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ALòF ART
CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. Alif Art acts as agent for the seller, and acts as a seller
incidentally for the lots financed by itself.
2. All merchandises offered for sale at auctions shall have
to comply with Law no 2863 on the protection of Cul-
tural and Natural Property, and they are controlled pri-
or to the auction by experts appointed by the Topkap
Palace Museum, the Turkish Islamic Works of Art Mu-
seum, the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, the Military
Museum, the Y ld z Palace Museum and the Ayasofya
Museum. A certificate will be issued by authorities con-
cerned to any item if deemed necessary from the angle
of legal considerations.
3. Descriptions are generally made in the catalogue in re-
gard to the restoration, repair or renewal of certain parts
of the merchandise, yet the company cannot be held re-
sponsible for such repair or restorations. All merchandis-
es are available for examination prior to auctions, there-
fore all prospective bidders participating in the auction
are deemed to have duly observed and examined the
merchandises beforehand. All information provided by
our experts in the auction catalogue for the merchan-
dises are exclusively in nature of opinion statements and
is not to be relied as statements of facts. Bidders accept
and covenant that all merchandises are sold “AS IS”,
that the buyer has adequately examined the merchan-
dise, and that the buyer waives from the enforcement
of Article 198 under the Code of Obligations. It is not
compulsory to state in wording for all merchandises that
such merchandise is sold “as is”. Details and any sort of
notice regarding the merchandise do not constitute a
guarantee, and are only in nature of general information.
The buyer accepts this condition in advance. Alif Art is
not liable for guarantee upon the merchandise sold. The
buyer will not raise any objection and make any claim to
Alif Art in this respect subsequently.
4. The final sale price of the merchandise is calculated
by adding on the hammer price a commission of 7% +
VAT and any applicable tax and other levies. If the buy-
er fails to make full payment within the required time,
Alif Art will be entitled to cancel the sale without further
notice and indemnify all its losses together with the ac-
crued interest, legal fees and costs for the recovery of
the invoice total together with legal interest accruing
as of the date of such invoice. Alif Art reserves the right
to seek in its own discretion other remedies and rights
available by law. The merchandise will not be released
and delivered to the buyer unless all costs incurred by
Alif Art for the storage and safekeeping of that mer-
chandise until the collection of the invoice value have
been paid by the buyer.
5. Alif Art holds the insurance liability of the merchandise
for a period of one week following the sale. Responsi-
bility of any damage to the auction item sold but not
paid for and delivered from Alif Art within one week
shall lie with the buyer. By arranging for the insurance
of the merchandise purchased, the buyer may have the
merchandise maintained by Alif Art.
6. Alif Art is entitled to, without producing any reason,
refuse to admit any person to the auction, withdraw
or divide any merchandise, combine any two or more
merchandises, refuse the sale of any merchandise, or
administer the auction without following the order of
lot numbers as they appear in the catalogue.
7. In case the merchandise offered for sale under this
auction does not conform to its respective quality
particulars stated, or its provenance contradicts with
the stated, or it has been offered for sale without the
knowledge and will of its lawful owner, then all legal
liabilities will lie with the entity asking for auctioning
such merchandise.
8. Pictures published in the catalogue may not be repro-
duced or printed, or any written information may not
be used without the prior consent of Alif Art.
9. R eal and corporate entities participating in the auction
and purchasing the merchandise at a minimum price of
TL 12.000 (twelve thousand) will be subject to personal
identification in accordance with Law no 4208.
10. All biddings at auctions are affected by raising ap-
propriate paddles. The buyer is committed to the bid
placed by raising his/her paddle. The auctioneer ac-
cepts the highest bidder as the buyer and marks the
conclusion of bidding by striking his hammer. No voice
recording is performed in the auction during any fact
finding process by the notary public or for any partici-
pation by phone. The buyer may no way whatsoever
claim the invalidity of the auction.