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SVV Hotel des Ventes de Nîmes

Pierre Champion
Françoise Kusel

Commissaires-priseurs

Condition of purchase

AUCTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS


All purchases must be paid on the day of auction by cash, credit card or bank transfer. buyers are responsible for the items they buy once the hammer has fallen.

1°) Buyer’s premium:

In addition to the hammer price, the buyer will pay either :
- voluntary sales  : 21 %
- or judicial sale (marked *)  : 14,4 %
- or « crédit municipal » (marked **)  : 16,6 %
+ 3% vat excluded for items bought on interencheres-live.com

2°) Payment

A 10% guarantee could be asked for registration for items with an estimate of 10 000 euros and more.

• CHECKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED
• PAYMENT ON SITE
-By cash : Up to 1000 euros if the buyer has his tax residence in France or act as a professional client
Up to 15000 euros if the buyer justifies he has no tax residence in France and if he is not a professional client.
-Credit card : VISA AND MASTERCARD (by the card owner with his identity card and a commercial registry (K-bis) form).

• DISTANCE PAYMENT
-BANK TRANSFERS in Euro : compulsory for amounts higher than 800 euros. International buyers must make the transfer with the option « our », which means all bank fees are at their cost.
-CREDIT CARD : a maximum amount of 800 euros for the Euro Zone. Not accepted for payment outside the Euro zone.

UNPAID PURCHASES WILL IN NO CASE BE DELIVERED.
UNPAID ITEMS WILL BE PUT ON SALE AGAIN WITHIN 2 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE SENDING OF A REGISTERED LETTER


3°) Invoices

Invoices can be modified within a 7 days-delay after auction (change of name or adress).

4°) Exhibition - Responsibility

An exhibition before auction enables potential buyers to have the condition of all items, furniture, paintings and jewels for sale.
All items are sold « as is ». The bidder acknowledges that all auction items are available for inspection prior to the auction and it is the bidders reponsibility to have inspected the item before bidding. No claim against the auctioneer will be accepted in respect to the usual restorations and small defects.

5°) Bids and Telephone Lines

A 10% guarantee could be asked for registration for items with an estimate of
10 000 euros and more.

REGISTER FOR BIDDING

The auctioneer and experts reserve the right to bid for free on behalf of the clients but shall not be liable for errors or omissions in executing their instructions to bid.

Absentee bids
-please send your bid by mail or by fax mentioning all the following details :
-address, phone number , copy of identity card
-maximum bid ( without commission)
-a bank check or bank details (bank account statement extract from a bank document)

TELEPHONE BIDS
We reserve the right to limit phone bidding for the most popular lots in the auction. We will always try to accommodate phone bidders, but it may not always be possible due to lack of phones or staff.

-please send the same documents as mentioned above

1°) no telephone bid will be accepted for items estimated under 300 euros.
2°) all phone bidders will be considered as a buyer at the lower estimate

bids will be accepted until the day before auction
4 pm.



6°) ON - LINE Buyers

A 10% guarantee could be asked for registration for items with an estimate of
10 000 euros and more.

To bid online please register at www.interencheres-live.com
once your registration has been completed, the auction house reserve the right to ask for additional details.
Please note that the bank details asked for during your registration process are in no way used for payment. Payment may be made by wire transfer, credit card or cash.

All online bids are considered as an irrevocable act of purchase.
3% costs (VAT excluded) will be added to the 21 % or 14,4%(*) or 16,60%(**) legal costs.