hammer Price responsibility to you in respect of it. Nor does the Seller owe or and signed by you. It is your responsibility to check with our Cash: you may pay for Lots purchased by you at this Sale with Bonhams does not owe or undertake or agree to any duty the presence or absence of any Reserve in respect of any Lot. If 20% from £50,001 to £1,000,000 of the Hammer Price agree to owe you as a Bidder any obligation or duty in respect Bids Office that your bid has been received. This additional notes, coins or travellers cheques in the currency in which or responsibility to you in contract or tort (whether direct, there is a Reserve it will normally be no higher than the lower 12% from £1,000,001 of the Hammer Price of this free report about a Lot, which is available for your own service is complimentary and is confidential. Such bids are the Sale is conducted (but not any other currency) provided collateral, express, implied or otherwise). If you successfully bid figure for any Estimate in the Catalogue, assuming that the inspection or for inspection by an expert instructed by you. made at your own risk and we cannot accept liability for our that the total amount payable by you in respect of all Lots for a Lot and buy it, at that stage Bonhams does enter into an currency of the Reserve has not fluctuated adversely against On certain Lots, which will be marked “AR” in the Catalogue However, any written Description of the physical condition of failure to receive and/or place any such bids. All bids made purchased by you at the Sale does not exceed £3,000, or the agreement with the Buyer. The terms of that contract are set the currency of the Estimate. The Buyer will be the Bidder who and which are sold for a Hammer Price of €1,000 or greater the Lot contained in a Condition Report will form part of the on your behalf will be made at the lowest level possible equivalent in the currency in which the Sale is conducted, at out in our Buyer’s Agreement, which you will find at Appendix makes the highest bid acceptable to the Auctioneer for any Lot (converted into the currency of the Sale using the European Contractual Description of the Lot under which it is sold to subject to Reserves and other bids made for the Lot. Where the time when payment is made. If the amount payable by you 2 at the back of the Catalogue. This will govern Bonhams’ (subject to any applicable Reserve) to whom the Lot is knocked Central Bank Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale), any Buyer. appropriate your bids will be rounded down to the nearest for Lots exceeds that sum, the balance must be paid otherwise relationship with the Buyer. down by the Auctioneer at the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer. the Additional Premium will be payable to us by the Buyer to amount consistent with the Auctioneer’s bidding increments. than in coins, notes or travellers cheques; Any dispute as to the highest acceptable bid will be settled by cover our Expenses relating to the payment of royalties under The Seller’s responsibility to you New Bidders must also provide proof of identity and address 2. LOTS the Auctioneer in his absolute discretion. All bids tendered will the Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. The Additional The Seller does not make or agree to make any representation when submitting bids. Failure to do this will result in your bid Sterling travellers cheques: you may pay for Lots purchased relate to the actual Lot number announced by the Auctioneer. Premium will be a percentage of the amount of the Hammer of fact or contractual promise, Guarantee or warranty and not being placed. by you at this Sale with travellers cheques, provided the total Subject to the Contractual Description printed in bold letters An electronic currency converter may be used at the Sale. This Price calculated in accordance with the table below, and shall undertakes no obligation or duty, whether in contract or in amount payable by you in respect of all Lots purchased by you in the Entry about the Lot in the Catalogue (see paragraph 3 equipment is provided as a general guide as to the equivalent not exceed €12,500 (converted into the currency of the Sale tort (other than to the eventual Buyer as set out above), in Bidding via the internet at the Sale does not exceed £3,000. We will need to see your below), Lots are sold to the Buyer on an “as is” basis, with amount in certain currencies of a given bid. We do not accept using the European Central Bank Reference rate prevailing on respect of the accuracy or completeness of any statement Please visit our Website at http://www.bonhams.com for passport if you wish to pay using travellers cheques; all faults and imperfections. Illustrations and photographs any responsibility for any errors which may occur in the use of the date of the Sale). or representation made by him or on his behalf, which is in details of how to bid via the internet. contained in the Catalogue (other than photographs forming the currency converter. We may use video cameras to record any way descriptive of any Lot or as to the anticipated or Hammer Price Percentage amount Bank transfer: you may electronically transfer funds to our part of the Contractual Description) or elsewhere of any Lots the Sale and may record telephone calls for reasons of security likely selling price of any Lot. Other than as set out above, Bidding through an agent From €0 to €50,000 4% Trust Account. If you do so, please quote your paddle number are for identification purposes only. They may not reveal the and to assist in solving any disputes which may arise in relation no statement or representation in any way descriptive of a Bids will be accepted as placed on behalf of the person named From €50,000.01 to €200,000 3% and invoice number as the reference. Our Trust Account details true condition of the Lot. A photograph or illustration may not to bids made at the Sale. At some Sales, for example, jewellery Lot or any Estimate is incorporated into any Contract for Sale as the principal on the Bidding Form although we may refuse From €200,000.01 to €350,000 1% are as follows: reflect an accurate reproduction of the colour(s) of the Lot. Lots Sales, we may use screens on which images of the Lots will be between a Seller and a Buyer. to accept bids from an agent on behalf of a principal and will From €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5% are available for inspection prior to the Sale and it is for you to projected. This service is provided to assist viewing at the Sale. Bank: National Westminster Bank Plc require written confirmation from the principal confirming Exceeding €500,000 0.25% satisfy yourself as to each and every aspect of a Lot, including The image on the screen should be treated as an indication Address: PO Box 4RY Bonhams’ responsibility to you the agent’s authority to bid. Nevertheless, as the Bidding its authorship, attribution, condition, provenance, history, only of the current Lot. It should be noted that all bids 250 Regent Street You have the opportunity of examining the Lot if you want to Form explains, any person placing a bid as agent on behalf 8. VAT background, authenticity, style, period, age, suitability, quality, tendered will relate to the actual Lot number announced by London W1A 4RY and the Contract for Sale for a Lot is with the Seller and not of another (whether or not he has disclosed that fact or the roadworthiness (if relevant), origin, value and estimated selling the Auctioneer. We do not accept any responsibility for any Account Name: Bonhams 1793 Limited Trust Account with Bonhams; Bonhams acts as the Seller’s agent only (unless identity of his principal) will be jointly and severally liable with The prevailing rate of VAT at the time of going to press is 20%, price (including the Hammer Price). It is your responsibility errors which may occur in the use of the screen. Account Number: 25563009 Bonhams sells the Lot as principal). the principal to the Seller and to Bonhams under any contract but this is subject to government change and the rate payable to examine any Lot in which you are interested. It should be Sort Code: 56-00-27 resulting from the acceptance of a bid. Subject to the above, will be the rate in force on the date of the Sale. remembered that the actual condition of a Lot may not be as 5. BIDDING IBAN Number: GB 33 NWBK 560027 25563009 Bonhams undertakes no obligation to you to examine, please let us know if you are acting on behalf of another good as that indicated by its outward appearance. In particular, investigate or carry out any tests, either in sufficient depth or person when bidding for Lots at the Sale. The following symbols are used to denote that VAT is due on parts may have been replaced or renewed and Lots may not We do not accept bids from any person who has not If paying by bank transfer, the amount received after the at all, on each Lot to establish the accuracy or otherwise of any the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium: be authentic or of satisfactory quality; the inside of a Lot may completed and delivered to us one of our Bidding Forms, deduction of any bank fees and/or conversion of the currency Descriptions or opinions given by Bonhams, or by any person Equally, please let us know if you intend to nominate another † VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer’s not be visible and may not be original or may be damaged, either our Bidder Registration Form, Absentee Bidding Form of payment to pounds sterling must not be less than the on Bonhams’ behalf, whether in the Catalogue or elsewhere. person to bid on your behalf at the Sale unless this is to be Premium as for example where it is covered by upholstery or material. or Telephone Bidding Form. You will be asked for proof of sterling amount payable, as set out on the invoice. carried out by us pursuant to a Telephone or Absentee Bidding Ω VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Given the age of many Lots they may have been damaged and/ identity, residence and references, which, when asked for, you You should not suppose that such examinations, investigations Form that you have completed. If we do not approve the Price and Buyer’s Premium or repaired and you should not assume that a Lot is in good must supply if your bids are to be accepted by us. Please bring Debit cards: there is no additional charge for purchases made or tests have occurred. agency arrangements in writing before the Sale, we are entitled * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on condition. Electronic or mechanical parts may not operate your passport, driving licence (or similar photographic proof with personal debit cards, issued by a UK bank. Debit cards to assume that the person bidding at the Sale is bidding on his Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer’s Premium or may not comply with current statutory requirements. You of identity) and proof of address. We may request a deposit issued by an overseas bank, deferred and company debit cards Bonhams does not make or agree to make any representation own behalf. Accordingly, the person bidding at the Sale will should not assume that electrical items designed to operate from you before allowing you to bid. We may refuse entry and all credit cards will be subject to a 2% surcharge; of fact, and undertakes no obligation or duty (whether in be the Buyer and will be liable to pay the Hammer Price and on mains electricity will be suitable for connection to the to a Sale to any person even if that person has completed a contract or tort) in respect of the accuracy or completeness Buyer’s Premium and associated charges. If we approve the mains electricity supply and you should obtain a report from Bidding Form. of any statement or representation made by Bonhams or on
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 Union Pay cards: these are now accepted at our Knightsbridge any Description or Estimate made of any Lot, or the conduct modern firearms specialist. All prospective Bidders are advised and New Bond Street offices, when presented in person by the of any Sale in relation to any Lot, whether in damages, for an to consult the ˚ of bore and wall-thickness measurements card holder. These cards are subject to a 2% surcharge. indemnity or contribution, or for a restitutionary remedy or posted in the saleroom and available from the department. otherwise, our and/or the Seller’s liability (combined, if both Bidders should note that guns are stripped only where there Credit cards: Visa and Mastercard only. Please note there is a we and the Seller are liable) will be limited to payment of a is a strong indication of a mechanical malfunction. Stripping 2% surcharge on the total invoice value when payments are sum which will not exceed by way of maximum the amount is not, otherwise, undertaken. Guns intended for use should made using credit cards. It may be advisable to notify your card of the Purchase Price of the Lot irrespective in any case of the be stripped and cleaned beforehand. Hammer guns should provider of your intended purchase in advance to reduce delays nature, volume or source of any loss or damage alleged to be have their rebound mechanisms checked before use. The caused by us having to seek authority when you come to pay. If suffered or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether safety mechanisms of all guns must be tested before use. you have any questions with regard to payment, please contact the liability arises from any negligence, other tort, breach All measurements are approximate. our Customer Services Department. of contract (if any) or statutory duty or otherwise. Nothing set out above will be construed as excluding or restricting Original Gun Specifications Derived from Gunmakers 10. COLLECTION AND STORAGE (whether directly or indirectly) our liability or excluding or The Sporting Gun Department endeavours to confirm a gun’s restricting any person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, original specification and date of manufacture with makers The Buyer of a Lot will not be allowed to collect it until or (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence (or by who hold their original records. payment in full and in cleared funds has been made (unless the negligence of any person under our control or for whom we have made a special arrangement with the Buyer). For we are legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which Licensing Requirements collection and removal of purchased Lots, please refer to Sale we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, or (iv) Firearms Act 1968 as amended Information at the front of the Catalogue. Our offices are any other liability to the extent the same may not be excluded Bonhams is constantly reviewing its procedures and would open 9.00am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Details relating to or restricted as a matter of law or (v) our undertakings under remind you that, in the case of firearms or shotguns subject to the collection of a Lot, the storage of a Lot and our Storage paragraphs 9 (in relation to specialist Stamp or Book Sales only) certification, to conform with current legislation, Bonhams is Contractor after the Sale are set out in the Catalogue. and 10 of the Buyer’s Agreement. The same applies in respect required to see, as appropriate, your original registered firearms of the Seller, as if references to us in this paragraph were dealer’s certificate / shot gun certificate / firearm certificate / 11. SHIPPING substituted with references to the Seller. museum firearms licence / Section 5 authority or import licence (or details of any exemption from which you may benefit, for Please refer all enquiries to our shipping department on: 15. BOOKS instance Crown servant status) for the firearm(s) you have Tel: +44 (0)20 8963 2850/2852 Fax: +44 (0)20 8963 2805 purchased prior to taking full payment of the amount shown Email: [email protected] As stated above, all Lots are sold on an “as is” basis, subject on your invoice. Should you not already be in possession of to all faults, imperfections and errors of Description save as such an authority or exemption, you are required to initially 12. EXPORT/TRADE RESTRICTIONS set out below. However, you will be entitled to reject a Book pay a deposit of 95% of the total invoice with the balance of in the circumstances set out in paragraph 11 of the Buyers 5% payable on presentation of your valid certificate or licence It is your sole responsibility to comply with all export and Agreement. Please note that Lots comprising printed Books, showing your authority to hold the firearm(s) concerned. import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT any relevant export and/or import licence(s). Export licences are on the Buyer’s Premium. Please be advised that if a successful Bidder is then unable to issued by Arts Council England and application forms can be produce the correct paperwork, the Lot(s) will be reoffered by obtained from its Export Licensing Unit. The detailed provisions 16. CLOCKS AND WATCHES Bonhams in the next appropriate Sale, on standard terms for of the export licencing arrangements can be found on the ACE Sellers, and you will be responsible for any loss incurred by website http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/supporting- All Lots are sold “as is”, and the absence of any reference Bonhams on the original Sale to you. museums/cultural-property/export-controls/export-licensing/ to the condition of a clock or watch does not imply that or by phoning ACE on +44 (0)20 7973 5188. The need for the Lot is in good condition and without defects, repairs or In the case of RFD certificates and Section 5 authorities, we import licences varies from country to country and you should restorations. Most clocks and watches have been repaired in wish to keep an up-to-date copy on file. Please supply us with acquaint yourself with all relevant local requirements and the course of their normal lifetime and may now incorporate a Fax or photocopy. It would be helpful if you could send us an provisions. The refusal of any import or export licence(s) or parts not original to them. Furthermore, Bonhams makes updated copy whenever your certificate or authority is renewed any delay in obtaining such licence(s) shall not permit the no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in or changed. rescission of any Sale nor allow any delay in making full working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and payment for the Lot. Generally, please contact our shipping complex mechanisms, Bidders should be aware that a general Lots marked ‘S1´ and bearing red labels are Section 1 firearms department before the Sale if you require assistance in service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the and require a valid British Firearms certificate, RFD Licence or relation to export regulations. Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Bidders should import licence. be aware that the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank 13. CITES REGULATIONS Muller and Corum into the United States is highly restricted. Lots marked ‘S2’ and bearing blue labels are Section 2 firearms These watches may not be shipped to the USA and can only be and require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD licence or Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol Y are imported personally. import licence. subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items outside the EU. These regulations may be found at 17. FIREARMS – PROOF, CONDITION AND Lots marked ‘S5´ and bearing specially marked red labels are http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ or may CERTIFICATION Section 5 prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 be requested from: Authority or import licence. Proof of Firearms Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) The term “proof exemption” indicates that a firearm has Lots marked with a ‘S58´ and bearing yellow labels are for Wildlife Licencing been examined at a Proof House, but not proved, as either obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition Floor 1, Zone 17, Temple Quay House (a) it was deemed of interest and not intended for use, or (b) is held. 2 The Square, Temple Quay ammunition was not available. In either case, the firearm must BRISTOL BS1 6EB be regarded as unsafe to fire unless subsequently proved. Unmarked Lots require no licence. Tel: +44 (0) 117 372 8774 Firearms proved for Black Powder should not be used with smokeless ammunition. Please do not hesitate to contact the Modern Sporting Gun 14. THE SELLERS AND/OR BONHAMS’ LIABILITY Department should you have any queries. The term “Certificate of Unprovability” indicates that a firearm Other than any liability of the Seller to the Buyer of a Lot has been examined at a Proof House and is deemed both Taxidermy and Related Items under the Contract for Sale, neither we nor the Seller are unsuitable for proof and use. Reproof is required before any As a Seller of these articles, Bonhams undertakes to comply liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) for any error or such firearm is to be used. fully with Cites and DEFRA regulations. Buyers are advised to misdescription or omission in any Description of a Lot or any inform themselves of all such regulations and should expect Estimate in respect of it, whether contained in the Catalogue Guns Sold as Parts the exportation of items to take some time to arrange. or otherwise, whether given orally or in writing and whether Barrels of guns sold as parts will only be made available for given before or during the Sale. Neither we nor the Seller will sleeving and measurements once rendered unserviceable 18. FURNITURE be liable for any loss of Business, profits, revenue or income, or according to the Gun Barrel Proof Act of 1968 to 1978 and the for loss of reputation, or for disruption to Business or wasted Rules of Proof. Upholstered Furniture time on the part of management or staff, or for indirect losses Whilst we take every care in cataloguing furniture which has or consequential damages of any kind, irrespective in any Condition of Firearms been upholstered we offer no Guarantee as to the originality case of the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage Comment in this Catalogue is restricted, in general, to of the wood covered by fabric or upholstery. alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether the said exceptional condition and to those defects that might affect loss or damage is caused by or claimed in respect of any the immediate safety of a firearm in normal use. An intending negligence, other tort, breach of contract (if any) or statutory Bidder unable to make technical examinations and assessments duty, restitutionary claim or otherwise. In any circumstances is recommended to seek advice from a gunmaker or from a where we and/or the Seller are liable in relation to any Lot or
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 Union Pay cards: these are now accepted at our Knightsbridge any Description or Estimate made of any Lot, or the conduct modern firearms specialist. All prospective Bidders are advised 19. JEWELLERY • The date given is that of the image (negative). Where no 24. WINE and New Bond Street offices, when presented in person by the of any Sale in relation to any Lot, whether in damages, for an to consult the ˚ of bore and wall-thickness measurements further date is given, this indicates that the photographic ˜ Ruby and Jadeite card holder. These cards are subject to a 2% surcharge. indemnity or contribution, or for a restitutionary remedy or posted in the saleroom and available from the department. print is vintage (the term “vintage” may also be included Lots which are lying under Bond and those liable to VAT may Ruby and jadeite gemstones of Burmese (Myanmar) origin otherwise, our and/or the Seller’s liability (combined, if both Bidders should note that guns are stripped only where there in the Lot Description). A vintage photograph is one which not be available for immediate collection. may not be imported into the US. Rubies and jadeite of Credit cards: Visa and Mastercard only. Please note there is a we and the Seller are liable) will be limited to payment of a is a strong indication of a mechanical malfunction. Stripping was made within approximately 5-10 years of the negative. non–Burmese origin require certification before import 2% surcharge on the total invoice value when payments are sum which will not exceed by way of maximum the amount is not, otherwise, undertaken. Guns intended for use should Where a second, later date appears, this refers to the date Examining the wines into the US and it is the Buyer’s responsibility to obtain all made using credit cards. It may be advisable to notify your card of the Purchase Price of the Lot irrespective in any case of the be stripped and cleaned beforehand. Hammer guns should of printing. Where the exact printing date is not known, but It is occasionally possible to provide a pre-Sale tasting for relevant and required export/import licences, certificates provider of your intended purchase in advance to reduce delays nature, volume or source of any loss or damage alleged to be have their rebound mechanisms checked before use. The understood to be later, “printed later” will appear in the Lot larger parcels (as defined below). This is generally limited to and documentation before shipping. Failure by the Buyer to caused by us having to seek authority when you come to pay. If suffered or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether safety mechanisms of all guns must be tested before use. Description. more recent and everyday drinking wines. Please contact the successfully import goods into the US does not constitute you have any questions with regard to payment, please contact the liability arises from any negligence, other tort, breach All measurements are approximate. • Unless otherwise specified, dimensions given are those of department for details. grounds for non payment or cancellation of Sale. Bonhams our Customer Services Department. of contract (if any) or statutory duty or otherwise. Nothing the piece of paper on which the image is printed, including will not be responsible for any additional costs in this regard set out above will be construed as excluding or restricting Original Gun Specifications Derived from Gunmakers any margins. Some photographs may appear in the It is not our policy to inspect every unopened case. In the case howsoever incurred. 10. COLLECTION AND STORAGE (whether directly or indirectly) our liability or excluding or The Sporting Gun Department endeavours to confirm a gun’s Catalogue without margins illustrated. of wines older than 20 years the boxes will usually have been restricting any person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, original specification and date of manufacture with makers • All photographs are sold unframed unless stated in the Lot opened and levels and appearance noted in the Catalogue Gemstones The Buyer of a Lot will not be allowed to collect it until or (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence (or by who hold their original records. Description. where necessary. You should make proper allowance for Historically many gemstones have been subjected to a variety payment in full and in cleared funds has been made (unless the negligence of any person under our control or for whom variations in ullage levels and conditions of corks, capsules of treatments to enhance their appearance. Sapphires and we have made a special arrangement with the Buyer). For we are legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which Licensing Requirements 21. PICTURES and labels. rubies are routinely heat treated to improve their colour and collection and removal of purchased Lots, please refer to Sale we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, or (iv) Firearms Act 1968 as amended clarity, similarly emeralds are frequently treated with oils or Explanation of Catalogue Terms Information at the front of the Catalogue. Our offices are any other liability to the extent the same may not be excluded Bonhams is constantly reviewing its procedures and would Corks and Ullages resin for the same purpose. Other treatments such as staining, The following terms used in the Catalogue have the following open 9.00am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Details relating to or restricted as a matter of law or (v) our undertakings under remind you that, in the case of firearms or shotguns subject to Ullage refers to the space between the base of the cork and irradiation or coating may have been used on other gemstones. meanings but are subject to the general provisions relating to the collection of a Lot, the storage of a Lot and our Storage paragraphs 9 (in relation to specialist Stamp or Book Sales only) certification, to conform with current legislation, Bonhams is the wine. Ullage levels for Bordeaux shaped bottles are only These treatments may be permanent, whilst others may need Descriptions contained in the Contract for Sale: Contractor after the Sale are set out in the Catalogue. and 10 of the Buyer’s Agreement. The same applies in respect required to see, as appropriate, your original registered firearms normally noted when below the neck and for Burgundy, special care or re-treatment over the years to retain their • “Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by the artist. of the Seller, as if references to us in this paragraph were dealer’s certificate / shot gun certificate / firearm certificate / Alsace, German and Cognac shaped bottles when greater than appearance. Bidders should be aware that Estimates assume When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of 11. SHIPPING substituted with references to the Seller. museum firearms licence / Section 5 authority or import licence 4 centimetres (cm). Acceptable ullage levels increase with age; that gemstones may have been subjected to such treatments. asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether (or details of any exemption from which you may benefit, for generally acceptable levels are as follows: A number of laboratories issue certificates that give more preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion Please refer all enquiries to our shipping department on: 15. BOOKS instance Crown servant status) for the firearm(s) you have detailed Descriptions of gemstones. However there may not be the work is by the artist named; Under 15 years old – into neck or less than 4cm Tel: +44 (0)20 8963 2850/2852 Fax: +44 (0)20 8963 2805 purchased prior to taking full payment of the amount shown consensus between different laboratories on the degrees, or • “Attributed to Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion probably 15 to 30 years old – top shoulder (ts) or up to 5cm Email: [email protected] As stated above, all Lots are sold on an “as is” basis, subject on your invoice. Should you not already be in possession of types of treatment for any particular gemstone. In the event a work by the artist but less certainty as to authorship is Over 30 years old – high shoulder (hs) or up to 6cm to all faults, imperfections and errors of Description save as such an authority or exemption, you are required to initially that Bonhams has been given or has obtained certificates expressed than in the preceding category; 12. EXPORT/TRADE RESTRICTIONS set out below. However, you will be entitled to reject a Book pay a deposit of 95% of the total invoice with the balance of for any Lot in the Sale these certificates will be disclosed in • “Studio/Workshop of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a It should be noted that ullages may change between in the circumstances set out in paragraph 11 of the Buyers 5% payable on presentation of your valid certificate or licence the Catalogue. Although, as a matter of policy, Bonhams work by an unknown hand in a studio of the artist which publication of the Catalogue and the Sale and that corks may It is your sole responsibility to comply with all export and Agreement. Please note that Lots comprising printed Books, showing your authority to hold the firearm(s) concerned. endeavours to provide certificates from recognised laboratories may or may not have been executed under the artist’s fail as a result of transporting the wine. We will only accept import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT for certain gemstones, it is not feasible to obtain certificates direction; responsibility for Descriptions of condition at the time of any relevant export and/or import licence(s). Export licences are on the Buyer’s Premium. Please be advised that if a successful Bidder is then unable to for each Lot. In the event that no certificate is published in the • “Circle of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by publication of the Catalogue and cannot accept responsibility issued by Arts Council England and application forms can be produce the correct paperwork, the Lot(s) will be reoffered by Catalogue, Bidders should assume that the gemstones may a hand closely associated with a named artist but not for any loss resulting from failure of corks either before or after obtained from its Export Licensing Unit. The detailed provisions 16. CLOCKS AND WATCHES Bonhams in the next appropriate Sale, on standard terms for have been treated. Neither Bonhams nor the Seller accepts any necessarily his pupil; this point. of the export licencing arrangements can be found on the ACE Sellers, and you will be responsible for any loss incurred by liability for contradictions or differing certificates obtained by • “Follower of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work by a website http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/supporting- All Lots are sold “as is”, and the absence of any reference Bonhams on the original Sale to you. Buyers on any Lots subsequent to the Sale. painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly Options to buy parcels museums/cultural-property/export-controls/export-licensing/ to the condition of a clock or watch does not imply that contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil; A parcel is a number of Lots of identical size of the same wine, or by phoning ACE on +44 (0)20 7973 5188. The need for the Lot is in good condition and without defects, repairs or In the case of RFD certificates and Section 5 authorities, we Estimated Weights • “Manner of Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion a work in the bottle size and Description. The Buyer of any of these Lots has import licences varies from country to country and you should restorations. Most clocks and watches have been repaired in wish to keep an up-to-date copy on file. Please supply us with If a stone(s) weight appears within the body of the Description style of the artist and of a later date; the option to accept some or all of the remaining Lots in the acquaint yourself with all relevant local requirements and the course of their normal lifetime and may now incorporate a Fax or photocopy. It would be helpful if you could send us an in capital letters, the stone(s) has been unmounted and • “After Jacopo Bassano”: in our opinion, a copy of a known parcel at the same price, although such options will be at the provisions. The refusal of any import or export licence(s) or parts not original to them. Furthermore, Bonhams makes updated copy whenever your certificate or authority is renewed weighed by Bonhams. If the weight of the stone(s) is stated work of the artist; Auctioneer’s sole discretion. Absentee Bidders are, therefore, any delay in obtaining such licence(s) shall not permit the no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in or changed. to be approximate and does not appear in capital letters, the • “Signed and/or dated and/or inscribed”: in our opinion the advised to bid on the first Lot in a parcel. rescission of any Sale nor allow any delay in making full working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and stone(s) has been assessed by us within its/their settings, and signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand payment for the Lot. Generally, please contact our shipping complex mechanisms, Bidders should be aware that a general Lots marked ‘S1´ and bearing red labels are Section 1 firearms the stated weight is a statement of our opinion only. This of the artist; Wines in Bond department before the Sale if you require assistance in service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the and require a valid British Firearms certificate, RFD Licence or information is given as a guide and Bidders should satisfy • “Bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription”: in our Wines lying in Bond are marked Δ and VAT is payable by the relation to export regulations. Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Bidders should import licence. themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have purchaser, at the standard rate, on the Hammer Price, unless be aware that the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank been added by another hand. the wines are to remain under Bond. Buyers requiring their 13. CITES REGULATIONS Muller and Corum into the United States is highly restricted. Lots marked ‘S2’ and bearing blue labels are Section 2 firearms Signatures wine to remain in Bond must notify Bonhams at the time of These watches may not be shipped to the USA and can only be and require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD licence or 1. A diamond brooch, by Kutchinsky 22. PORCELAIN AND GLASS the Sale. The Buyer is then himself responsible for all duty, Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol Y are imported personally. import licence. When the maker’s name appears in the title, in Bonhams’ clearance VAT and other charges that may be payable thereon. subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items opinion the piece is by that maker. Damage and Restoration All such Lots must be transferred or collected within two weeks outside the EU. These regulations may be found at 17. FIREARMS – PROOF, CONDITION AND Lots marked ‘S5´ and bearing specially marked red labels are For your guidance, in our Catalogues we detail, as far as of the Sale. http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ or may CERTIFICATION Section 5 prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 2. A diamond brooch, signed Kutchinsky practicable, recorded all significant defects, cracks and be requested from: Authority or import licence. Has a signature that, in Bonhams’ opinion, is authentic but restoration. Such practicable Descriptions of damage cannot Buyers outside the UK must be aware that any forwarding Proof of Firearms Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may be definitive, and in providing Condition Reports, we cannot agent appointed to export their purchases must have a The term “proof exemption” indicates that a firearm has Lots marked with a ‘S58´ and bearing yellow labels are for Wildlife Licencing have been altered. Guarantee that there are no other defects present which movement certificate for Lots to be released under Bond. been examined at a Proof House, but not proved, as either obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition Floor 1, Zone 17, Temple Quay House have not been mentioned. Bidders should satisfy themselves (a) it was deemed of interest and not intended for use, or (b) is held. 2 The Square, Temple Quay 3. A diamond brooch, mounted by Kutchinsky by inspection, as to the condition of each Lot. Please see the Bottling Details and Case Terms ammunition was not available. In either case, the firearm must BRISTOL BS1 6EB Has been created by the jeweller, in Bonhams’ opinion, but Contract for Sale printed in this Catalogue. Because of the The following terms used in the Catalogue have the following be regarded as unsafe to fire unless subsequently proved. Unmarked Lots require no licence. Tel: +44 (0) 117 372 8774 using stones or designs supplied by the client. difficulty in determining whether an item of glass has been meanings: Firearms proved for Black Powder should not be used with repolished, in our Catalogues reference is only made to visible CB – Château bottled smokeless ammunition. Please do not hesitate to contact the Modern Sporting Gun 14. THE SELLERS AND/OR BONHAMS’ LIABILITY 20. PHOTOGRAPHS chips and cracks. No mention is made of repolishing, severe DB – Domaine bottled Department should you have any queries. or otherwise. EstB – Estate bottled The term “Certificate of Unprovability” indicates that a firearm Explanation of Catalogue Terms Other than any liability of the Seller to the Buyer of a Lot BB – Bordeaux bottled has been examined at a Proof House and is deemed both Taxidermy and Related Items • “Bill Brandt”: in our opinion a work by the artist. under the Contract for Sale, neither we nor the Seller are 23. VEHICLES BE – Belgian bottled unsuitable for proof and use. Reproof is required before any As a Seller of these articles, Bonhams undertakes to comply • “Attributed to Bill Brandt”: in our opinion probably a work liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) for any error or FB – French bottled such firearm is to be used. fully with Cites and DEFRA regulations. Buyers are advised to by the artist, but less certainty to authorship is expressed misdescription or omission in any Description of a Lot or any The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain GB – German bottled inform themselves of all such regulations and should expect than in the preceding category. Estimate in respect of it, whether contained in the Catalogue OB – Oporto bottled Guns Sold as Parts the exportation of items to take some time to arrange. • “Signed and/or titled and/or dated and/or inscribed”: in or otherwise, whether given orally or in writing and whether Dating Plates and Certificates UK – United Kingdom bottled Barrels of guns sold as parts will only be made available for our opinion the signature and/or title and/or date and/or given before or during the Sale. Neither we nor the Seller will When mention is made of a Veteran Car Club Dating Plate or owc – original wooden case sleeving and measurements once rendered unserviceable 18. FURNITURE inscription are in the artist’s hand. be liable for any loss of Business, profits, revenue or income, or Dating Certificate in thisCatalogue , it should be borne in mind iwc – individual wooden case according to the Gun Barrel Proof Act of 1968 to 1978 and the • “Signed and/or titled and/or dated and/or inscribed in for loss of reputation, or for disruption to Business or wasted that the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain using the services of oc – original carton Rules of Proof. Upholstered Furniture another hand”: in our opinion the signature and/or title time on the part of management or staff, or for indirect losses Veteran Car Company Ltd, does from time to time, review cars Whilst we take every care in cataloguing furniture which has and/or date and/or inscription have been added by or consequential damages of any kind, irrespective in any already dated and, in some instances, where fresh evidence Condition of Firearms been upholstered we offer no Guarantee as to the originality another hand. case of the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage becomes available, the review can result in an alteration of date. Comment in this Catalogue is restricted, in general, to of the wood covered by fabric or upholstery. alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether the said Whilst the Club and Veteran Car Company Ltd make every exceptional condition and to those defects that might affect loss or damage is caused by or claimed in respect of any effort to ensure accuracy, the date shown on the Dating Plate or the immediate safety of a firearm in normal use. An intending negligence, other tort, breach of contract (if any) or statutory Dating Certificate cannot be guaranteed as correct and intending Bidder unable to make technical examinations and assessments duty, restitutionary claim or otherwise. In any circumstances purchasers should make their own enquiries as to the date of is recommended to seek advice from a gunmaker or from a where we and/or the Seller are liable in relation to any Lot or the car.
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 SYMBOLS 2 SELLER’S UNDERTAKINGS 4.2 The Seller will not be liable for any breach of any undertaking, whether implied by the Sale of Goods THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS ARE USED TO DENOTE 2.1 The Seller undertakes to you that: Act 1979 or otherwise, as to the satisfactory quality of the Lot or its fitness for any purpose. Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items 2.1.1 the Seller is the owner of the Lot or is duly authorised outside the EU, see clause 13. to sell the Lot by the owner; 5 RISK, PROPERTY AND TITLE W Objects displayed with a w will be located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for 2.1.2 save as disclosed in the Entry for the Lot in the 5.1 Risk in the Lot passes to you when it is knocked collection from this location. Catalogue, the Seller sells the Lot with full title down to you on the fall of the Auctioneer’s ≈ Please note that as a result of recent legislation ruby and guarantee or, where the Seller is an executor, trustee, hammer in respect of the Lot. The Seller will not jadeite gem stones of Burmese (Myanmar) origin may liquidator, receiver or administrator, with whatever be responsible thereafter for the Lot prior to not be imported into the US. Rubies and jadeite of non- right, title or interest he may have in the Lot; you collecting it from Bonhams or the Storage Burmese origin require certification before import into the Contractor, with whom you have separate contract(s) US. 2.1.3 except where the Sale is by an executor, trustee, as Buyer. You will indemnify the Seller and keep the Δ Wines lying in Bond. liquidator, receiver or administrator the Seller is both Seller fully indemnified from and against all claims, AR An Additional Premium will be payable to us by the Buyer legally entitled to sell the Lot, and legally capable proceedings, costs, expenses and losses arising in to cover our Expenses relating to payment of royalties of conferring on you quiet possession of the Lot respect of any injury, loss and damage caused to the under the Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. See and that the Sale conforms in every respect with Lot after the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer until clause 7 for details. the terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979, you obtain full title to it. ○ The Seller has been guaranteed a minimum price for the Sections 12(1) and 12(2) (see the Definitions and Lot, either by Bonhams or a third party. This may take Glossary); 5.2 Title to the Lot remains in and is retained by the the form of an irrevocable bid by a third party, who may Seller until the Purchase Price and all other sums make a financial gain on a successful Sale or a financial 2.1.4 the Seller has complied with all requirements, legal or payable by you to Bonhams in relation to the Lot loss if unsuccessful. otherwise, relating to any export or import of the Lot, have been paid in full to, and received in cleared ▲ Bonhams owns the Lot either wholly or partially or may and all duties and taxes in respect of the export or funds by, Bonhams. otherwise have an economic interest. import of the Lot have (unless stated to the contrary Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States in the Catalogue or announced by the Auctioneer) 6 PAYMENT Government has banned the import of ivory into been paid and, so far as the Seller is aware, all third the USA. parties have complied with such requirements in 6.1 Your obligation to pay the Purchase Price arises when the past; the Lot is knocked down to you on the fall of the •, †, *, G, Ω, a see clause 8, VAT, for details. Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot. 2.1.5 subject to any alterations expressly identified as such DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION made by announcement or notice at the Sale venue 6.2 Time will be of the essence in relation to payment or by the Notice to Bidders or by an insert in the of the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall Catalogue, the Lot corresponds with the Contractual you to Bonhams. Unless agreed in writing with you only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy Description of the Lot, being that part of the Entry by Bonhams on the Seller’s behalf (in which case (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have about the Lot in the Catalogue which is in bold you must comply with the terms of that agreement), given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of letters and (except for colour) with any photograph all such sums must be paid to Bonhams by you in our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. of the Lot in the Catalogue and the contents of the currency in which the Sale was conducted by com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, any Condition Report which has been provided to not later than 4.30pm on the second working day 101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR or by email from the Buyer. following the Sale and you must ensure that the [email protected] funds are cleared by the seventh working day after 3 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LOT the Sale. Payment must be made to Bonhams by one APPENDIX 1 of the methods stated in the Notice to Bidders unless 3.1 Paragraph 2.1.5 sets out what is the Contractual otherwise agreed with you in writing by Bonhams. If CONTRACT FOR SALE Description of the Lot. In particular, the Lot is not you do not pay any sums due in accordance with this sold as corresponding with that part of the Entry in paragraph, the Seller will have the rights set out in IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the the Catalogue which is not printed in bold letters, paragraph 8 below. Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in which merely sets out (on the Seller’s behalf) the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the Bonhams’ opinion about the Lot and which is not 7 COLLECTION OF THE LOT Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral part of the Contractual Description upon which the announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. Lot is sold. Any statement or representation other 7.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with you by You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in than that part of the Entry referred to in paragraph Bonhams, the Lot will be released to you or to your advance of bidding if there have been any. 2.1.5 (together with any express alteration to it order only when Bonhams has received cleared funds as referred to in paragraph 2.1.5), including any to the amount of the full Purchase Price and all other Under this contract the Seller’s liability in respect of the quality Description or Estimate, whether made orally or in sums owed by you to the Seller and to Bonhams. of the Lot, it’s fitness for any purpose and its conformity with writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ any Description is limited. You are strongly advised to examine Website, or by conduct, or otherwise, and whether 7.2 The Seller is entitled to withhold possession from you the Lot for yourself and/or obtain an independent examination by or on behalf of the Seller or Bonhams and of any other Lot he has sold to you at the same or of it before you buy it. whether made prior to or during the Sale, is not part at any other Sale and whether currently in Bonhams’ of the Contractual Description upon which the Lot is possession or not until payment in full and in cleared 1 THE CONTRACT sold. funds of the Purchase Price and all other sums due to the Seller and/or Bonhams in respect of the Lot. 1.1 These terms govern the Contract for Sale of the Lot 3.2 Except as provided in paragraph 2.1.5, the Seller by the Seller to the Buyer. does not make or give and does not agree to make 7.3 You will collect and remove the Lot at your own or give any contractual promise, undertaking, expense from Bonhams’ custody and/ or control or 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3 obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation from the Storage Contractor’s custody in accordance in the Catalogue are incorporated into this Contract of fact, or undertake any duty of care, in relation to with Bonhams’ instructions or requirements. for Sale and a separate copy can also be provided any Description of the Lot or any Estimate in relation by Bonhams on request. Where words and phrases to it, nor of the accuracy or completeness of any 7.4 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling are used which are in the List of Definitions, they are Description or Estimate which may have been made and transport of the Lot on collection and for printed in italics. by or on behalf of the Seller including by Bonhams. complying with all import or export regulations in No such Description or Estimate is incorporated into connection with the Lot. 1.3 The Seller sells the Lot as the principal to the this Contract for Sale. Contract for Sale, such contract being made between 7.5 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, the Seller and you through Bonhams which acts in 4 FITNESS FOR PURPOSE AND SATISFACTORY storage or other charges or Expenses incurred the sole capacity as the Seller’s agent and not as QUALITY by the Seller if you do not remove the Lot in an additional principal. However, if the Catalogue accordance with this paragraph 7 and will states that Bonhams sells the Lot as principal, or such 4.1 The Seller does not make and does not agree indemnify the Seller against all charges, costs, a statement is made by an announcement by the to make any contractual promise, undertaking, including any legal costs and fees, Expenses and Auctioneer, or by a notice at the Sale, or an insert obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation of losses suffered by the Seller by reason of your in the Catalogue, then Bonhams is the Seller for the fact in relation to the satisfactory quality of the Lot or failure to remove the Lot including any charges purposes of this agreement. its fitness for any purpose. due under any Storage Contract. All such sums due to the Seller will be payable on demand. 1.4 The contract is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot when it is knocked down to you. NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 SYMBOLS 2 SELLER’S UNDERTAKINGS 4.2 The Seller will not be liable for any breach of any 8 FAILURE TO PAY FOR THE LOT 9 THE SELLER’S LIABILITY 10.3 If either party to the Contract for Sale is prevented undertaking, whether implied by the Sale of Goods from performing that party’s respective obligations THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS ARE USED TO DENOTE 2.1 The Seller undertakes to you that: Act 1979 or otherwise, as to the satisfactory quality 8.1 If the Purchase Price for a Lot is not paid to Bonhams 9.1 The Seller will not be liable for any injury, loss or under the Contract for Sale by circumstances beyond of the Lot or its fitness for any purpose. in full in accordance with the Contract for Sale damage caused by the Lot after the fall of the its reasonable control or if performance of its Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting these items 2.1.1 the Seller is the owner of the Lot or is duly authorised the Seller will be entitled, with the prior written Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot. obligations would by reason of such circumstances outside the EU, see clause 13. to sell the Lot by the owner; 5 RISK, PROPERTY AND TITLE agreement of Bonhams but without further notice to give rise to a significantly increased financial W Objects displayed with a w will be located in the you, to exercise one or more of the following rights 9.2 Subject to paragraph 9.3 below, except for breach cost to it, that party will not, for so long as such Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for 2.1.2 save as disclosed in the Entry for the Lot in the 5.1 Risk in the Lot passes to you when it is knocked (whether through Bonhams or otherwise): of the express undertaking provided in paragraph circumstances prevail, be required to perform such collection from this location. Catalogue, the Seller sells the Lot with full title down to you on the fall of the Auctioneer’s 2.1.5, the Seller will not be liable for any breach obligations. This paragraph does not apply to the ≈ Please note that as a result of recent legislation ruby and guarantee or, where the Seller is an executor, trustee, hammer in respect of the Lot. The Seller will not 8.1.1 to terminate immediately the Contract for Sale of the of any term that the Lot will correspond with any obligations imposed on you by paragraph 6. jadeite gem stones of Burmese (Myanmar) origin may liquidator, receiver or administrator, with whatever be responsible thereafter for the Lot prior to Lot for your breach of contract; Description applied to it by or on behalf of the Seller, not be imported into the US. Rubies and jadeite of non- right, title or interest he may have in the Lot; you collecting it from Bonhams or the Storage whether implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or 10.4 Any notice or other communication to be given Burmese origin require certification before import into the Contractor, with whom you have separate contract(s) 8.1.2 to resell the Lot by auction, private treaty or any otherwise. under the Contract for Sale must be in writing US. 2.1.3 except where the Sale is by an executor, trustee, as Buyer. You will indemnify the Seller and keep the other means on giving seven days’ written notice to and may be delivered by hand or sent by first class Δ Wines lying in Bond. liquidator, receiver or administrator the Seller is both Seller fully indemnified from and against all claims, you of the intention to resell; 9.3 Unless the Seller sells the Lot in the course of a post or air mail or fax transmission, if to the Seller, AR An Additional Premium will be payable to us by the Buyer legally entitled to sell the Lot, and legally capable proceedings, costs, expenses and losses arising in Business and the Buyer buys it as a Consumer, addressed c/o Bonhams at its address or fax number to cover our Expenses relating to payment of royalties of conferring on you quiet possession of the Lot respect of any injury, loss and damage caused to the 8.1.3 to retain possession of the Lot; in the Catalogue (marked for the attention of the under the Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. See and that the Sale conforms in every respect with Lot after the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer until 9.3.1 the Seller will not be liable (whether in negligence, Company Secretary), and if to you to the address or clause 7 for details. the terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979, you obtain full title to it. 8.1.4 to remove and store the Lot at your expense; other tort, breach of contract or statutory duty or in fax number of the Buyer given in the Bidding Form ○ The Seller has been guaranteed a minimum price for the Sections 12(1) and 12(2) (see the Definitions and restitution or under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, (unless notice of any change of address is given in Lot, either by Bonhams or a third party. This may take Glossary); 5.2 Title to the Lot remains in and is retained by the 8.1.5 to take legal proceedings against you for any sum or in any other way) for any lack of conformity with, writing). It is the responsibility of the sender of the the form of an irrevocable bid by a third party, who may Seller until the Purchase Price and all other sums due under the Contract for Sale and/or damages for or inaccuracy, error, misdescription or omission in notice or communication to ensure that it is received make a financial gain on a successful Sale or a financial 2.1.4 the Seller has complied with all requirements, legal or payable by you to Bonhams in relation to the Lot breach of contract; any Description of the Lot or any Entry or Estimate in a legible form within any applicable time period. loss if unsuccessful. otherwise, relating to any export or import of the Lot, have been paid in full to, and received in cleared in relation to the Lot made by or on behalf of ▲ Bonhams owns the Lot either wholly or partially or may and all duties and taxes in respect of the export or funds by, Bonhams. 8.1.6 to be paid interest on any monies due (after as well the Seller (whether made in writing, including in 10.5 If any term or any part of any term of the Contract otherwise have an economic interest. import of the Lot have (unless stated to the contrary as before judgement or order) at the annual rate the Catalogue, or on the Website, or orally, or by for Sale is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States in the Catalogue or announced by the Auctioneer) 6 PAYMENT of 5% per annum above the base rate of National conduct or otherwise) and whether made before or unenforceability or invalidity will not affect the Government has banned the import of ivory into been paid and, so far as the Seller is aware, all third Westminster Bank Plc from time to time to be after this agreement or prior to or during the Sale; enforceability and validity of the remaining terms or the USA. parties have complied with such requirements in 6.1 Your obligation to pay the Purchase Price arises when calculated on a daily basis from the date upon which the remainder of the relevant term. the past; the Lot is knocked down to you on the fall of the such monies become payable until the date of actual 9.3.2 the Seller will not be liable for any loss of Business, •, †, *, G, Ω, a see clause 8, VAT, for details. Auctioneer’s hammer in respect of the Lot. payment; Business profits or revenue or income or for loss of 10.6 References in the Contract for Sale to Bonhams will, 2.1.5 subject to any alterations expressly identified as such reputation or for disruption to Business or wasted where appropriate, include reference to Bonhams’ DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION made by announcement or notice at the Sale venue 6.2 Time will be of the essence in relation to payment 8.1.7 to repossess the Lot (or any part thereof) which has time on the part of the Buyer or of the Buyer’s officers, employees and agents. or by the Notice to Bidders or by an insert in the of the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by not become your property, and for this purpose management or staff or, for any indirect losses or Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall Catalogue, the Lot corresponds with the Contractual you to Bonhams. Unless agreed in writing with you (unless the Buyer buys the Lot as a Consumer from consequential damages of any kind, irrespective in 10.7 The headings used in the Contract for Sale only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy Description of the Lot, being that part of the Entry by Bonhams on the Seller’s behalf (in which case the Seller selling in the course of a Business) you any case of the nature, volume or source of the loss are for convenience only and will not affect its (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have about the Lot in the Catalogue which is in bold you must comply with the terms of that agreement), hereby grant an irrevocable licence to the Seller by or damage alleged to be suffered, and irrespective interpretation. given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of letters and (except for colour) with any photograph all such sums must be paid to Bonhams by you in himself and to his servants or agents to enter upon of whether the said loss or damage is caused by our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. of the Lot in the Catalogue and the contents of the currency in which the Sale was conducted by all or any of your premises (with or without vehicles) or claimed in respect of any negligence, other tort, 10.8 In the Contract for Sale “including” means com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, any Condition Report which has been provided to not later than 4.30pm on the second working day during normal Business hours to take possession of breach of contract, statutory duty, restitutionary “including, without limitation”. 101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR or by email from the Buyer. following the Sale and you must ensure that the the Lot or part thereof; claim or otherwise; [email protected] funds are cleared by the seventh working day after 10.9 References to the singular will include reference to 3 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LOT the Sale. Payment must be made to Bonhams by one 8.1.8 to retain possession of any other property sold to you 9.3.3 in any circumstances where the Seller is liable to you the plural (and vice versa) and reference to any one APPENDIX 1 of the methods stated in the Notice to Bidders unless by the Seller at the Sale or any other auction or by in respect of the Lot, or any act, omission, statement, gender will include reference to the other genders. 3.1 Paragraph 2.1.5 sets out what is the Contractual otherwise agreed with you in writing by Bonhams. If private treaty until all sums due under the Contract or representation in respect of it, or this agreement CONTRACT FOR SALE Description of the Lot. In particular, the Lot is not you do not pay any sums due in accordance with this for Sale shall have been paid in full in cleared funds; or its performance, and whether in damages, for 10.10 Reference to a numbered paragraph is to a sold as corresponding with that part of the Entry in paragraph, the Seller will have the rights set out in an indemnity or contribution or for a restitutionary paragraph of the Contract for Sale. IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the the Catalogue which is not printed in bold letters, paragraph 8 below. 8.1.9 to retain possession of, and on three months’ written remedy or in any way whatsoever, the Seller’s liability Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in which merely sets out (on the Seller’s behalf) notice to sell, Without Reserve, any of your other will be limited to payment of a sum which will not 10.11 Save as expressly provided in paragraph 10.12 the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the Bonhams’ opinion about the Lot and which is not 7 COLLECTION OF THE LOT property in the possession of the Seller and/or of exceed by way of maximum the amount of the nothing in the Contract for Sale confers (or purports Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral part of the Contractual Description upon which the Bonhams (as bailee for the Seller) for any purpose Purchase Price of the Lot irrespective in any case of to confer) on any person who is not a party to the announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. Lot is sold. Any statement or representation other 7.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with you by (including, without limitation, other goods sold to the nature, volume or source of any loss or damage Contract for Sale any benefit conferred by, or the You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in than that part of the Entry referred to in paragraph Bonhams, the Lot will be released to you or to your you) and to apply any monies due to you as a result alleged to be suffered or sum claimed as due, and right to enforce any term of, the Contract for Sale. advance of bidding if there have been any. 2.1.5 (together with any express alteration to it order only when Bonhams has received cleared funds of such Sale in satisfaction or part satisfaction of any irrespective of whether the liability arises from any as referred to in paragraph 2.1.5), including any to the amount of the full Purchase Price and all other amounts owed to the Seller or to Bonhams; and negligence, other tort, breach of contract, statutory 10.12 Where the Contract for Sale confers an immunity Under this contract the Seller’s liability in respect of the quality Description or Estimate, whether made orally or in sums owed by you to the Seller and to Bonhams. duty, bailee’s duty, restitutionary claim or otherwise. from, and/or an exclusion or restriction of, the of the Lot, it’s fitness for any purpose and its conformity with writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ 8.1.10 so long as such goods remain in the possession of responsibility and/or liability of the Seller, it will also any Description is limited. You are strongly advised to examine Website, or by conduct, or otherwise, and whether 7.2 The Seller is entitled to withhold possession from you the Seller or Bonhams as its bailee, to rescind the 9.4 Nothing set out in paragraphs 9.1 to 9.3 above will operate in favour and for the benefit ofBonhams, the Lot for yourself and/or obtain an independent examination by or on behalf of the Seller or Bonhams and of any other Lot he has sold to you at the same or contract for the Sale of any other goods sold to be construed as excluding or restricting (whether Bonhams’ holding company and the subsidiaries of it before you buy it. whether made prior to or during the Sale, is not part at any other Sale and whether currently in Bonhams’ you by the Seller at the Sale or at any other auction directly or indirectly) any person’s liability or excluding of such holding company and the successors and of the Contractual Description upon which the Lot is possession or not until payment in full and in cleared or by private treaty and apply any monies received or restricting any person’s rights or remedies in assigns of Bonhams and of such companies and of 1 THE CONTRACT sold. funds of the Purchase Price and all other sums due to from you in respect of such goods in part or full respect of (i) fraud, or (ii) death or personal injury any officer, employee and agent of Bonhams and the Seller and/or Bonhams in respect of the Lot. satisfaction of any amounts owed to the Seller or to caused by the Seller’s negligence (or any person such companies, each of whom will be entitled to 1.1 These terms govern the Contract for Sale of the Lot 3.2 Except as provided in paragraph 2.1.5, the Seller Bonhams by you. under the Seller’s control or for whom the Seller is rely on the relevant immunity and/or exclusion and/or by the Seller to the Buyer. does not make or give and does not agree to make 7.3 You will collect and remove the Lot at your own legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which restriction within and for the purposes of Contracts or give any contractual promise, undertaking, expense from Bonhams’ custody and/ or control or 8.2 You agree to indemnify the Seller against all legal the Seller is liable under the Occupiers Liability Act (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, which enables the 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3 obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation from the Storage Contractor’s custody in accordance and other costs of enforcement, all losses and other 1957, or (iv) any other liability to the extent the same benefit of a contract to be extended to a person who in the Catalogue are incorporated into this Contract of fact, or undertake any duty of care, in relation to with Bonhams’ instructions or requirements. Expenses and costs (including any monies payable may not be excluded or restricted as a matter of law. is not a party to the contract, and generally at law. for Sale and a separate copy can also be provided any Description of the Lot or any Estimate in relation to Bonhams in order to obtain the release of the by Bonhams on request. Where words and phrases to it, nor of the accuracy or completeness of any 7.4 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling Lot) incurred by the Seller (whether or not court 10 MISCELLANEOUS 11 GOVERNING LAW are used which are in the List of Definitions, they are Description or Estimate which may have been made and transport of the Lot on collection and for proceedings will have been issued) as a result of printed in italics. by or on behalf of the Seller including by Bonhams. complying with all import or export regulations in Bonhams taking steps under this paragraph 8 on a 10.1 You may not assign either the benefit or burden of All transactions to which the Contract for Sale applies No such Description or Estimate is incorporated into connection with the Lot. full indemnity basis together with interest thereon the Contract for Sale. and all connected matters will be governed by and 1.3 The Seller sells the Lot as the principal to the this Contract for Sale. (after as well as before judgement or order) at the construed in accordance with the laws of that part Contract for Sale, such contract being made between 7.5 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, rate specified in paragraph 8.1.6 from the date upon 10.2 The Seller’s failure or delay in enforcing or exercising of the United Kingdom where the Sale takes place the Seller and you through Bonhams which acts in 4 FITNESS FOR PURPOSE AND SATISFACTORY storage or other charges or Expenses incurred which the Seller becomes liable to pay the same until any power or right under the Contract for Sale will and the Seller and you each submit to the exclusive the sole capacity as the Seller’s agent and not as QUALITY by the Seller if you do not remove the Lot in payment by you. not operate or be deemed to operate as a waiver of jurisdiction of the courts of that part of the United an additional principal. However, if the Catalogue accordance with this paragraph 7 and will his rights under it except to the extent of any express Kingdom, save that the Seller may bring proceedings states that Bonhams sells the Lot as principal, or such 4.1 The Seller does not make and does not agree indemnify the Seller against all charges, costs, 8.3 On any resale of the Lot under paragraph 8.1.2, the waiver given to you in writing. Any such waiver will against you in any other court of competent a statement is made by an announcement by the to make any contractual promise, undertaking, including any legal costs and fees, Expenses and Seller will account to you in respect of any balance not affect the Seller’s ability subsequently to enforce jurisdiction to the extent permitted by the laws of Auctioneer, or by a notice at the Sale, or an insert obligation, guarantee, warranty, or representation of losses suffered by the Seller by reason of your remaining from any monies received by him or on any right arising under the Contract for Sale. the relevant jurisdiction. Bonhams has a complaints in the Catalogue, then Bonhams is the Seller for the fact in relation to the satisfactory quality of the Lot or failure to remove the Lot including any charges his behalf in respect of the Lot, after the payment of procedure in place. purposes of this agreement. its fitness for any purpose. due under any Storage Contract. All such sums all sums due to the Seller and to Bonhams, within due to the Seller will be payable on demand. 28 days of receipt of such monies by him or on his 1.4 The contract is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s behalf. hammer in respect of the Lot when it is knocked down to you. NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 APPENDIX 2 3 PAYMENT 4.4 If you have not collected the Lot by the date specified in the Notice to Bidders, you authorise us, acting BUYER’S AGREEMENT 3.1 Unless agreed in writing between you and us or as as your agent and on your behalf, to enter into a otherwise set out in the Notice to Bidders, you must contract (the “Storage Contract”) with the Storage IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the pay to us by not later than 4.30pm on the second Contractor for the storage of the Lot on the then Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in working day following the Sale: current standard terms and conditions agreed the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the between Bonhams and the Storage Contractor Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral 3.1.1 the Purchase Price for the Lot; (copies of which are available on request). If the Lot announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. is stored at our premises storage fees at our current You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in 3.1.2 a Buyer’s Premium in accordance with the rates set daily rates (currently a minimum of £3 plus VAT per advance of bidding if there have been any. out in the Notice to Bidders, and Lot per day) will be payable from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4.2. These storage 1 THE CONTRACT 3.1.3 if the Lot is marked [AR], an Additional Premium fees form part of our Expenses. which is calculated and payable in accordance with 1.1 These terms govern the contract between Bonhams the Notice to Bidders together with VAT on that sum 4.5 Until you have paid the Purchase Price and any personally and the Buyer, being the person to whom if applicable so that all sums due to us are cleared Expenses in full the Lot will either be held by us as a Lot has been knocked down by the Auctioneer. funds by the seventh working day after the Sale. agent on behalf of the Seller or held by the Storage Contractor as agent on behalf of the Seller and 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3.2 You must also pay us on demand any Expenses ourselves on the terms contained in the Storage 3 to the Catalogue for the Sale are incorporated payable pursuant to this agreement. Contract. into this agreement and a separate copy can also be provided by us on request. Where words and 3.3 All payments to us must be made in the currency 4.6 You undertake to comply with the terms of any phrases which are defined in the List of Definitions in which the Sale was conducted, using, unless Storage Contract and in particular to pay the charges are used in this agreement, they are printed in italics. otherwise agreed by us in writing, one of the (and all costs of moving the Lot into storage) due Reference is made in this agreement to information methods of payment set out in the Notice to under any Storage Contract. You acknowledge and printed in the Notice to Bidders, printed in the Bidders. Our invoices will only be addressed to the agree that you will not be able to collect the Lot from Catalogue for the Sale, and where such information registered Bidder unless the Bidder is acting as an the Storage Contractor’s premises until you have paid is referred to it is incorporated into this agreement. agent for a named principal and we have approved the Purchase Price, any Expenses and all charges due that arrangement, in which case we will address the under the Storage Contract. 1.3 Except as specified in paragraph 4 of the Notice to invoice to the principal. Bidders the Contract for Sale of the Lot between you 4.7 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling and the Seller is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s 3.4 Unless otherwise stated in this agreement all and transport of the Lot on collection and for hammer in respect of the Lot, when it is knocked sums payable to us will be subject to VAT at the complying with all import or export regulations in down to you. At that moment a separate contract is appropriate rate and VAT will be payable by you on connection with the Lot. also made between you and Bonhams on the terms all such sums. in this Buyer’s Agreement. 4.8 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, 3.5 We may deduct and retain for our own benefit from storage, or other charges for any Lot not removed 1.4 We act as agents for the Seller and are not the monies paid by you to us the Buyer’s Premium, in accordance with paragraph 4.2, payable at our answerable or personally responsible to you for any the Commission payable by the Seller in respect current rates, and any Expenses we incur (including breach of contract or other default by the Seller, of the Lot, any Expenses and VAT and any interest any charges due under the Storage Contract), all of unless Bonhams sells the Lot as principal. earned and/or incurred until payment to the Seller. which must be paid by you on demand and in any event before any collection of the Lot by you or on 1.5 Our personal obligations to you are governed by this 3.6 Time will be of the essence in relation to any your behalf. agreement and we agree, subject to the terms below, payment payable to us. If you do not pay the to the following obligations: Purchase Price, or any other sum due to us in 5 STORING THE LOT accordance with this paragraph 3, we will have the 1.5.1 we will, until the date and time specified in the rights set out in paragraph 7 below. We agree to store the Lot until the earlier of your Notice to Bidders or otherwise notified to you, store removal of the Lot or until the time and date set out the Lot in accordance with paragraph 5; 3.7 Where a number of Lots have been knocked down to in the Notice to Bidders, on the Sale Information you, any monies we receive from you will be applied Page or at the back of the catalogue (or if no date 1.5.2 subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse to firstly pro-rata to pay the Purchase Price of each Lot is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day after the release the Lot to you, we will release the Lot to you and secondly pro-rata to pay all amounts due to Sale) and, subject to paragraphs 6 and 10, to be in accordance with paragraph 4 once you have paid Bonhams. responsible as bailee to you for damage to or the loss to us, in cleared funds, everything due to us and the or destruction of the Lot (notwithstanding that it is Seller; 4 COLLECTION OF THE LOT not your property before payment of the Purchase Price). If you do not collect the Lot before the time 1.5.3 we will provide guarantees in the terms set out in 4.1 Subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse and date set out in the Notice to Bidders (or if no paragraphs 9 and 10. to release the Lot to you, once you have paid to us, date is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day in cleared funds, everything due to the Seller and after the Sale) we may remove the Lot to another 1.6 We do not make or give and do not agree to make to us, we will release the Lot to you or as you may location, the details of which will usually be set out or give any contractual promise, undertaking, direct us in writing. The Lot will only be released on in the relevant section of the Catalogue. If you have obligation, Guarantee, warranty, representation of production of a buyer collection document, obtained not paid for the Lot in accordance with paragraph 3, fact in relation to any Description of the Lot or any from our cashier’s office. and the Lot is moved to any third party’s premises, Estimate in relation to it, nor of the accuracy or the Lot will be held by such third party strictly to completeness of any Description or Estimate which 4.2 You must collect and remove the Lot at your own Bonhams’ order and we will retain our lien over the may have been made by us or on our behalf or by expense by the date and time specified in the Notice Lot until we have been paid in full in accordance with or on behalf of the Seller (whether made orally or in to Bidders, or if no date is specified, by 4.30pm on paragraph 3. writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ the seventh day after the Sale. Website, or by conduct, or otherwise), and whether 6 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LOT made before or after this agreement or prior to or 4.3 For the period referred to in paragraph 4.2, the Lot during the Sale. No such Description or Estimate is can be collected from the address referred to in the 6.1 Only on the payment of the Purchase Price to us incorporated into this agreement between you and Notice to Bidders for collection on the days and times will title in the Lot pass to you. However under the us. Any such Description or Estimate, if made by us specified in the Notice to Bidders. Thereafter, the Contract for Sale, the risk in the Lot passed to you or on our behalf, was (unless Bonhams itself sells Lot may be removed elsewhere for storage and you when it was knocked down to you. the Lot as principal) made as agent on behalf of the must enquire from us as to when and where you can Seller. collect it, although this information will usually be set 6.2 You are advised to obtain insurance in respect of the out in the Notice to Bidders. Lot as soon as possible after the Sale. 2 PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT FOR SALE
You undertake to us personally that you will observe and comply with all your obligations and undertakings to the Seller under the Contract for Sale in respect of the Lot.
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 APPENDIX 2 3 PAYMENT 4.4 If you have not collected the Lot by the date specified 7 FAILURE TO PAY OR TO REMOVE THE LOT 7.3 If you pay us only part of the sums due to us such 9.3 Paragraph 9 will not apply in respect of a Forgery if: in the Notice to Bidders, you authorise us, acting AND PART PAYMENTS payment shall be applied firstly to the Purchase Price BUYER’S AGREEMENT 3.1 Unless agreed in writing between you and us or as as your agent and on your behalf, to enter into a of the Lot (or where you have purchased more than 9.3.1 the Entry in relation to the Lot contained in the otherwise set out in the Notice to Bidders, you must contract (the “Storage Contract”) with the Storage 7.1 If all sums payable to us are not so paid in full at the one Lot pro-rata towards the Purchase Price of each Catalogue reflected the then accepted general IMPORTANT: These terms may be changed in advance of the pay to us by not later than 4.30pm on the second Contractor for the storage of the Lot on the then time they are due and/or the Lot is not removed in Lot) and secondly to the Buyer’s Premium (or where opinion of scholars and experts or fairly indicated Sale of the Lot to you, by the setting out of different terms in working day following the Sale: current standard terms and conditions agreed accordance with this agreement, we will without you have purchased more than one Lot pro-rata to that there was a conflict of such opinion or reflected the Catalogue for the Sale and/or by placing an insert in the between Bonhams and the Storage Contractor further notice to you be entitled to exercise one or the Buyer’s Premium on each Lot) and thirdly to any the then current opinion of an expert acknowledged Catalogue and/or by notices at the Sale venue and/or by oral 3.1.1 the Purchase Price for the Lot; (copies of which are available on request). If the Lot more of the following rights (without prejudice to other sums due to us. to be a leading expert in the relevant field; or announcements before and during the Sale at the Sale venue. is stored at our premises storage fees at our current any rights we may exercise on behalf of the Seller): You should be alert to this possibility of changes and ask in 3.1.2 a Buyer’s Premium in accordance with the rates set daily rates (currently a minimum of £3 plus VAT per 7.4 We will account to you in respect of any balance we 9.3.2 it can be established that the Lot is a Forgery only advance of bidding if there have been any. out in the Notice to Bidders, and Lot per day) will be payable from the expiry of the 7.1.1 to terminate this agreement immediately for your hold remaining from any monies received by us in by means of a process not generally accepted for period referred to in paragraph 4.2. These storage breach of contract; respect of any Sale of the Lot under our rights under use until after the date on which the Catalogue was 1 THE CONTRACT 3.1.3 if the Lot is marked [AR], an Additional Premium fees form part of our Expenses. this paragraph 7 after the payment of all sums due to published or by means of a process which it was which is calculated and payable in accordance with 7.1.2 to retain possession of the Lot; us and/or the Seller within 28 days of receipt by us of unreasonable in all the circumstances for us to have 1.1 These terms govern the contract between Bonhams the Notice to Bidders together with VAT on that sum 4.5 Until you have paid the Purchase Price and any all such sums paid to us. employed. personally and the Buyer, being the person to whom if applicable so that all sums due to us are cleared Expenses in full the Lot will either be held by us as 7.1.3 to remove, and/or store the Lot at your expense; a Lot has been knocked down by the Auctioneer. funds by the seventh working day after the Sale. agent on behalf of the Seller or held by the Storage 8 CLAIMS BY OTHER PERSONS IN RESPECT OF 9.4 You authorise us to carry out such processes and Contractor as agent on behalf of the Seller and 7.1.4 to take legal proceedings against you for payment THE LOT tests on the Lot as we in our absolute discretion 1.2 The Definitions and Glossary contained in Appendix 3.2 You must also pay us on demand any Expenses ourselves on the terms contained in the Storage of any sums payable to us by you (including the consider necessary to satisfy ourselves that the Lot is 3 to the Catalogue for the Sale are incorporated payable pursuant to this agreement. Contract. Purchase Price) and/or damages for breach of 8.1 Whenever it becomes apparent to us that the Lot or is not a Forgery. into this agreement and a separate copy can also contract; is the subject of a claim by someone other than be provided by us on request. Where words and 3.3 All payments to us must be made in the currency 4.6 You undertake to comply with the terms of any you and other than the Seller (or that such a claim 9.5 If we are satisfied that a Lot is a Forgery we will (as phrases which are defined in the List of Definitions in which the Sale was conducted, using, unless Storage Contract and in particular to pay the charges 7.1.5 to be paid interest on any monies due to us (after can reasonably be expected to be made), we may, principal) purchase the Lot from you and you will are used in this agreement, they are printed in italics. otherwise agreed by us in writing, one of the (and all costs of moving the Lot into storage) due as well as before judgement or order) at the annual at our absolute discretion, deal with the Lot in transfer the title to the Lot in question to us, with Reference is made in this agreement to information methods of payment set out in the Notice to under any Storage Contract. You acknowledge and rate of 5% per annum above the base lending rate any manner which appears to us to recognise the full title guarantee, free from any liens, charges, printed in the Notice to Bidders, printed in the Bidders. Our invoices will only be addressed to the agree that you will not be able to collect the Lot from of National Westminster Bank Plc from time to time legitimate interests of ourselves and the other parties encumbrances and adverse claims, in accordance Catalogue for the Sale, and where such information registered Bidder unless the Bidder is acting as an the Storage Contractor’s premises until you have paid to be calculated on a daily basis from the date upon involved and lawfully to protect our position and with the provisions of Sections 12(1) and 12(2) of is referred to it is incorporated into this agreement. agent for a named principal and we have approved the Purchase Price, any Expenses and all charges due which such monies become payable until the date of our legitimate interests. Without prejudice to the the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and we will pay to you that arrangement, in which case we will address the under the Storage Contract. actual payment; generality of the discretion and by way of example, an amount equal to the sum of the Purchase Price, 1.3 Except as specified in paragraph 4 of the Notice to invoice to the principal. we may: Buyer’s Premium, VAT and Expenses paid by you in Bidders the Contract for Sale of the Lot between you 4.7 You will be wholly responsible for packing, handling 7.1.6 to repossess the Lot (or any part thereof) which has respect of the Lot. and the Seller is made on the fall of the Auctioneer’s 3.4 Unless otherwise stated in this agreement all and transport of the Lot on collection and for not become your property, and for this purpose 8.1.1 retain the Lot to investigate any question raised or hammer in respect of the Lot, when it is knocked sums payable to us will be subject to VAT at the complying with all import or export regulations in (unless you buy the Lot as a Consumer) you hereby reasonably expected by us to be raised in relation to 9.6 The benefit of paragraph 9 is personal to, and down to you. At that moment a separate contract is appropriate rate and VAT will be payable by you on connection with the Lot. grant an irrevocable licence to us, by ourselves, our the Lot; and/or incapable of assignment by, you. also made between you and Bonhams on the terms all such sums. servants or agents, to enter upon all or any of your in this Buyer’s Agreement. 4.8 You will be wholly responsible for any removal, premises (with or without vehicles) during normal 8.1.2 deliver the Lot to a person other than you; and/or 9.7 If you sell or otherwise dispose of your interest in the 3.5 We may deduct and retain for our own benefit from storage, or other charges for any Lot not removed business hours to take possession of any Lot or part Lot, all rights and benefits under this paragraph will 1.4 We act as agents for the Seller and are not the monies paid by you to us the Buyer’s Premium, in accordance with paragraph 4.2, payable at our thereof; 8.1.3 commence interpleader proceedings or seek any cease. answerable or personally responsible to you for any the Commission payable by the Seller in respect current rates, and any Expenses we incur (including other order of any court, mediator, arbitrator or breach of contract or other default by the Seller, of the Lot, any Expenses and VAT and any interest any charges due under the Storage Contract), all of 7.1.7 to sell the Lot Without Reserve by auction, private government body; and/or 9.8 Paragraph 9 does not apply to a Lot made up of or unless Bonhams sells the Lot as principal. earned and/or incurred until payment to the Seller. which must be paid by you on demand and in any treaty or any other means on giving you three including a Chinese painting or Chinese paintings, a event before any collection of the Lot by you or on months’ written notice of our intention to do so; 8.1.4 require an indemnity and/or security from you in motor vehicle or motor vehicles, a Stamp or Stamps 1.5 Our personal obligations to you are governed by this 3.6 Time will be of the essence in relation to any your behalf. return for pursuing a course of action agreed to by or a Book or Books. agreement and we agree, subject to the terms below, payment payable to us. If you do not pay the 7.1.8 to retain possession of any of your other property in you. to the following obligations: Purchase Price, or any other sum due to us in 5 STORING THE LOT our possession for any purpose (including, without 10 OUR LIABILITY accordance with this paragraph 3, we will have the limitation, other goods sold to you or with us for 8.2 The discretion referred to in paragraph 8.1: 1.5.1 we will, until the date and time specified in the rights set out in paragraph 7 below. We agree to store the Lot until the earlier of your Sale) until all sums due to us have been paid in full; 10.1 We will not be liable whether in negligence, other Notice to Bidders or otherwise notified to you, store removal of the Lot or until the time and date set out 8.2.1 may be exercised at any time during which we have tort, breach of contract or statutory duty or in the Lot in accordance with paragraph 5; 3.7 Where a number of Lots have been knocked down to in the Notice to Bidders, on the Sale Information 7.1.9 to apply any monies received from you for any actual or constructive possession of the Lot, or at restitution or under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 you, any monies we receive from you will be applied Page or at the back of the catalogue (or if no date purpose whether at the time of your default or at any time after such possession, where the cessation or in any other way for lack of conformity with or 1.5.2 subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse to firstly pro-rata to pay the Purchase Price of each Lot is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day after the any time thereafter in payment or part payment of of such possession has occurred by reason of any any inaccuracy, error, misdescription or omission in release the Lot to you, we will release the Lot to you and secondly pro-rata to pay all amounts due to Sale) and, subject to paragraphs 6 and 10, to be any sums due to us by you under this agreement; decision, order or ruling of any court, mediator, any Description of the Lot or any Entry or Estimate in accordance with paragraph 4 once you have paid Bonhams. responsible as bailee to you for damage to or the loss arbitrator or government body; and in respect of it, made by us or on our behalf or by to us, in cleared funds, everything due to us and the or destruction of the Lot (notwithstanding that it is 7.1.10 on three months’ written notice to sell, Without or on behalf of the Seller (whether made in writing, Seller; 4 COLLECTION OF THE LOT not your property before payment of the Purchase Reserve, any of your other property in our possession 8.2.2 will not be exercised unless we believe that there including in the Catalogue, or on the Bonhams’ Price). If you do not collect the Lot before the time or under our control for any purpose (including other exists a serious prospect of a good arguable case in Website, or orally, or by conduct or otherwise) and 1.5.3 we will provide guarantees in the terms set out in 4.1 Subject to any power of the Seller or us to refuse and date set out in the Notice to Bidders (or if no goods sold to you or with us for Sale) and to apply favour of the claim. whether made before or after this agreement or prior paragraphs 9 and 10. to release the Lot to you, once you have paid to us, date is specified, by 4.30pm on the seventh day any monies due to you as a result of such Sale in to or during the Sale. in cleared funds, everything due to the Seller and after the Sale) we may remove the Lot to another payment or part payment of any amounts owed to 9 FORGERIES 1.6 We do not make or give and do not agree to make to us, we will release the Lot to you or as you may location, the details of which will usually be set out us; 10.2 Our duty to you while the Lot is at your risk and/or or give any contractual promise, undertaking, direct us in writing. The Lot will only be released on in the relevant section of the Catalogue. If you have 9.1 We undertake a personal responsibility for any your property and in our custody and/or control is to obligation, Guarantee, warranty, representation of production of a buyer collection document, obtained not paid for the Lot in accordance with paragraph 3, 7.1.11 refuse to allow you to register for a future Sale or to Forgery in accordance with the terms of this exercise reasonable care in relation to it, but we will fact in relation to any Description of the Lot or any from our cashier’s office. and the Lot is moved to any third party’s premises, reject a bid from you at any future Sale or to require paragraph 9. not be responsible for damage to the Lot or to other Estimate in relation to it, nor of the accuracy or the Lot will be held by such third party strictly to you to pay a deposit before any bid is accepted by us persons or things caused by: completeness of any Description or Estimate which 4.2 You must collect and remove the Lot at your own Bonhams’ order and we will retain our lien over the at any future Sale in which case we will be entitled 9.2 Paragraph 9 applies only if: may have been made by us or on our behalf or by expense by the date and time specified in the Notice Lot until we have been paid in full in accordance with to apply such deposit in payment or part payment, as 10.2.1 handling the Lot if it was affected at the time of Sale or on behalf of the Seller (whether made orally or in to Bidders, or if no date is specified, by 4.30pm on paragraph 3. the case may be, of the Purchase Price of any Lot of 9.2.1 your name appears as the named person to whom to you by woodworm and any damage is caused as a writing, including in the Catalogue or on Bonhams’ the seventh day after the Sale. which you are the Buyer. the original invoice was made out by us in respect of result of it being affected by woodworm; or Website, or by conduct, or otherwise), and whether 6 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LOT the Lot and that invoice has been paid; and made before or after this agreement or prior to or 4.3 For the period referred to in paragraph 4.2, the Lot 7.2 You agree to indemnify us against all legal and other 10.2.2 changes in atmospheric pressure; nor will we be during the Sale. No such Description or Estimate is can be collected from the address referred to in the 6.1 Only on the payment of the Purchase Price to us costs, all losses and all other Expenses (whether or 9.2.2 you notify us in writing as soon as reasonably liable for: incorporated into this agreement between you and Notice to Bidders for collection on the days and times will title in the Lot pass to you. However under the not court proceedings will have been issued) incurred practicable after you have become aware that the Lot us. Any such Description or Estimate, if made by us specified in the Notice to Bidders. Thereafter, the Contract for Sale, the risk in the Lot passed to you by us as a result of our taking steps under this is or may be a Forgery, and in any event within one 10.2.3 damage to tension stringed musical instruments; or or on our behalf, was (unless Bonhams itself sells Lot may be removed elsewhere for storage and you when it was knocked down to you. paragraph 7 on a full indemnity basis together with year after the Sale, that the Lot is a Forgery; and the Lot as principal) made as agent on behalf of the must enquire from us as to when and where you can interest thereon (after as well as before judgement or 10.2.4 damage to gilded picture frames, plaster picture Seller. collect it, although this information will usually be set 6.2 You are advised to obtain insurance in respect of the order) at the rate specified in paragraph 7.1.5 from 9.2.3 within one month after such notification has been frames or picture frame glass; and if the Lot is or out in the Notice to Bidders. Lot as soon as possible after the Sale. the date upon which we become liable to pay the given, you return the Lot to us in the same condition becomes dangerous, we may dispose of it without 2 PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT FOR SALE same until payment by you. as it was at the time of the Sale, accompanied by notice to you in advance in any manner we think fit written evidence that the Lot is a Forgery and details and we will be under no liability to you for doing so. You undertake to us personally that you will of the Sale and Lot number sufficient to identify the observe and comply with all your obligations and Lot. undertakings to the Seller under the Contract for Sale in respect of the Lot.
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 10.3.1 We will not be liable to you for any loss of Business, the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot 12.7 The headings used in this agreement are Business profits, revenue or income or for loss of reflected the then accepted general opinion of for convenience only and will not affect its Business reputation or for disruption to Business or scholars and experts or fairly indicated that there was interpretation. wasted time on the part of the Buyer’s management a conflict of such opinion; or or staff or, if you are buying the Lot in the course of 12.8 In this agreement “including” means “including, a Business, for any indirect losses or consequential it can be established that the Lot is a non-conforming without limitation”. damages of any kind, irrespective in any case of Lot only by means of a process not generally the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage accepted for use until after the date on which the 12.9 References to the singular will include reference to alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether Catalogue was published or by means of a process the plural (and vice versa) and reference to any one the said loss or damage is caused by or claimed which it was unreasonable in all the circumstances gender will include reference to the other genders. in respect of any negligence, other tort, breach of for us to have employed; or contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a restitutionary 12.10 Reference to a numbered paragraph is to a claim or otherwise. the Lot comprises atlases, maps, autographs, paragraph of this agreement. manuscripts, extra illustrated books, music or 10.3.2 Unless you buy the Lot as a Consumer, in any periodical publications; or 12.11 Save as expressly provided in paragraph 12.12 circumstances where we are liable to you in nothing in this agreement confers (or purports to respect of a Lot, or any act, omission, statement, the Lot was listed in the Catalogue under confer) on any person who is not a party to this representation in respect of it, or this agreement “collections” or “collections and various” or the Lot agreement any benefit conferred by, or the right to or its performance, and whether in damages, for was stated in the Catalogue to comprise or contain enforce any term of, this agreement. an indemnity or contribution or for a restitutionary a collection, issue or Books which are undescribed or remedy or in any way whatsoever, our liability will be the missing text or illustrations are referred to or the 12.12 Where this agreement confers an immunity from, limited to payment of a sum which will not exceed relevant parts of the Book contain blanks, half titles and/or an exclusion or restriction of, the responsibility by way of maximum the amount of the Purchase or advertisements. and/or liability of Bonhams, it will also operate in Price of the Lot plus Buyer’s Premium (less any sum favour and for the benefit of Bonhams’ holding you may be entitled to recover from the Seller) If we are reasonably satisfied that a Lot is a non- company and the subsidiaries of such holding irrespective in any case of the nature, volume or conforming Lot, we will (as principal) purchase the company and the successors and assigns of Bonhams source of any loss or damage alleged to be suffered Lot from you and you will transfer the title to the Lot and of such companies and of any officer, employee or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether in question to us, with full title guarantee, free from and agent of Bonhams and such companies, each the liability arises from negligence, other tort, any liens, charges, encumbrances and adverse claims of whom will be entitled to rely on the relevant breach of contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a and we will pay to you an amount equal to the sum immunity and/or exclusion and/or restriction within restitutionary claim or otherwise. of the Purchase Price and Buyer’s Premium paid by and for the purposes of Contracts (Rights of Third you in respect of the Lot. Parties) Act 1999, which enables the benefit of a You may wish to protect yourself against loss by contract to be extended to a person who is not a obtaining insurance. The benefit of paragraph 10 is personal to, and party to the contract, and generally at law. incapable of assignment by, you and if you sell or 10.4 Nothing set out above will be construed as excluding otherwise dispose of your interest in the Lot, all 13 GOVERNING LAW or restricting (whether directly or indirectly) any rights and benefits under this paragraph will cease. person’s liability or excluding or restricting any All transactions to which this agreement applies person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, or 12 MISCELLANEOUS and all connected matters will be governed by and (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence construed in accordance with the laws of that part (or any person under our control or for whom we are 12.1 You may not assign either the benefit or burden of of the United Kingdom where the Sale takes (or legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which this agreement. is to take) place and we and you each submit to we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that part or (iv) any other liability to the extent the same may 12.2 Our failure or delay in enforcing or exercising any of the United Kingdom, save that we may bring not be excluded or restricted as a matter of law, or power or right under this agreement will not operate proceedings against you in any other court of (v) under our undertaking in paragraph 9 of these or be deemed to operate as a waiver of our rights competent jurisdiction to the extent permitted by conditions. under it except to the extent of any express waiver the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Bonhams has a given to you in writing. Any such waiver will not complaints procedure in place. 11 BOOKS MISSING TEXT OR ILLUSTRATIONS affect our ability subsequently to enforce any right arising under this agreement. DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION Where the Lot is made up wholly of a Book or Books and any Book does not contain text or illustrations (in 12.3 If either party to this agreement is prevented from Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall either case referred to as a “non-conforming Lot”), performing that party’s respective obligations only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy we undertake a personal responsibility for such a under this agreement by circumstances beyond (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have non-conforming Lot in accordance with the terms of its reasonable control or if performance of its given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of this paragraph, if: obligations would by reason of such circumstances our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. give rise to a significantly increased financial com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, the original invoice was made out by us to you in cost to it, that party will not, for so long as such 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR, United Kingdom or respect of the Lot and that invoice has been paid; circumstances prevail, be required to perform such by email from [email protected]. and obligations. This paragraph does not apply to the obligations imposed on you by paragraph 3. APPENDIX 3 you notify us in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after you have become aware that the Lot 12.4 Any notice or other communication to be given DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY is or may be a non-conforming Lot, and in any event under this agreement must be in writing and may within 20 days after the Sale (or such longer period be delivered by hand or sent by first class post or Where these Definitions and Glossary are incorporated, the as we may agree in writing) that the Lot is a non- air mail or fax transmission (if to Bonhams marked following words and phrases used have (unless the context conforming Lot; and for the attention of the Company Secretary), to the otherwise requires) the meanings given to them below. The address or fax number of the relevant party given Glossary is to assist you to understand words and phrases within 20 days of the date of the relevant Sale (or in the Contract Form (unless notice of any change which have a specific legal meaning with which you may not such longer period as we may agree in writing) you of address is given in writing). It is the responsibility be familiar. return the Lot to us in the same condition as it was of the sender of the notice or communication to at the time of the Sale, accompanied by written ensure that it is received in a legible form within any LIST OF DEFINITIONS evidence that the Lot is a non-conforming Lot and applicable time period. details of the Sale and Lot number sufficient to “Additional Premium” a premium, calculated in accordance identify the Lot. 12.5 If any term or any part of any term of this agreement with the Notice to Bidders, to cover Bonhams’ Expenses is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such relating to the payment of royalties under the Artists Resale but not if: unenforceability or invalidity will not affect the Right Regulations 2006 which is payable by the Buyer to enforceability and validity of the remaining terms or Bonhams on any Lot marked [AR] which sells for a Hammer the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot the remainder of the relevant term. Price which together with the Buyer’s Premium (but excluding indicates that the rights given by this paragraph do any VAT) equals or exceeds 1000 euros (converted into not apply to it; or 12.6 References in this agreement to Bonhams will, where the currency of the Sale using the European Central Bank appropriate, include reference to Bonhams’ officers, Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale). employees and agents. “Auctioneer” the representative of Bonhams conducting the Sale.
NTB/MAIN/03.14/V2 10.3.1 We will not be liable to you for any loss of Business, the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot 12.7 The headings used in this agreement are “Bidder” a person who has completed a Bidding Form. “Loss and Damage Warranty” means the warranty described “artist’s resale right”: the right of the creator of a work of art Business profits, revenue or income or for loss of reflected the then accepted general opinion of for convenience only and will not affect its “Bidding Form” our Bidding Registration Form, our Absentee in paragraph 8.2 of the Conditions of Business. to receive a payment on Sales of that work subsequent to the Business reputation or for disruption to Business or scholars and experts or fairly indicated that there was interpretation. Bidding Form or our Telephone Bidding Form. “Loss and Damage Warranty Fee” means the fee described original Sale of that work by the creator of it as set out in the wasted time on the part of the Buyer’s management a conflict of such opinion; or “Bonhams” Bonhams 1793 Limited or its successors or in paragraph 8.2.3 of the Conditions of Business. Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006. or staff or, if you are buying the Lot in the course of 12.8 In this agreement “including” means “including, assigns. Bonhams is also referred to in the Buyer’s Agreement, “Lot” any item consigned to Bonhams with a view to its Sale “bailee”: a person to whom goods are entrusted. a Business, for any indirect losses or consequential it can be established that the Lot is a non-conforming without limitation”. the Conditions of Business and the Notice to Bidders by the at auction or by private treaty (and reference to any Lot will “indemnity”: an obligation to put the person who has damages of any kind, irrespective in any case of Lot only by means of a process not generally words “we”, “us” and “our”. include, unless the context otherwise requires, reference to the benefit of the indemnity in the same position in which the nature, volume or source of the loss or damage accepted for use until after the date on which the 12.9 References to the singular will include reference to “Book” a printed Book offered for Sale at a specialist Book individual items comprised in a group of two or more items he would have been, had the circumstances giving rise to alleged to be suffered, and irrespective of whether Catalogue was published or by means of a process the plural (and vice versa) and reference to any one Sale. offered for Sale as one Lot). the indemnity not arisen and the expression “indemnify” is the said loss or damage is caused by or claimed which it was unreasonable in all the circumstances gender will include reference to the other genders. “Business” includes any trade, Business and profession. “Motoring Catalogue Fee” a fee payable by the Seller to construed accordingly. in respect of any negligence, other tort, breach of for us to have employed; or “Buyer” the person to whom a Lot is knocked down by the Bonhams in consideration of the additional work undertaken “interpleader proceedings”: proceedings in the Courts to contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a restitutionary 12.10 Reference to a numbered paragraph is to a Auctioneer. The Buyer is also referred to in the Contract for by Bonhams in respect of the cataloguing of motor vehicles determine ownership or rights over a Lot. claim or otherwise. the Lot comprises atlases, maps, autographs, paragraph of this agreement. Sale and the Buyer’s Agreement by the words “you” and and in respect of the promotion of Sales of motor vehicles. “knocked down”: when a Lot is sold to a Bidder, indicated by manuscripts, extra illustrated books, music or “your”. “New Bond Street” means Bonhams’ saleroom at 101 New the fall of the hammer at the Sale. 10.3.2 Unless you buy the Lot as a Consumer, in any periodical publications; or 12.11 Save as expressly provided in paragraph 12.12 “Buyer’s Agreement” the contract entered into by Bonhams Bond Street, London W1S 1SR. “lien”: a right for the person who has possession of the Lot to circumstances where we are liable to you in nothing in this agreement confers (or purports to with the Buyer (see Appendix 2 in the Catalogue). “Notional Charges” the amount of Commission and VAT retain possession of it. respect of a Lot, or any act, omission, statement, the Lot was listed in the Catalogue under confer) on any person who is not a party to this “Buyer’s Premium” the sum calculated on the Hammer Price which would have been payable if the Lot had been sold at the “risk”: the possibility that a Lot may be lost, damaged, representation in respect of it, or this agreement “collections” or “collections and various” or the Lot agreement any benefit conferred by, or the right to at the rates stated in the Notice to Bidders. Notional Price. destroyed, stolen, or deteriorate in condition or value. or its performance, and whether in damages, for was stated in the Catalogue to comprise or contain enforce any term of, this agreement. “Catalogue” the Catalogue relating to the relevant Sale, “Notional Fee” the sum on which the Consignment Fee “title”: the legal and equitable right to the ownership of a Lot. an indemnity or contribution or for a restitutionary a collection, issue or Books which are undescribed or including any representation of the Catalogue published on payable to Bonhams by the Seller is based and which is “tort”: a legal wrong done to someone to whom the wrong remedy or in any way whatsoever, our liability will be the missing text or illustrations are referred to or the 12.12 Where this agreement confers an immunity from, our Website. calculated according to the formula set out in the Conditions doer has a duty of care. limited to payment of a sum which will not exceed relevant parts of the Book contain blanks, half titles and/or an exclusion or restriction of, the responsibility “Commission” the Commission payable by the Seller to of Business. by way of maximum the amount of the Purchase or advertisements. and/or liability of Bonhams, it will also operate in Bonhams calculated at the rates stated in the Contract Form. “Notional Price” the latest in time of the average of the SALE OF GOODS ACT 1979 Price of the Lot plus Buyer’s Premium (less any sum favour and for the benefit of Bonhams’ holding “Condition Report” a report on the physical condition of a Lot high and low Estimates given by us to you or stated in the you may be entitled to recover from the Seller) If we are reasonably satisfied that a Lot is a non- company and the subsidiaries of such holding provided to a Bidder or potential Bidder by Bonhams on behalf Catalogue or, if no such Estimates have been given or stated, The following is an extract from the Sale of Goods Act 1979: irrespective in any case of the nature, volume or conforming Lot, we will (as principal) purchase the company and the successors and assigns of Bonhams of the Seller. the Reserve applicable to the Lot. source of any loss or damage alleged to be suffered Lot from you and you will transfer the title to the Lot and of such companies and of any officer, employee “Conditions of Sale” the Notice to Bidders, Contract for Sale, “Notice to Bidders” the notice printed at the back or front of “Section 12 Implied terms about title, etc or sum claimed as due, and irrespective of whether in question to us, with full title guarantee, free from and agent of Bonhams and such companies, each Buyer’s Agreement and Definitions and Glossary. our Catalogues. the liability arises from negligence, other tort, any liens, charges, encumbrances and adverse claims of whom will be entitled to rely on the relevant “Consignment Fee” a fee payable to Bonhams by the Seller “Purchase Price” the aggregate of the Hammer Price and VAT (1) In a contract of sale, other than one to which subsection breach of contract, statutory duty, bailee’s duty, a and we will pay to you an amount equal to the sum immunity and/or exclusion and/or restriction within calculated at rates set out in the Conditions of Business. on the Hammer Price (where applicable), the Buyer’s Premium (3) below applies, there is an implied term on the part of restitutionary claim or otherwise. of the Purchase Price and Buyer’s Premium paid by and for the purposes of Contracts (Rights of Third “Consumer” a natural person who is acting for the relevant and VAT on the Buyer’s Premium and any Expenses. the seller that in the case of a sale he has a right to sell you in respect of the Lot. Parties) Act 1999, which enables the benefit of a purpose outside his trade, Business or profession. “Reserve” the minimum price at which a Lot may be sold the goods, and in the case of an agreement to sell he You may wish to protect yourself against loss by contract to be extended to a person who is not a “Contract Form” the Contract Form, or vehicle Entry form, as (whether at auction or by private treaty). will have such a right at the time when the property is to obtaining insurance. The benefit of paragraph 10 is personal to, and party to the contract, and generally at law. applicable, signed by or on behalf of the Seller listing the Lots “Sale” the auction Sale at which a Lot is to be offered for Sale pass. incapable of assignment by, you and if you sell or to be offered for Sale by Bonhams. by Bonhams. 10.4 Nothing set out above will be construed as excluding otherwise dispose of your interest in the Lot, all 13 GOVERNING LAW “Contract for Sale” the Sale contract entered into by the “Sale Proceeds” the net amount due to the Seller from the (2) In a contract of sale, other than one to which subsection or restricting (whether directly or indirectly) any rights and benefits under this paragraph will cease. Seller with the Buyer (see Appendix 1 in the Catalogue). Sale of a Lot, being the Hammer Price less the Commission, any (3) below applies, there is also an implied term that- person’s liability or excluding or restricting any All transactions to which this agreement applies “Contractual Description” the only Description of the Lot VAT chargeable thereon, Expenses and any other amount due person’s rights or remedies in respect of (i) fraud, or 12 MISCELLANEOUS and all connected matters will be governed by and (being that part of the Entry about the Lot in the Catalogue to us in whatever capacity and howsoever arising. (a) the goods are free, and will remain free until (ii) death or personal injury caused by our negligence construed in accordance with the laws of that part which is in bold letters, any photograph (except for the colour) “Seller” the person who offers the Lot for Sale named on the time when the property is to pass, from any (or any person under our control or for whom we are 12.1 You may not assign either the benefit or burden of of the United Kingdom where the Sale takes (or and the contents of any Condition Report) to which the Seller the Contract Form. Where the person so named identifies on charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known legally responsible), or (iii) acts or omissions for which this agreement. is to take) place and we and you each submit to undertakes in the Contract of Sale the Lot corresponds. the form another person as acting as his agent, or where the to the buyer before the contract is made, and we are liable under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that part “Description” any statement or representation in any person named on the Contract Form acts as an agent for a or (iv) any other liability to the extent the same may 12.2 Our failure or delay in enforcing or exercising any of the United Kingdom, save that we may bring way descriptive of the Lot, including any statement or principal (whether such agency is disclosed to Bonhams or not), (b) the buyer will enjoy quiet possession of the goods not be excluded or restricted as a matter of law, or power or right under this agreement will not operate proceedings against you in any other court of representation relating to its authorship, attribution, condition, “Seller” includes both the agent and the principal who shall be except in so far as it may be disturbed by the (v) under our undertaking in paragraph 9 of these or be deemed to operate as a waiver of our rights competent jurisdiction to the extent permitted by provenance, authenticity, style, period, age, suitability, quality, jointly and severally liable as such. The Seller is also referred to owner or other person entitled to the benefit conditions. under it except to the extent of any express waiver the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Bonhams has a origin, value, estimated selling price (including the Hammer in the Conditions of Business by the words “you” and “your”. of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or given to you in writing. Any such waiver will not complaints procedure in place. Price). “Specialist Examination” a visual examination of a Lot by a known. 11 BOOKS MISSING TEXT OR ILLUSTRATIONS affect our ability subsequently to enforce any right “Entry” a written statement in the Catalogue identifying the specialist on the Lot. arising under this agreement. DATA PROTECTION – USE OF YOUR INFORMATION Lot and its Lot number which may contain a Description and “Stamp” means a postage Stamp offered for Sale at a (3) This subsection applies to a contract of sale in the case Where the Lot is made up wholly of a Book or Books illustration(s) relating to the Lot. Specialist Stamp Sale. of which there appears from the contract or is to be and any Book does not contain text or illustrations (in 12.3 If either party to this agreement is prevented from Where we obtain any personal information about you, we shall “Estimate” a statement of our opinion of the range within “Standard Examination” a visual examination of a Lot by a inferred from its circumstances an intention that the either case referred to as a “non-conforming Lot”), performing that party’s respective obligations only use it in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy which the hammer is likely to fall. non-specialist member of Bonhams’ staff. seller should transfer only such title as he or a third we undertake a personal responsibility for such a under this agreement by circumstances beyond (subject to any additional specific consent(s) you may have “Expenses” charges and Expenses paid or payable by “Storage Contract” means the contract described in person may have. non-conforming Lot in accordance with the terms of its reasonable control or if performance of its given at the time your information was disclosed). A copy of Bonhams in respect of the Lot including legal Expenses, paragraph 8.3.3 of the Conditions of Business or paragraph this paragraph, if: obligations would by reason of such circumstances our Privacy Policy can be found on our Website www.bonhams. banking charges and Expenses incurred as a result of an 4.4 of the Buyer’s Agreement (as appropriate). (4) In a contract to which subsection (3) above applies there give rise to a significantly increased financial com or requested by post from Customer Services Department, electronic transfer of money, charges and Expenses for loss and “Storage Contractor” means the company identified as such is an implied term that all charges or encumbrances the original invoice was made out by us to you in cost to it, that party will not, for so long as such 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR, United Kingdom or damage cover, insurance, Catalogue and other reproductions in the Catalogue. known to the seller and not known to the buyer have respect of the Lot and that invoice has been paid; circumstances prevail, be required to perform such by email from [email protected]. and illustrations, any customs duties, advertising, packing or “Terrorism” means any act or threatened act of terrorism, been disclosed to the buyer before the contract is made. and obligations. This paragraph does not apply to the shipping costs, reproductions rights’ fees, taxes, levies, costs of whether any person is acting alone or on behalf of or in obligations imposed on you by paragraph 3. APPENDIX 3 testing, searches or enquiries, preparation of the Lot for Sale, connection with any organisation(s) and/or government(s), (5) In a contract to which subsection (3) above applies you notify us in writing as soon as reasonably storage charges, removal charges, removal charges or costs committed for political, religious or ideological or similar there is also an implied term that none of the following practicable after you have become aware that the Lot 12.4 Any notice or other communication to be given DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY of collection from the Seller as the Seller’s agents or from a purposes including, but not limited to, the intention to will disturb the buyer’s quiet possession of the goods, is or may be a non-conforming Lot, and in any event under this agreement must be in writing and may defaulting Buyer, plus VAT if applicable. influence any government and/or put the public or any section namely: within 20 days after the Sale (or such longer period be delivered by hand or sent by first class post or Where these Definitions and Glossary are incorporated, the “Forgery” an imitation intended by the maker or any other of the public into fear. as we may agree in writing) that the Lot is a non- air mail or fax transmission (if to Bonhams marked following words and phrases used have (unless the context person to deceive as to authorship, attribution, origin, “Trust Account” the bank account of Bonhams into which all (a) the seller; conforming Lot; and for the attention of the Company Secretary), to the otherwise requires) the meanings given to them below. The authenticity, style, date, age, period, provenance, culture, sums received in respect of the Purchase Price of any address or fax number of the relevant party given Glossary is to assist you to understand words and phrases source or composition, which at the date of the Sale had a Lot will be paid, such account to be a distinct and separate (b) in a case where the parties to the contract intend within 20 days of the date of the relevant Sale (or in the Contract Form (unless notice of any change which have a specific legal meaning with which you may not value materially less than it would have had if the Lot had not account to Bonhams’ normal business bank account. that the seller should transfer only such title as a such longer period as we may agree in writing) you of address is given in writing). It is the responsibility be familiar. been such an imitation, and which is not stated to be such “VAT” value added tax at the prevailing rate at the date of the third person may have, that person; return the Lot to us in the same condition as it was of the sender of the notice or communication to an imitation in any description of the Lot. A Lot will not be a Sale in the United Kingdom. at the time of the Sale, accompanied by written ensure that it is received in a legible form within any LIST OF DEFINITIONS Forgery by reason of any damage to, and/or restoration and/ “Website” Bonhams Website at www.bonhams.com (c) anyone claiming through or under the seller or evidence that the Lot is a non-conforming Lot and applicable time period. or modification work (including repainting or over painting) “Withdrawal Notice” the Seller’s written notice to Bonhams that third person otherwise than under a charge details of the Sale and Lot number sufficient to “Additional Premium” a premium, calculated in accordance having been carried out on the Lot, where that damage, revoking Bonhams’ instructions to sell a Lot. or encumbrance disclosed or known to the buyer identify the Lot. 12.5 If any term or any part of any term of this agreement with the Notice to Bidders, to cover Bonhams’ Expenses restoration or modification work (as the case may be) does not “Without Reserve” where there is no minimum price at before the contract is made. is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such relating to the payment of royalties under the Artists Resale substantially affect the identity of the Lot as one conforming to which a Lot may be sold (whether at auction or by private but not if: unenforceability or invalidity will not affect the Right Regulations 2006 which is payable by the Buyer to the Description of the Lot. treaty). (5A) As regards England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the enforceability and validity of the remaining terms or Bonhams on any Lot marked [AR] which sells for a Hammer “Guarantee” the obligation undertaken personally by term implied by subsection (1) above is a condition and the Entry in the Catalogue in respect of the Lot the remainder of the relevant term. Price which together with the Buyer’s Premium (but excluding Bonhams to the Buyer in respect of any Forgery and, in the GLOSSARY the terms implied by subsections (2), (4) and (5) above indicates that the rights given by this paragraph do any VAT) equals or exceeds 1000 euros (converted into case of specialist Stamp Sales and/or specialist Book Sales, a Lot are warranties.” not apply to it; or 12.6 References in this agreement to Bonhams will, where the currency of the Sale using the European Central Bank made up of a Stamp or Stamps or a Book or Books as set out The following expressions have specific legal meanings with appropriate, include reference to Bonhams’ officers, Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale). in the Buyer’s Agreement. which you may not be familiar. The following glossary is employees and agents. “Auctioneer” the representative of Bonhams conducting “Hammer Price” the price in the currency in which the Sale is intended to give you an understanding of those expressions the Sale. conducted at which a Lot is knocked down by the Auctioneer. but is not intended to limit their legal meanings:
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SD22/05/14 Registration and Bidding Form (Attendee / Absentee / Online / Telephone Bidding) Please circle your bidding method above.
Sale title: THE JOHN ROBERTSON COLLECTION Sale date: OF MARINE PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 July
Sale no. 22181 Sale venue: New Bond Street, London Paddle number (for office use only) If you are not attending the sale in person, please provide details of the Lots on which you wish to bid at least 24 hours This sale will be conducted in accordance with prior to the sale. Bids will be rounded down to the nearest increment. Please refer to the Notice to Bidders in the catalogue Bonhams’ Conditions of Sale and bidding and buying for further information relating to Bonhams executing telephone, online or absentee bids on your behalf. Bonhams will at the Sale will be regulated by these Conditions. endeavour to execute these bids on your behalf but will not be liable for any errors or failing to execute bids. You should read the Conditions in conjunction with General Bid Increments: the Sale Information relating to this Sale which sets £10 - 200 ...... by 10s £10,000 - 20,000 ...... by 1,000s out the charges payable by you on the purchases £200 - 500 ...... by 20 / 50 / 80s £20,000 - 50,000 ...... by 2,000 / 5,000 / 8,000s you make and other terms relating to bidding and buying at the Sale. You should ask any questions you £500 - 1,000 ...... by 50s £50,000 - 100,000 ...... by 5,000s have about the Conditions before signing this form. £1,000 - 2,000 ...... by 100s £100,000 - 200,000 .....by 10,000s These Conditions also contain certain undertakings £2,000 - 5,000 ...... by 200 / 500 / 800s above £200,000 ...... at the auctioneer’s discretion by bidders and buyers and limit Bonhams’ liability to £5,000 - 10,000 ...... by 500s bidders and buyers. The auctioneer has discretion to split any bid at any time.
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