1.     How to participate

The auction will be held on 5 April, 2023 for lots 1-709 and 6 April, 2023 for lots 710-1443 starting at 1:00 pm CEST at the following address:

Bertolami Fine Arts srl
Piazza Lovatelli 1
00186 Rome, Italy.

The following methods of participation are available: in person, by telephone, online upon registration on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, or on our partner portals (see list below), by a written absentee bid to be received by 11 am CEST on Wednesday 5 April 2023.

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 11:00 am CEST on Wednesday 5 April, 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 please fill in the appropriate form and send it to the following email: amministrazione@bertolamifineart.com or info@bertolamifineart.com, or by fax to +39 0632609795.
(For further info: +39 32609795 - info@bertolamifineart.com - amministrazione@bertolamifineart.com). 

c.     Live participation via our website or our partner portals

You can place your bids during the auction by logging on to our website Bertolami Fine Art or on the following partner portals: 

Arsvalue (www.arsvalue.com)
Bidspirit (www.bidspirit.com)
Drouot (www.drouot.com)
Invaluable (www.invaluable.com)

d.    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 e-mail /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 11 am CEST on Wednesday 5 April.
Written absentee bid shall authorize the auctioneer to make offers on behalf of the signatory.

 

2.     Lots Exhibition

The lots will be shown on the 3 and 4 April 2023 from 10:30am to 1:30pm and from 3:30pm to 6:30pm CET at the following address:

Bertolami Fine Arts srl
Piazza Lovatelli 1
00186 Rome, Italia

 

3.     Auction pre-bids

As from the date of publication of the online catalogue until 11:00 am CEST on Wednesday 5 April it will be possible to:

–      start placing bids on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, or on the partner portals as listed in point c of paragraph 1;

–      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.     Auction fees

 The purchaser shall pay Bertolami Fine Arts srl an auction fee equal to 25% of the hammer price of each lot, but for lots marked with * will be apply an auction fee equal to 12,5% of the hammer price.

An additional commission shall be applied to lots purchased via online participation on our partner portals, which is calculated as follows: 

Bertolami Fine Art: +1,5% of the hammer price
Bidspirit: +1,5 % of the hammer price
Drouot: +3% of the hammer price
Invaluable: +5% of the hammer price

 

6.     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.

 

7.     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. Bertolami Fine Art declines any responsibility for any delay. The procedure will be initiated only upon payment of the goods and with the purchaser’s explicit authorization.

  

8.     Conditions of Sale

 The conditions of sale that govern the relationship between Bertolami Fine Art and the customers taking part in our auctions are displayed in each catalogue. As these conditions are automatically accepted from the moment you participate in the auction, please read them carefully.
In the event of a discrepancy between the conditions of sale published in the printed catalogue and the version that appears in the online catalogue, the online version shall prevail. 

 

9.     Publication of auction results

The winning bids list will be published by Bertolami Fine Art on the website www.bertolamifineart.com, for information purposes only, within ten days of the closing date.

 

10.  Authenticity

All coins in the catalogue are guaranteed authentic.

 

TABLE A – AUTOMATIC INCREMENTS

 

Amount bid €	Predetermined increase €
30-99	5
100-199	10
200-499	20
500-999	50
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