ASIAN ART AND ANTIQUES ESTATE SALE

Terms and Condistions CREDIT CARD PRE-AUTHORIZATION: All bidders are required to submit a credit card for a pre-authorization of $3,000, in United States Currency. If you do not wish to provide a Credit Card for deposit, please email museswashington@gmail.com, or call +1-202-528-0525,for Wire Transfer instructions. In the event that you are a successful purchaser at the auction, your Wire Transfer deposit will be applied to your invoice total. If your Wire Transfer deposit is more than your invoice total, any overage will be refunded to you. In the event that you are not a successful purchaser at the auction, your complete Wire Transfer deposit will be refunded to you. REGISTRATION: Registration is required in order to bid at Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. Auction. This registration includes your name, address, phone number, email address, a government issued Identification such as a Passport or Driver's License, and your signature. Your photo may also be taken as part of the registration process. Since the act of bidding at an Auction creates a binding contract, the giving of false registration information may constitute an act of fraud. By registering to bid you agree to be added to our email list. You have the option to opt-out after you receive the first email. To register to bid as an in-person bidder, or as a live online bidder, simply fill out our Bidder Registration Form at our customer service desk during or before the exhibition, or you may register by submitting the Bidder Registration Form, along with a copy or photograph of your government-issued ID or Passport to: museswashington@gmail.com. After your registration is processed, our staff will provide you with a bidder number paddle. This paddle allows you to bid at the auction for which you are registered. You must register for each auction in which you would like to bid. Absent Bidders: To register as an absentee bidder or as a telephone bidder, fill out the Absentee/Telephone Bidder Registration Form at our customer service desk during or before the exhibition, or you may register by contacting: museswashington@gmail.com. After your registration is processed, our staff will provide you with a bidder number paddle. If you do not wish to provide a Credit Card deposit, please email museswashington@gmail.com, or call +1-202-528-0525,for Wire Transfer and PayPal deposit instructions. Payment: All invoices must be paid in full within 10 days of the auction. Acceptable forms of payment will be: Cash in United States Currency, Visa, Mastercard, Wire Transfer, or Cashier's Check. Items paid for by Cashier's Check will be held by Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. for 10 banking days before being released to the purchaser or shipping company. Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. reserves the right to charge and collect an additional 3% or 4 % of payments made by credit card. ALL items invoiced to a bidder must be paid for in full prior to the bidder receiving ANY of the items purchased. The purchaser grants Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. and the consignor(s) a security interest in the property purchased. Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. may retain as collateral security for the purchaser's obligations to us, all items identified on the purchaser's invoice(s), along with any payment(s) received from the purchaser, and any other item(s) Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. may possess, belonging to the purchaser, until such time that the purchaser's obligations for payment to Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. are satisfied. Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. and the consigneer(s) retain all rights as a secured party under the laws of the State of Maryland By registering and Bidding at this auction, you agree that if on the eleventh (11th) day following the sale, your invoice(s) found to be unpaid, that the payment is late, and you specifically authorize Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. to charge the credit card that you used as a registration deposit, in a single transaction or in multiple transactions, until the balance owed to Muses Auction Gallery, Inc. is paid in full, at the full Buyer's Premium rate, regardless of any arrangement made to pay otherwise. Any invoice remaining open after 60 days, will be charged interest at a rate of 0.5% per month beginning on the 61st day. We are not a professional appraisal agency nor restoration agency. The marking of the age and the review of the appearance are just our subjective judgments. Therefore, you must carefully consider it before participating in the auction, and you can rely on professional appraisal agencies for identification if necessary. After the auction has ended, if you are the highest bidder you must fulfill your commitments to purchase.