INFORMATION ABOUT LAGUNA ART CHARITY AUCTION

Ferdinando Codognotto and the artists of Laguna Art Factory raise funds for “Casa di Mario”

The Auctioneers will be Paolo Bonolis, Paolo Hendel and Daniela Morozzi. 

All the works put up for auction were donated by the authors. The proceeds from their sale will be donated to the non-profit association Oltre lo sguardo Onlus to finance the La Casa di Mario project. 

Consisting of three housing units overlooking the Orbetello lagoon, La Casa di Mario is a co-housing experiment that, for the past two years, has been enabling young disabled people, often orphans or those in situations of severe economic and social hardship, to learn to be autonomous.  (https://oltrelosguardo.org/presentazione/)

Raising funds for this small project of great importance is the aim of our Laguna Art Charity Auction. The works put up for auction were donated by Ferdinando Codognotto and the group of four artists involved in the first edition of Laguna Art Factory, an event conceived by Pierluigi Piro, president of the Cooperativa dei Pescatori, and Chiara Serracchiani, photographer and minority councillor of the municipality of Orbetello, with the aim of promoting artists active in the areas bordering the splendid coastal lagoon of Orbetello.

Bertolami Fine Art carries out its intermediation activity in this auction completely free of charge, buyers are therefore exempt from paying the commissions usually due to the auction house

 

 1.       How to participate

The auction will be held on September 11th 2022, starting at 20:00 pm CEST. The following methods of participation are available: in person, by telephone, online upon registration on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, by a written absentee bid to be received by 17 pm CEST on 10th September 2022

 a.      Attendance in the auction room

Unacquainted customers who have not already registered must provide a valid identity document.

 b.      Telephone bidding

You can place your bids during the auction by telephone, with the assistance of one of our operators. In order to take part in the telephone bidding, you must make a reservation by 17:00 pm CEST on 10th September, specifying the lots you wish to bid for and your telephone number. Customers who have booked this way will be called at the number they have indicated a few lots before those for which they have expressed interest.

A telephone bid reservation has the value of a written absentee bid at the starting price as indicated in the catalogue.

(to book your phone bidding: fill out the appropriate form)

Further info:+39 32609795 info@bertolamifineart.com - amministrazione@bertolamifineart.com)

 website www.bertolamifinearts.com 

 c.      Written absentee bid

You can submit your bids in writing by filling out the appropriate form, or by means of an e-mail, or a letter. Written absentee bids may be sent by email /amministrazione@bertolamifineart.com – info@bertolamifineart.com, by post, or must be delivered to our headquarters in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – 00186 Roma.  All offers must be received by Bertolami Fine Art no later than 17 pm CEST on Saturday 10th September. Written absentee bid shall authorize the auctioneer to make offers on behalf of the signatory 

2.      Auction pre-bids

 As from the date of publication of the online catalogue until 17:00 pm CEST on 10th September it will be possible to:

1. start placing bids on our website www.bertolamifineart.com
2.  book a phone bidding as described in point b of paragraph 1
3. submit written absentee bids as described in point d of paragraph 1.

In the event of:

a.      One single auction pre-bid on a lot

In the absence of bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded at the starting bid even if the sole bid received is higher (the amount of the pre-auction bid indicates the maximum bid the bidder is willing to place.

Example: Starting bid € 1,000 – Single pre-sale bid € 1,500 – Award at € 1,000

 b.      Multiple auction pre-bids of the same amount on the same lot

If no bids are raised during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the earlier bidder.

 c.      Multiple auction pre-bids of different amounts on the same lot

If there are no bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the highest bidder. The hammer price is calculated by adding to the amount of the next lowest bid an increment set out in the table below.

Example: customer A bid € 1,270 - customer B bid € 1,800. Customer B does not win at the award price of € 1,800 but at € 1,370. In other words, the automatic increase of € 100 provided for in the table is applied to the amount of the next lowest bid when the bids are within the € 1,000-1,999 bracket.

 

 4.      Payment methods

 The purchasers of the winning lots will be able to choose between the following payment options:

• a bank cheque or a non-transferable cashier’s cheque made payable to Bertolami Fine Arts s.r.l.

(in the event of payment by foreign cheque, please add € 10 to the invoiced amount);

• credit card (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express);
• Paypal
• Bank transfer payable to Bertolami Fine Arts S.r.l.  to:

BPER Banca - Agenzia 28 - IBAN: IT18R0538705006000035185964 - SWIFT/BIC BPMOIT22XX

 

or:

 

BANCO DESIO - IBAN: IT58J0344003209000000192600 - SWIFT/BIC BPSPIT31XXX

            (in case of payment by non-European bank transfer, please add € 10 to the invoiced amount)

Please note: Invoices paid by cheque, cash or bank transfer are exempt from the 3.5%   administration fee.

  5.      Additional costs

 Shipping costs, additional customs duties, as well as costs related to the procedure for the release of the certificate of Free Movement or of any prior ministerial authorization required for the export of the awarded lots, are to be borne by the buyer.

In the event that, due to unjustified complaints, the goods should be returned to Bertolami Fine Art, the customs duties and shipping costs shall be incurred by the customer.

 

 6.      Issuance of the certificate of Free Movement or of any other ministerial authorization required for the exportation of the awarded goods

 The delivery of lots outside the Italian borders may be subject to the provisions set out in the Codice dei Beni Culturali (Dlgs. 42/2004 e ss.mm.ii.) concerning the export of goods of cultural interest. Therefore, in the event that the acquired property has characteristics such as requiring any form of ministerial authorization for its definitive exit from the territory of the Italian Republic, the timeframe required to issue such authorization will be regulated by the Office for the Export of Antiquities and Works of Art of the Ministry of Culture. The time average is estimated at 60-90 days from the day the procedure for the issuance of a Certificate of Free Movement is initiated (art. 68 of the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code) and 30 days for a Self-Certification. The procedure will be initiated only upon payment of the goods and with the purchaser’s explicit authorization.

 

 

TABLE A

AUTOMATIC INCREMENTS

Amount bid €	Predetermined increase €
0-99	5
100-199	10
200-499	20
1.000-1.999	100
2.000-4.999	200
5.000-9.999	500
10.000-19.999	1.000
20.000-49.999	2.000
50.000+	5.000