Sold is a forgery and he returns the lot (within 48 hours, overseas 7 days) Of any lot the buyer gives notice in writing to the Auctioneer that the lot Notwithstanding the preceding condition, if within seven days of the receipt Shall be paid in respect of any faults or errors of description.Ħ. Of the lots being incorrectly described in the catalogue, and no compensation No sale shallīe invalidated by reason of any defect or faults in any of the lots by reason His agent and shall have no claim whatsoever upon the Auctioneers. Any purchaser (home or overseas) who is represented by anĪgent in the room and who feels dissatisfied with purchase(s) shall claim against
Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, as stated in paraĤ above, no warranty is given with any lots and the Auctioneers are not responsibleįor the correct description, genuineness or sufficiency of, or any fault orĭefect in any lot. Reasonably considered by them to be reliable.ĥ. Right in forming their opinion to consult and rely upon any expert or authority
Taken as statements or representations of fact. Every care is taken to ensure accuracy concerning authorship, origin, age,Ĭondition, etc., but all such statements represent opinion and are not to be The first sale the difference in price shall be a debt due from the defaulterĤ.
If upon resale a lower price is obtained for any lots than were obtained from Or lots in question may, if the Auctioneers think fit, be put up again and resold. If any purchaser fails to comply with any of these conditions the lot Pay the Auctioneers 25 per cent of the purchase money as earnest and in part The purchaser of each lot shall give his name and address and shall (if required) Without giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding of any personģ. Time by the Auctioneers and no bid shall be retracted. No person shall advance less at a bid than a sum to be named from time to Reserve the right of bidding for, withdrawing from, consolidating or dividingĪny lots, or varying the order of the sale.Ģ. The lot in dispute shall be immediately put up for sale again at the last undisputedīidding, or the dispute may be determined by the Auctioneers. If any dispute shall arise as to any bidding Some researchers argue that Van Gogh was accidentally shot by two young boys playing with a gun near him.1.The highest accepted bidder for each lot shall be, subject to the Vendor’s reserve It is there that Van Gogh is widely believed to have shot himself in the chest.įor years experts have questioned the theory of Van Gogh's death, pointing to the uncertainty of the angle of the shot, the disappearance of evidence and the long trek the wounded Van Gogh would have made back to the inn before he died two days later in the hospital. In 1960, the weapon was found by a farmer in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, reports NPR's Eleanor Beardsley. Its purchase has reignited the debate over whether Van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The gun's trigger is pulled back, frozen in place, some think cementing the moment in which it would have dropped from Van Gogh's grasp.
The unnamed buyer bought the corroded 7mm caliber Lefaucheux revolver for about $182,000. The gun believed to have been used by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh to take his own life was sold at the Drouot auction house in Paris. This undated recent photo provided by Drouot auction house shows the revolver believed to have been used by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh to take his own life.