Lot 70A: ARTHUR ALLIS MARINE OIL PAINTING:

All bidders, whether in person or via absentee, telephone bid or on-line are subject to compliance with the Terms & Conditions of Sale, as follows. Please familiarize yourself with these conditions prior to bidding.

CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. All bidders will be required to register prior to sale and to obtain a Bidder's Number Card. Registration shall include name, address, phone (s), driver's license number, re-sale certificate number (if applicable) and email address, if bidder chooses. White's Auctions reserves the right to refuse to register a bidder for past transgressions.
2. Any form of "bid rigging" or fraud will not be tolerated. Bidders are to bid themselves and without assigned agents. Violations of these principles constitutes a violation of the Sherman Act*. White's Auctions is committed to maintaining the integrity of the auction process and its reputation.
3. All bids and sales will be registered and recorded by Bidding number, Lot number and Buyer number.
4. All lots are sold "as is, where is" as to the condition at the time of sale. All measurements and/or weights are approximate.
5. Items to be offered for auction will be exhibited for preview and inspection for sufficient time prior to sale. Once the auction starts, viewing is no longer available. Most lots are also available for viewing on www.auctionzip.com (ID #7546). All sales are final.
6. White's Auctions endeavors to catalogue and/or list and describe all items as accurately as possible and to assign lot numbers respectively. Items will be offered in as close to listed Lot Number as possible. Condition reports are not guaranteed and may vary in accuracy. It is the responsibility for prospective buyers to inspect the items for themselves and use their own judgement as to the authenticity, condition and/or value of any lot offered for sale. White's Auctions makes no warrantees, whether written or verbal, as to the correctness of descriptions, genuineness or any defect of items offered for sale.
7. At the auctioneer's discretion any lot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the completion of sale.
8. The Auctioneer shall regulate the advance of bids and may, at his absolute discretion, reject any bid or fractional advance he feels is not commensurate with the assumed value of the lot and may choose to pass the item, whether bids have been accepted or not. Passed items will not be put up again during the sale. They may be held for a future sale.
9. If the purchaser breaches any obligations under these Conditions of Sale, White's Auctions reserves the right to hold such defaulting buyer liable for the purchase price, cancel the sale or to re-sell the property, holding the buyer liable for any deficiency in the purchase price as well as any related expenses for re-sale or storage.
10. A 15% Buyer's Premium will be added to the purchase price (including sales tax if applicable) of all lots sold. Massachusetts sales tax in the amount of 6.25% will be added to the final sale amount (after the BP). A 3% premium will be added to sales totals paid by Credit Card. This is in addition to on-line bidding fees. Sales tax will not be required of "bone fide" dealers who produce, or submit, a valid Sales Tax Exempt Certificate accompanied by proper identification.
11. The highest bidder acknowledged by the Auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the event of a dispute between bidders, the Auctioneer shall have the sole right to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and re-sell the lot in dispute.
12. Title and responsibility of the purchased lot shall pass to the purchaser upon the fall of the Auctioneer's gavel and/or "customary manner".
13. The purchaser shall be required to remove the purchased items from the premises during or immediately after the auction, unless arrangements are made. No items shall leave the premises without receipt for payment shown to a staff member before the item(s) shall be released to the purchaser. The item (s) purchased shall remain at the purchaser's sole risk and responsibility. If items are to be picked up at a later time, arrangements must be made in advance by phone.
14. Payment by registered bidders is due at the end of each sale in the forms of payment include cash, money order, good check or major credit card. White's reserves the right to hold any and all merchandise until checks clear. The purchaser agrees to pay White's Auctions a charge of $25.00 for any dishonored check (plus any applicable additional charges incurred in collecting the funds due). White's reserves the right not to accept checks from individuals who have presented a bad check to the auction in the past.
15. As a convenience to customers who cannot attend the sale, White's Auctions accepts Absentee and Phone bids. All such bids are accepted and executed as a convenience and all such bidders are subject to these Conditions of Sales. All such bids, if successful, must be honored in full. Absentee bids are executed competitively up to but not to exceed the amounts bid. Absentee shall not hold the White's Auction in any way liable for any errors in or failures to execute left bids. All Absentee bids must be signed accurately and completely, submitted no later that the stated deadline prior to the auction (usually up to one hour prior to start time). Absentee bids are accepted via email or phone, as to the discretion of the auction house. Successful bidders will be notified within 3-5 business days and will be invoiced, payable on receipt. Invoices will include shipping and insurance costs, payable by the purchaser. Items may also be picked up, if desired. Items requiring shipping will be shipped upon payments and cleared checks. Any and all shipping and handling costs will be the responsibility of the buyer.
16. Items returned to the auction house for later pick up must be picked up within 2 weeks of the auction date or may be subject to storage charges. While the auction will take due care of the items, the responsibility and liability for purchased items remains with the purchaser. White's insurance will be null and void on sold lots as the "transfer of ownership" passes and resides with the purchaser.
17. Items left beyond 60 days will be considered "abandoned" and may be offered for re-sale as property of White's Auctions.
18. Phone bids will be accepted at the discretion of White's Auctions on certain lots and are executed as a convenience to customers. Phone bidders are subject to the Conditions of Sale. White's Auctions will make every effort to contact bidders in a reasonable time prior to the sale of the lot but will not be held liable in any way for failed, incomplete or inaudible connections or missed calls. Bidders shall not hold White's in any way liable for any errors or failures to execute those bids.
19. Bidding on any items constitutes acceptance of all terms included herein and any other terms which may be added or announced at the time of sale.





CONDITIONS OF SALE


1. All bidders will be required to register prior to sale and to obtain a Bidder's Number Card. Registration shall include name, address, phone (s), driver's license number, re-sale certificate number (if applicable) and email address, if bidder chooses. White's Auctions reserves the right to refuse to register a bidder for past transgressions.
2. Any form of "bid rigging" or fraud will not be tolerated. Bidders are to bid themselves and without assigned agents. Violations of these principles constitutes a violation of the Sherman Act*. White's Auctions is committed to maintaining the integrity of the auction process and its reputation.
3. All bids and sales will be registered and recorded by Bidding number, Lot number and Buyer number.
4. All lots are sold "as is, where is" as to the condition at the time of sale. All measurements and/or weights are approximate.
5. Items to be offered for auction will be exhibited for preview and inspection for sufficient time prior to sale. Once the auction starts, viewing is no longer available. Most lots are also available for viewing on www.auctionzip.com (ID #7546). All sales are final.
6. White's Auctions endeavors to catalogue and/or list and describe all items as accurately as possible and to assign lot numbers respectively. Items will be offered in as close to listed Lot Number as possible. Condition reports are not guaranteed and may vary in accuracy. It is the responsibility for prospective buyers to inspect the items for themselves and use their own judgement as to the authenticity, condition and/or value of any lot offered for sale. White's Auctions makes no warrantees, whether written or verbal, as to the correctness of descriptions, genuineness or any defect of items offered for sale.
7. At the auctioneer's discretion any lot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the completion of sale.
8. The Auctioneer shall regulate the advance of bids and may, at his absolute discretion, reject any bid or fractional advance he feels is not commensurate with the assumed value of the lot and may choose to pass the item, whether bids have been accepted or not. Passed items will not be put up again during the sale. They may be held for a future sale.
9. If the purchaser breaches any obligations under these Conditions of Sale, White's Auctions reserves the right to hold such defaulting buyer liable for the purchase price, cancel the sale or to re-sell the property, holding the buyer liable for any deficiency in the purchase price as well as any related expenses for re-sale or storage.
10. A 15% Buyer's Premium will be added to the purchase price (including sales tax if applicable) of all lots sold. Massachusetts sales tax in the amount of 6.25% will be added to the final sale amount (after the BP). Sales tax will not be required of "bone fide" dealers who produce, or submit, a valid Sales Tax Exempt Certificate accompanied by proper identification.
11. The highest bidder acknowledged by the Auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the event of a dispute between bidders, the Auctioneer shall have the sole right to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and re-sell the lot in dispute.
12. Title and responsibility of the purchased lot shall pass to the purchaser upon the fall of the Auctioneer's gavel and/or "customary manner".
13. The purchaser shall be required to remove the purchased items from the premises during or immediately after the auction, unless arrangements are made. No items shall leave the premises without receipt for payment shown to a staff member before the item(s) shall be released to the purchaser. The item (s) purchased shall remain at the purchaser's sole risk and responsibility. If items are to be picked up at a later time, arrangements must be made in advance by phone.
14. Payment by registered bidders is due at the end of each sale in the forms of payment include cash, money order, good check or major credit card. White's reserves the right to hold any and all merchandise until checks clear. The purchaser agrees to pay White's Auctions a charge of $25.00 for any dishonored check (plus any applicable additional charges incurred in collecting the funds due). White's reserves the right not to accept checks from individuals who have presented a bad check to the auction in the past.
15. As a convenience to customers who cannot attend the sale, White's Auctions accepts Absentee and Phone bids. All such bids are accepted and executed as a convenience and all such bidders are subject to these Conditions of Sales. All such bids, if successful, must be honored in full. Absentee bids are executed competitively up to but not to exceed the amounts bid. Absentee shall not hold the White's Auction in any way liable for any errors in or failures to execute left bids. All Absentee bids must be signed accurately and completely, submitted no later that the stated deadline prior to the auction (usually up to one hour prior to start time). Absentee bids are accepted via email or phone, as to the discretion of the auction house. Successful bidders will be notified within 3-5 business days and will be invoiced, payable on receipt. Invoices will include shipping and insurance costs, payable by the purchaser. Items may also be picked up, if desired. Items requiring shipping will be shipped upon payments and cleared checks. Any and all shipping and handling costs will be the responsibility of the buyer.
16. Items returned to the auction house for later pick up must be picked up within 2 weeks of the auction date or may be subject to storage charges. While the auction will take due care of the items, the responsibility and liability for purchased items remains with the purchaser. White's insurance will be null and void on sold lots as the "transfer of ownership" passes and resides with the purchaser.
17. Items left beyond 60 days will be considered "abandoned" and may be offered for re-sale as property of White's Auctions.
18. Phone bids will be accepted at the discretion of White's Auctions on certain lots and are executed as a convenience to customers. Phone bidders are subject to the Conditions of Sale. White's Auctions will make every effort to contact bidders in a reasonable time prior to the sale of the lot but will not be held liable in any way for failed, incomplete or inaudible connections or missed calls. Bidders shall not hold White's in any way liable for any errors or failures to execute those bids.
19. Bidding on any items constitutes acceptance of all terms included herein and any other terms which may be added or announced at the time of sale.

**Please note, before you are approved to bid in this auction, you will be required to supply a scanned copy of your passport or equivalent identity card, together with your full credit card details which may be used for payment if you are the winning bidder.
Please contact m.zannoni@czernys.com with this information to expedite this process.

The credit card you enter on registration is only used to verify your identity. Once entered, this information is 100% encrypted and it is not shared with Czerny's International Auction House.**

1. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. operates under the mandate of the lawful owners of the items offered at auction and does not contractually undertake nor acquire rights itself. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. offers and sells property owned by third parties on their behalf.

2. Presentation, descriptions and photographs of objects in the catalogue of the auction come from the experts appointed by the House and are expressions of knowledge and belief thereof. All items in the auction are used and may be freely examined by agreement with the House by any means of investigation which does not cause harm to the things under examination, and which does not subtract the possibility of review by other interested parties. The Director of Sales will be available before the opening of bidding to provide any useful explanation of the objects which will be available to interested parties at least two days prior to the date of the auction, during the public opening hours of the Auction House. After buying at auction, complaints about the state of preservation, classification, description, allocation of items purchased, or defects, whether recognizable or hidden, will therefore not be eligible, except in the case of Seller's wilful misconduct, and this wilful misconduct must be rigorously demonstrated by those who inferring such a matter. Outside of such cases, the purchaser buys at his own risk and peril, without reserve, and any exception is waived.

3. Individual lots will be sold to the highest bidder, the sale is for cash in Euros. In addition to the hammer price achieved at auction, auction fees are also due, amounting to 20% (twenty percent) of the price achieved at auction or expressed in the written offer to purchase, plus VAT at the current rate according to law. Any further tax liability and / or additional charges will also be charged to the purchaser. The purchaser should always clarify and document their general information, tax code and, where applicable, VAT number. Any offer of purchase for less than the price of reserve auction, will only be considered outside auction and after it, at the discretion of the House which, in case of acceptance of underpricing, will ensure the written consent of the selling proprietor.

4. The interested party will be able to purchase at the Auction House to prevent binding written bids, with a clear indication of the lot and the relevant offer price. This must be done before the start of the auction. In this case, Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. will have broad discretion to take the written offer which it received into consideration, or to disown it under its own unimpeachable judgment.

5. Increasing bids over the course of the auction bidding shall not be less than 5% of the prior offer.

6. Customers wishing to put forward a written offer to purchase must specify therein the preferred method of delivery of the goods. The goods will be sent upon acceptance of the offer and the collection of the price and related accessories, at the sole expense and risk of the purchaser. Where the purchaser has not chosen method of delivery, this will be established by Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. without prejudice to the risk and expense borne by the recipient. Any insurance costs on the transport of goods in transit must be prepaid by the purchaser. In the event of damage to the goods transported, the purchaser must take immediate action using any appropriate remedy to prevent a worsening of the damage and must immediately specify the carrier and the damage suffered to Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. Communications must be made by telegram and, simultaneously, by registered letter.

7. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. offers a telephone bidding service to its customers. Any customer who wishes to be called during the auction, at a number previously agreed for one or more lots in which he is interested, should apply in writing or by completing a "Bid Form" inserted in each Czerny's catalogue or downloaded from our website at http://www.czernys.com. For each lot for which the customer would like to use the telephone bidding service, the customer unconditionally accepts from the time of application to participate in the starting bid on that particular lot, and more specifically, for the first of the two prices quoted in the catalogue. In the event that no other offer is received during the auction, those lots will be awarded to the customer who requested the telephone bidding service, even if the same does not confirm by telephone during the auction. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. is not responsible for any technical problems that prevent the smooth running of the telephone bidding service during the auction.

8. The Director of Sales reserves the unquestionable right to exclude persons who may disrupt the smooth running of the auction from participation in the auction and, in particular, by way of example but not limited to: parties who disturb the auction, who do business in the hall, who are late in making payments owed to Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. for any reason, or who have a dispute with Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l., both in court and out of court, or parties who have been convicted of offenses relating to trade.

9. The Director of Sales is entitled to withdraw lots from the auction, change the order of the lots, amalgamate several lots among those for sale, or to split items already catalogued as a single lot into several lots, setting the new prices arising from such initiatives.

10. In case of dispute on the award of a lot, the Director of Sales may, at his discretion, declare the transactions at issue annulled, and repeat the bidding, at the very same auction session or the one after, for a starting price equal to the highest bid received in the hall or in writing and uncontested.

11. The purchaser shall immediately proceed to the payment of the hammer price and related accessories after the award. It is understood that the award will become effective for all purposes, only and exclusively, upon payment of the hammer price, its accessories, and the auction rights in favour of Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. Payment must be implemented in full compliance with anti-money laundering legislation in force.

12. The goods purchased must be collected - following payment of the hammer price - from Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. within 48 hours of payment, by and at the risk and expense of the purchaser.
If the purchaser is not able to collect them, Czerny's will take care of packaging and shipping of the purchased goods - following payment of the hammer price- to the indicated address and according to the agreed methods.

If shipping Antique Arms:
- For Foreign Clients: Once receiving the payment of the hammer price and completing all procedures for exportation and transportation, Czerny's will ship the purchased goods to the indicated address providing the corresponding tracking number. These procedures will require a couple of weeks; Czerny's will do its best in order to speed up the process. Please note that according to Italian regulations, all Foreign Clients must get their lots shipped as they are not allowed to circulate with Antique Arms.

After expiry of the said period, Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l has the right to choose a firm with which to deposit any goods that have not been collected, at the expense and risk of the purchaser. This deposit may also be used for any goods to which the purchaser has not objected to the price, without prejudice to the provisions in the article 6 above for goods purchased as a result of a written offer.


13. All conditions of sale referred to in this text are valid, mutatis mutandis, even for any purchases of lots, after the auction, that were unsold in the bidding process.

14. For items subject to notification of the State, in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Act of 1 June 1939 N.1089, purchasers must comply with all laws in force.

15. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. draws the purchasers attention to comply with the rules in force concerning the prohibition and / or regulations for the export of objects of historical and artistic interest.

16. The conditions of sale referred to in this text are shown in the auction room and in the catalogue relating to each auction. The auction participants agree, by participating, to these conditions, without any exception in this regard. All purchasers are required, if requested, to sign their approval of said conditions, in terms of prior contractual commitment

17. The hypothetical invalidity of one or more clauses of the "terms of sale" never results in the disqualification and / or invalidity of the other terms.

18. Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. specifies that the trade of particular objects of the historical Nazi or fascist period is done solely on the basis of historical documentation and study of those periods, excluding any apologetic intent.

19. Any and all disputes related to commercial transactions between Czerny's International Auction House s.r.l. and customers, the competent court will be that of La Spezia.