FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS1 and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO2 are companies organizing voluntary auction sales regulated by Articles L 312-4 and further of the Code of Commerce and the Ministerial Order of 21 February of 2012 defining ethical obligations of voluntary action operators3.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS et BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO act as the agents of the seller. The relationships between FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO and the buyer are subject to the present general conditions of purchase, which can be modified by saleroom notices or oral indications given at the time of the sale and which will be recorded in the official sale record. Participation in auction sales in the salesroom, by telephone or via Internet, implies the unconditional acceptation of these sales conditions.
Online auction sales are organized on the Internet site www.drouotlive.com, which is a technical platform allowing to participate at distance by electro- nic media in the auction that takes place in the salesroom. The commercial partner of users of Drouot Live is the company Auctionpress3. Users who want to participate in the sale online via the platform Drouot Live should take note and accept without any reserve the Terms of Use of this platform (www.drouot- live.com”), which are independent and additional to these sales conditions.
1 Goods put at auction
The prospective buyers are invited to inspect any goods in which they may be interested, before the auction takes place, and notably during the exhibitions. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO are at disposal of prospective buyers to provide them with reports about the conditions of the lots. On demand, a condition report will be provided for lots starting of an estimation above 1000 Euros.
The description of lots in catalogues are made by the Auction house and the Expert who assists it and may be amended at the moment the lot is presented on auction, which will be recorded in the official sale record. The description of goods are made in accordance with the knowledge available at the date of the sale and FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO cannot be hold liable for any error or omission. The description concerning the provenance and/or the origin of the item is given upon indications from the seller and FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO cannot not be hold liable for any error, omission or false declaration.
Dimensions, weight and estimates are given for guidance only. The colors of art works in the catalogue may differ because of the printing process.
The absence of statements in the catalogue, condition reports, on labels or in oral statements relating to a restoration, mishap or harm, does not imply that the item is in a perfect state of condition, nor that it is exempt from any restoration, wear, cracks, relining or other defects. Among others, relining, re-parketing or lining or any other conservation measure of the item is not mentioned.
Goods are sold in the condition they are in at the date of sale and no claim is admissible after the auction, the buyer being responsible for inspecting and verifying the condition of the item before the sale.
Estimates are provided by the Auction house for guidance only and confer no guarantee. They cannot be considered as a giving the certainty that the item will be sold for the estimated price or even within the bracket of estimates.
2 The Sale
Prospective buyers are invited to make themselves known to FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS before the sale, so as to have their personal identity data recorded5. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve the right to ask any prospective buyer to justify his identity as well as his bank references. Any bidder is deemed acting on his own behalf except when prior notification, accepted by FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS, is given that he acts as an agent on behalf of a third party.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO , as sales intermediaries, is subject to obligations concerning the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorist organizations in accordance with article L 621-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
The usual way to bid consists in attending the sale on the premises. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve its right to refuse access to the sales room for legitimate reasons.
Any bidder may file a purchase order by written, or may by telephone or by In- ternet (online bidding). To this effect, the bidder must fill in a registration form and send bank references or give a French check or signed credit card imprint for an amount corresponding at least to 30 % of the estimate value of the lot. two days before the sale. For certain sales additional financial guarantees may be requested as specified in specific sales conditions. If the ordering customer does not obtain the lot, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO will destroy the bank references, check or credit card imprint.
If the ordering client is declared to be the Buyer of the lot, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO are authorized in case of failure to pay, to cash the check or use the bank references or credit card imprint for the use of total or partial payment of the hammer price and fees, increased by interests, costs, etc. as indicated below (“Default of payment”).
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO take care without charges of bids by telephone and purchase orders. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO cannot be hold liable in case of problems of telephone contact, malfunctioning of Internet or of Drouot Live, nor in case of mistakes or omissions in the performance of purchase orders and bids. The present general sales conditions prevail over the conditions of use of Drouot Live for online bids.
In case of two identical purchase orders, the purchase order made first shall have priority. In case a bid is made in the sales room for an equivalent amount of a purchase order, the bidder who is present in the sales room shall have the priority.
The bidder who made the highest and final bid is declared to be the buyer by the hammer stroke and the pronouncing of the word “Adjugé”. At the instant the bid is accepted, the sale is perfect and irrevocable and the lots are under the entire responsibility of the Buyer. In accordance with Article L 121-21-8 of the French Commercial Code, the delay of retraction does not apply.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO are authorized to mention on the official record of the sale all information provided for by the buyer before the sale. The buyer will be hold liable for any false declaration.
In the event that the auctioneer admits that two bidders made a bid simul- taneously for the same amount, the lot will immediately be offered again for sale and all potential buyer will be entitled to bid again.
In case the seller has stipulated a reserve price, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve the right to bid on behalf of the seller until the reserve price has been reached. The reserve price cannot exceed the minimum estimate mentioned in the sale catalogue or modified publicly before the sale.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO conduct the auction sales at their discretion and ensures that the liberty of auction is respected as well as the equality between all bidders, in accordance with established practices. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve the right to refuse any bid, to organize the bidding in the most appropriate manner, to withdraw any lot from the sale, to combine or to divide lots.
3 Payment of the hammer price and auction fees & costs
The Sale is made in cash and in Euros. The buyer commits him/herself to pay personally and immediately the hammer price and the fees and costs which are at his/her expense and any taxes which could be due. The buyer will have to give or confirm immediately his/her identity and bank references.
In addition to the hammer price, the buyer will have to pay for each lot and range of price the following fees, costs and taxes:
26,60 % TTC (22,17 % HT) From € 0 to 300 000
22% TTC (18,33% HT) From € 300 001 to 3 000 000
Above € 3 000 001 - 12% TTC
This rate may however vary for some sales and potential buyers should consult the particular conditions and announcements of each sale and inform with the Auction house. The rate is also announced at the beginning of the sale on auction.
The buyer may pay by the following means:
Cash: maximum 1,000 Euros including fees and costs for French residents, maximum 10,000 Euros including fees and taxes for non professional forei- gners upon presentation of their identity papers and a proof of their fiscal residence;
By check upon presentation of identity papers: in case of payment with a non certified check, only the cashing of the check is considered to be payment
By bank transfer: all costs and fees are for the buyer
By credit card: VISA and MasterCard only
Foreign checks are not accepted.
4 Collecting of purchases and transfer of risks
No lot shall be delivered to buyers before the full payment of all amounts due. In case of payment with a non certified check or by bank transfer, the delivery of the goods shall be differed until the amounts are cashed.
From the moment of purchase on auction, the goods are under the entire res- ponsibility of the buyer. The lot must to be insured by the buyer immediately after the purchase. The buyer will have no recourse against FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS in case of theft, loss or deterioration of the lot after the purchase, or if the compensation he will receive from the insurer would be insufficient.
For sales at Drouot, the lots shall be collected at the storage place of the Hôtel Drouot. Only fragile or very valuable items shall be collected within a delay of 7 days at the premises of FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO or at the specialized warehouse of which the address shall be given to the buyer.
In any event, all costs for storage and shipping will be at the expense of the buyer and will be billed directly either by the Hôtel Drouot, either by the war- ehouse, according to their rates in effect. The Auction house cannot be hold liable for storage of goods. The buyer is solely liable and responsible for the shipping of goods and the related costs. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO may invoice the buyer for costs of storage, handling and shipping incurred on behalf of the buyer since the date of the sale.
5 Default of Payment
In case the buyer does not pay within a delay of three months from the date of auction and after a formal notice remained unsuccessful, the item will be put on sale again on « folle enchère » at the request of the seller.
If the seller does not make such a request within a delay of three months as of the date of auction, the sale is rescinded as of right, without prejudice of damages due by the defaulting buyer.
In case the Buyer does not pay all amounts due within a delay of three months or in case of annulment of the sale by a Court decision, auction fees remain due by the Buyer.
In such case FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO are authorized to cash the check given as a guarantee or to charge the bank account of the defaulting Buyer with the amount corresponding to the guarantee required in application of the sales conditions. The amount will be affected pro rata to the Seller and to FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO to indemnify totally or partially their losses caused by the failure of the Buyer, without prejudice of complementary indemnification due.
In any event, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve its right to claim from the de- faulting buyer
-Interests equal to the key rate of the European Central Bank on the 1st of January or July, increased by 10 points ;
The reimbursement of extra costs resulting from the failure to pay, including storage, transport, catalogue, legal fixed recovery costs and any additional recovery costs, etc. …;
Buying fees and costs and the loss corresponding to the Seller’s fees and costs suffered by FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO ;
The payment of the difference between the initial hammer price and
HEU either the hammer price of the re-sale on « folle enchères » if it is lower, as well as the costs relating to the re-sale,
HEU or the low estimate of the item, if the sale is rescinded as of right.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO also reserve its right to make compensation by offset- ting any amounts due by the defaulting seller. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO reserve its right to exclude from any of its future sales, a defaulting buyer or any bidder who does not comply with the present general sale conditions.
6 Legislation concerning Cultural Goods
The French State is entitled to exercise a pre-emption right on art works pur- suant to the rules set forth in Article L 321-9 of the Code of Commerce, right by which the State is subrogated to the buyer. The declaration that the State intends to use this right is made immediately to the Auctioneer or Auction
house after the hammer stroke.
The decision of the administrative authority must be confirmed within a delay of 15 days as of the auction or the sale. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO cannot be hold liable for the conditions of the pre-emption by the French State.
The export of certain cultural goods is subject to a certificate authorizing the free movement of cultural goods. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO and/or the seller cannot be hold liable in case the authorities refuse the certificate.
7 Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
Pursuant to article L. 321-17 of the French commercial Code, civil liability proceedings relating to voluntary auction sales are subject to a five-year limi- tation period starting from the date of the auction.
Any dispute relating to the present sale conditions and to all sales shall be governed exclusively by French Law and shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the competent Court of Paris, whatever the place of residence of the seller or the buyer.
The present general conditions of sale on auction are a translation of the French version for information purposes only. Only the French version is le- gally binding.
In order to settle a dispute that has arisen after the sale between the seller and the buyer, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIES reserve its discretional right to buy the goo- d(s) from the Purchaser and to resell it (them) on its own behalf, pursuant to the conditions set forth in Article L 321-5 II of the Code of Commerce.
For any dispute with an operator of a voluntary auction sale, a complaint may be filed with the “Commissaire du Gouvernement” of the “Conseil des Ventes Volontaires de Meubles aux Enchères publiques”, by post (19 avenue de l’Opéra, 75001 PARIS) or via Internet (www.conseildesventes.fr).
8 VAT refund for trade european buyers
VAT registered businesses from France may have all VAT invoiced refunded to them if they request so in writing to the shipping department within a delay of 1 month of the date of sale and if they provide their VAT registration number and proof that the property has been shipped to another EU country, in the respect of administrative rules and within one month of the date sale. SVV FRAYSSE & ASSOCIES and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO will charge €50 for each refund processed.
Personal Data
For the purpose of sales on auction, private sales, marketing and services, FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO may collect personal data from sellers and buyers, in- cluding by recording video images, telephone conversations and electronic messages.
FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO may use personal data to comply with its legal obli- gations and for the purpose of its professional activities, namely for commercial and marketing purposes. FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO commit to not sell, rent, transfer or give access to third parties to your personal data without your consent, unless FRAYSSE & ASSOCIÉS and BINOCHE ET GIQUELLO are legally required to do so or for a legitimate reason (legal and accounting duties, fight against fraud and abuse, transport, for the purpose of its rights of defense, etc.)
In accordance with the Law « informatique et libertés » of 6 January 1978 modifies and the European Regulation n°2016/679/UE of 27 April 2016, any person has the right of access, rectification, portability and deletion of his/hers data or to limit its use. You may also refuse to accept the use of you personal data. You may exercise your rights upon justification of a proof of your identity by contacting Maître Vincent FRAYSSE or Alexandre GIQUELLO.
