THE
RALPH BATEMAN COLLECTION WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2023
DORE & REES EST. 1868
The Ralph Bateman Collection Wednesday 15 November 2023
10.30am Lots 1-17 Viewing
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Private View and Talk ‘Moïse Kisling’
with Grant Ford, Pictures and Prints Specialist on BBC Antiques Roadshow Monday 13 November 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome BA11 1PU
Picture Cataloguing Terms A work catalogued with the forename(s) and surname or recognised designation of an artist is, in our opinion, a work by the artist, e.g. JOHN NASH
Attributed to JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a work of the period of the artist which may be in whole or in part the work of the artist.
Studio of JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a work by an unknown hand, which may have been executed in the studio of the artist. Circle of JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a work from the period of the artist and showing his influence.
Follower of JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a work executed in the style but probably not necessarily by a pupil. Manner of JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a work executed in the style of the artist but of a later date. After JOHN NASH – in our opinion, a copy of any date after a work by the artist.
Signed/inscribed/dated JOHN NASH – in our opinion, the work has been signed/inscribed/dated by the artist. Bears signature/inscription/date JOHN NASH – in our opinion, the signature/inscription/date are probably not by the hand of the artist.
The addition of a question mark after any of the cataloguing terms in the above glossary indicates an element of doubt. The term 'ascribed to' may in certain cases be used to denote a traditional attribution based on style. A work catalogued as 'School' accompanied by the name of a place or country and a date mean that in our opinion the work was executed at that time and in that location, e.g. Italian School, circa 1800.
All reference to signatures, inscriptions and dates refer to the present state of work, i.e. as at the time of inspection for the purpose of cataloguing. The use of inverted comas around the name of an artist, or date, in connection with a signature, or inscription (ie. signed “John Nash”) indicates that the signature, or inscription, may have been added by another hand.
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Pictures at Dore & Rees Dore and Rees is pleased to announce the launch of their picture department under the leadership of Graham Snow.
Pictures are offered within the Select Interiors auctions, and are a growing category for the department. From early Renaissance to Contemporary, works embodying the major eras and styles in art history regularly grace the saleroom. Demure period portraits to abstract expressionism, English landscapes to contemporary prints and photography, all examples of flat art are represented.
Modern and contemporary art is of particular interest, it is a sector seeing strong market results and of popular appeal. Rising prices are seen for works by Graham Sutherland, George Rouault, Raoul Duffy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Milton Avery, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Ben Nicholson, Keith Vaughan, John Piper, Craigie Aichison, Kieth Coventry, Keith Tyson, Damian Hirst, Tracey Emin and Mark Quinn. Graham has spent sixty years assessing paintings in public collections and helping advise clients in regards to acquisitions and sales within their private collections.
Educated at Hornsey College of Art, Graham went on to study at Slade School University College London, Osaka University and Nihon University in Japan. He taught at Dartington College of Art and various London Art Colleges before becoming Artist in Residence at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare Hall.
Graham’s painting have been shown in many one man shows in London, Paris, New York and Japan.
Graham has been a director of several London Art Galleries and curated many artists shows. He worked for a number of London auction houses, curating unique fine art auctions. Graham single handedly master minded the Craigie Aitchison estate auction, a white glove auction, and the Colony Room auction in 2008. Bringing his experiences to Dore & Rees, he is focussed on growing the Picture department.
Ralph Sidney Bateman (1st September 1925 – 11th August 2011) Ralph Bateman was called an eccentric, a loner, even a shark in his lifetime. He certainly never followed the herd; although he sought security and freedom from obligation to others, rather than wealth. He was also called generous, self-effacing and a family man. He seemed to have little need for friends and even less for acquaintances, although his family and his few friends loved him dearly. Once Ralph had achieved financial security, he taught himself about the Arts. From then on, collecting jewellery, furniture and paintings became his passion.
The fourth of five children, Ralph was born in Sydney, Australia in 1925. He felt an outsider at home and that marked a pattern in his life. His parents were Plymouth Brethren, a strict Christian sect founded in Plymouth, England in the nineteenth century which later established many communities in Australia. Brethren practices were probably not as severe in 1925 as they later became but church was at the centre of life and members tended to socialise together and work in Brethren businesses. Leaving the sect could result in an ex-member losing their job and being shunned by family and friends. Ralph and his two brothers may not have broken formally from the Brethren but they rejected Christianity when they grew up, indeed Ralph refused to allow his children to attend Sunday School on the grounds that they needed to be protected from the propaganda of organised religion. On the other hand, religious music was one of his great loves and in his retirement, he would slip into St Pauls Cathedral to hear the sung Evensong whenever he was in Central London. Neither Ralph nor his siblings spoke much of their upbringing which suggests that there may have been few happy memories. The youngest boy Alan, who arrived when Ralph was two, was the favourite child and both Ralph and his next sister Gwen felt unappreciated. Their relationship with their mother “Ma” was fractious. Ma worked throughout their childhoods, first in a corner
Ralph as a young boy with three of his four siblings clockwise from left: Gwen, Audrey, Ralph, Alan.
store attached to their home and later as a secretary to an undertaker. She was a stern woman with little humour. Their father “Pa” by contrast was kind and loving. He made the metal “slugs” which printers used to create their printing plates and designed and built for himself a machine to make the slugs. Pa’s three boys enjoyed running round the city delivering packets of slugs to customers. All three sons enlisted to fight in World War Two. Ralph had training in the air force in Australia and Canada but the war finished before his unit was ready to fight. Likewise Alan had training but was too young for action. Their oldest brother Howard did take part in the war and was captured and died in a prisoner of war camp in 1943. After the war, returning soldiers were offered a free place at university by the Australian government which transformed the lives of Ralph and Alan who could never otherwise have been able to study beyond school. Ralph became a dental surgeon and Alan a distinguished entomologist. In 1951, not long after qualifying, Ralph set sail for
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the UK. In those days, it could take years for a dentist to earn enough to buy into a dental partnership in Australia, and many were attracted by job prospects in the new British National Health Service.
Ralph’s mother accompanied him to the UK. She was not close to Ralph but she and her husband may have had difficulties in their marriage. Divorce was not an option in the Plymouth Brethren, so escape to Europe may have been the only way to resolve their differences.
He bought a small dental practice with a flat attached in Roman Road in the east end of London and set his mother up in the flat where she remained for the rest of her life. He soon bought a second much bigger dental practice nearby in Mile End where he employed six or more dentists and started to earn real money. Many years later he bought another large practice in Pimlico.
His work took him to the London Hospital in nearby Whitechapel and in the X-ray department he met Betty Brooks, a young receptionist. They were soon married and had two daughters. It was the turning point in Ralph’s life. He adored Betty and never tired of recounting her virtues to anyone who would listen. She in turn devoted herself to him.
In the early 1960s, Ralph branched out from dentistry almost by accident. He found he couldn’t sell his home because several of
Ralph in the surgery of his first dental practice with patient and nurse.
his neighbours wanted to move at the same time. Frustrated by the delay, Ralph conceived of buying a couple of his neighbours’ homes so that potential purchasers would not be discouraged by the row of “for sale” signs. It didn’t take long for a sharp young estate agent to suggest to him that he could make money if he purchased and demolished all six unremarkable and unsaleable detached houses with sizeable gardens and replaced them with fifty new, smaller homes each with three bedrooms.
Many years later, Betty confessed that it was terrifying to borrow so much money (from family and friends as well as from the bank) and that it took a couple of years to make a return, but the gamble paid off. The risk and eventual reward was exhilarating to Ralph and he undertook several more property projects which made him a wealthy man.
Left: Betty Brooks; Centre: Ralph and Betty on their wedding day; Right: Ralph and Betty in love..
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Ralph was a practical man. He taught himself plumbing so that he could install central heating in his own home and in the homes he financed. It proved an excellent way for him to keep an eye on his builders: not the skilled traders (bricklayers, carpenters, roofers, scaffolders and the like) whom he much respected, but the managers whom he feared might try to rob him of materials or delay the build or run the project badly. He wore conventional work clothes on site but the Tupperware box of homemade fruit salad and copy of the Financial Times which he always carried, may have aroused suspicions.
Likewise, he did not reserve the best dentistry work for himself as proprietor. He observed that many young dentists disliked pulling teeth and making dentures, both because they were less profitable than fillings and because they were the hardest skills to master. He volunteered to take on all the extraction and denture patients, which pleased both dentists and patients. Indeed a Council notice in the local Post Office in Pimlico recommended him as the only dental surgeon in the neighbourhood who would make NHS dentures.
He was reluctant to spend money if he perceived it unnecessary or a luxury. On holiday in Paris, he learned that dishes cost less in a diner if they were eaten standing at the counter rather than sitting at a table and thenceforward the family ate nearly all their Parisian meals at the counter: fine for the parents but his young children had to get used to stretching up and picking their food from unseen plates high above them. After retirement, he would never leave home
Ralph after a day of foraging in skips and bins).
without his free transport pass and once when Betty forgot hers, he insisted that they go home for it, even risking being late for the ballet where he had paid £150 a ticket. Betty learned to play the game knowing that although he could deny her nothing, the thought of a bargain made him happy: “Look Ralph, I found this lovely dress on sale for £2.50 in Harrods!” or “Such a lovely cardigan, and it cost a mere £3! I found it in Kensington where they have the most wonderful charity shops!”. She negotiated with him endlessly over whether he might keep any of the second hand “treasures” he brought home from skips and rubbish piles. And yet he never hesitated to put his hand in his pocket for others when he felt it necessary. He paid for the private education of several children, insisting on anonymity. Once when he was waiting at a taxi rank late at night, the Controller called all the drivers to applaud him as the most generous man they would ever meet: Ralph had lent the man £8,000 to cover an unexpected rent rise at his shoe shop in the days when a
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working class man had no hope of a bank loan for such a sum. The mainly Iraqi drivers looked mystified but gave Ralph their vigorous applause.
Betty introduced Ralph to auctions in the hope that it might distract him from skips and, as usual, she was correct. As his love for fine antique jewellery, then furniture and eventually paintings developed, he started to visit auctions regularly and slowly learned to buy for himself. He found the bidding exciting and it satisfied his desire for a bargain.
There was an ebb and flow with his acquisitions. He could never bring himself to sell anything he bought, but over the years, burglars depleted his collection. He never bought an insurance policy (following the maxim that there is no need to insure anything which is either irreplaceable or which you can afford to replace) but the losses to him were personal, not financial, because he loved each purchase. In his retirement, he attended a viewing of an upcoming sale at least once a week.
Betty as a young wife, showing her likeness to a Kisling model
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Although he loathed parties, his mantel was often crowded with invitations to viewings from the biggest auction houses and he dined regularly (although standing up) on free champagne and oysters in the salerooms.
In the mid-nineties, he encountered the work of the painter Moïse Kisling and was smitten. Ralph never cared whether an artist was well-known but, to his mind, Kisling’s models resembled his wife Betty and he started to buy any Kisling which came up for sale and which he could afford. Betty didn’t share his enthusiasm and denied the likeness but the models are mostly petite with short dark hair. In the hope of endearing Betty to Kisling’s work, he bought her two paintings of flowers, because she loved gardening, but it was a lost cause. Eventually he gave most of the Kislings to his children, consoling himself with the knowledge that at least they would escape inheritance tax. Like many successful men, paying tax gave him no pleasure, although his accountant, who was one of his few friends, insisted on it. The Tax Office probably found Ralph as full of contrasts and eccentricities as the rest of us as Ralph’s proudest anecdote concerned a tax inspector who, at the end of a lengthy negotiation concerning the dentist/property developer/plumber, said to Ralph’s accountant: “Off the record, please tell me: does Mr Bateman really exist?”. On a day out to Christie’s, he recalled that walking down New Bond Street, he spotted what he called “a little glow of pink” in a bin on a lamp post “and do you know, it was today’s Financial Times, almost pristine”. He enjoyed that almost more than the sale. He must have stood out in the auction houses because he could seldom be persuaded into a suit and his favourite outfits were all from skips or decades old. The staff would invariably rush to greet him perhaps because he was a genuinely valued customer or perhaps to reassure everyone else that they need not to judge him by his eccentric dress.
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FRANCOIS BATET (1923-2015)
‘LE CHAPEAU ROUGE’ oil on canvas/board, signed in lower right corner, Christie’s reference label affixed verso 33 x 41 cm Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Art, London South Kensington, 21st October 2004, Lot 555 £500-£700
† Indicates that the lot is subject to artist resale rights (ARR) on lots that sell for more than 1000 euros.
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E.S HAMILTON (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
‘STILL LIFE’ depicting flowers in a vase, oil painting on panel, signed in lower right corner, inscribed in chalk verso 30.5 x 41 cm £300-£500
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POUL RONNE (KAI JEPPE DREWS 1884-1964),
SUNLIT INTERIOR SCENE depicting chest of drawers with vase of flowers below a framed picture, oil on canvas, with original Christie’s lot label and reference labels verso 47 x 37 cm
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, British and Continental Pictures, London South Kensington, 14th November, 2002, Lot 74 £250-£350
† Indicates that the lot is subject to artist resale rights (ARR) on lots that sell for more than 1000 euros.
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FOLLOWER OF REMBRANDT
‘LADY WITH A VEIL’ PORTRAIT oil on panel, the subject framed within a cartouche formed by scrolling symmetrical serpents, above a human skull, raised on a sarcophagus 19.5 x 16 cm £600-£800
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LEON RICHET (1847-1907)
‘STILL LIFE’ a study of flowers in an earthenware jug, oil on board, signed in lower right corner, the gilt gesso frame surmounted with plaque inscribed ‘Leon Richet, Paris’, with lot label affixed verso with chalk inscribed reference numbers 49 x 40 cm £400-£600
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GLORIA STACEY (20TH CENTURY)
‘FIVE STANDING FIGURES’ AND ‘THE BANQUET’ collage/board, both signed, one with original Sotheby’s lot number affixed verso, both with Sotheby’s chalk inscriptions verso ‘Five Men Standing’ measures 80 x 56 cm ‘The Banquet’ measures 56 x 81 cm
Provenance: Acquired from Sotheby’s, The Property of an European Private Collector - Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, London, 17th April 1996, Lots 746, 747 £300-£500
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ELISEE MACLET (FRENCH 1881-1962)
‘BOUQUETS DE FLEURS’ oil on board, signed in lower left corner, original Christie’s label affixed verso 50 x 40 cm Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Art, London South Kensington, 21st October 2004, Lot 361 £500-£700
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ADOLF ANDERSEN (20TH CENTURY)
‘SUNLIT INTERIOR’ oil on board, signed in lower left corner, original Christie’s lot label affixed verso 40 x 55 cm Provenance: The property of George F. Sander, Baltimore, M.D. Acquired from Christie’s, British and Continental Pictures, South Kensington, 14th November 2002, Lot 78 £300-£500
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JEAN DUFY (FRENCH 1888-1964)
‘BOUQUET DE FLEURS A LA TASSE BLANCHE’ watercolour/gouache on paper, executed in 1936, signed in lower right section, inscribed in pencil and chalk with original Christie’s label affixed verso 55 x 46 cm
Provenance: Galerie Berri-Raspail, Paris (no. 3791) Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, 9th February 2006, Lot 570 £3000-£5000
† Indicates that the lot is subject to artist resale rights (ARR) on lots that sell for more than 1000 euros.
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Moïse Kisling Kisling loved life and life loved him. This joie de vivre is reflected in the artist's choice of subjects, which he deliberately limits to 5 in his paintings: flowers, landscapes, nudes, still lifes and portraits, for which he describes his sources of inspiration as follows:
I do not attempt to paint psychological portraits, but I try, through the environment, the costume, the external outlook of the body, the intense life of the look and of the hands, to place my figures in their actual existence. (…) A beautiful girl distills joy in me, the desire to love, to be happy and would wish that the piece of cloth, the backdrop on which she poses be an expression of my delight. Kisling confided to Joseph Kessel that a painting should reflect the painter's pleasure in creating it. Marc Ottavi
M. Ottavi is currently preparing the "Volume IV and Additions to Volumes I, II and III" of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Moïse Kisling.
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Moïse Kisling, circa 1916
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
JEUNE FEMME EN ROUGE, CIRCA 1930 oil on canvas, signed in lower right corner, original gallery label and Sotheby’s lot reference label verso 73.5 x 50.5 cm
Provenance: Galerie Colette Weil, Paris (label on the reverse) Victor Olivet, Geneva (acquired circa 1937), thence by descent Acquired from Sotheby’s, Impressionist and Modern Art, London, 1st July 1998, Lot 246
Exhibition: Genève, Musée Rath, ‘Trésors des collections romandes. Écoles étrangères’, 26 June – 3 October, 1954, no. 160 (erroneously titled ‘Kiki de Montparnasse à la robe rouge’)
Note: Will be included in the ‘Volume IV and Additions to Volumes I, II and III’ of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Moïse Kisling, currently in preparation by Marc Ottavi. £50000-£70000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘FLEURS’ (1930) oil on canvas, signed in upper right corner, original Christie’s labels affixed verso with associated chalk annotations and stencilled reference number 55 x 46.5 cm Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture II, London, 10th December 1997, Lot 178
Literature: Jean Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Turin, vol. l, 1971, cat.no. 29 (illustrated) £25000-£35000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘L’ARLESIENNE’ oil on canvas, signed in upper right section, reference numbers inscribed in chalk and stencilled verso 40.5 x 27 cm
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, 20th Century Art, 23rd October 1998, Lot 134 Literature: J. Dutourd & J. Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Landshut 1995, vol. III, no. 246 (illustrated p. 180). £20000-£30000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘PORTRAIT DU FEMME’ (1928) oil on canvas, signed in upper right corner, reference numbers inscribed in chalk verso, with attached historic lot labels and Christie’s reference sticker 54 x 44 cm Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, London, 5th February 2002, Lot 221
Literature: J. Doutard & J. Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Landshut, vol. III, 1995, no. 98 (illustrated p. 142). £30000-£50000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘ROSES’ oil on canvas, signed in lower right corner, Christie’s reference label affixed verso 26 x 26 cm
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, 20th Century Art, London South Kensington, 3rd July 1998, Lot 36 Literature: Jean Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Turin, vol. l, 1971, cat.no. 33 (illustrated) £7000-£10000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘PORTRAIT’ (1917) oil on canvas, signed in lower left corner, with Christie’s lot label and chalk inscriptions verso 36 x 28 cm
Provenance: Acquired from Christie’s, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture, 29th November 1995, Lot 147 Literature: Jean Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, Turin, vol. ll, 1982, cat.no. 28 (illustrated) £12000-£18000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘NU DEBOUT’ oil on canvas, signed in lower right section, gallery label and Christie’s label affixed verso, with associated chalk inscription 46.5 x 33 cm
Provenance: Galerie Speiss, Paris Acquired from Christie’s, 20th Century Art, London, 23rd October 1998, Lot 140
Literature: J. Dutourd, Kisling 1891-1953, Landshut, vol. III, 1995, no. 48 (illustrated p. 373) £25000-£35000
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MOISE KISLING (1891-1953)
‘MOISE KISLING’, A LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK BOOK BY GEORGES CHARENSOL velum bound with gilt edged leaves, numbered 101/300 with a hand painted self-portrait of the artist on the cover, of Jean Franceschi, dedicated 'a Jean Franceschi, son ami Kisling, 22/1/1951', the volume containing a collection of three letters from Kisling to Franceschi 23 x 18 cm Provenance: Jean Franceschi, Marseile
Literature: Journal 'Nouvelle Libre', 16/05/1953 (article of Jean Franceschi) Jean Kisling, Kisling, Vol. III, ill. p. 116 no. 33 Will be included in the 'Volume IV and Additions to Volumes I, II and III' of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Moïse Kisling, currently in preparation by Marc Ottavi £8000-£12000
† Indicates that the lot is subject to artist resale rights (ARR) on lots that sell for more than 1000 euros.
THE RALPH BATEMAN COLLECTION, WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2023
Lot 17 is subject to a buyer’s premium of 20% without VAT.
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FINE SILVER 29 NOVEMBER, 10.30am
AN EARLY AND FINE SILVER TANKARD, MADE IN KUTCH, INDIA, C.1870 Sold: £3,120, Fine Silver 29 June
London Viewing (selected highlights): Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Road, London W1G 7LP 29 October 12:00 to 17:00 30 October 10:00 to 18:00 31 October 10:00 to 14:00
Frome Viewing: 27-28 November 10:00 to 16:00
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FINE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES 29 NOVEMBER, 2:00pm
AN IMPRESSIVE MID VICTORIAN GOLD NECKLACE Set With An Important Collection of Roman Intaglios Estimate: £35,000 - £45,000 London Viewing (selected highlights): Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Road, London W1G 7LP 29 October 12:00 to 17:00 30 October 10:00 to 18:00 31 October 10:00 to 14:00 Frome Viewing: 27-28 November 10:00 to 16:00
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FINE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES 29 NOVEMBER, 2:00pm To include Luxury Watches from a Private Collection
MB&F (MAXIMILLIAN BUSSER) REF H.M.4: HOROLOGICAL MACHINE No. 4 THUNDERBOLT Estimate: £80,000 - £120,000
AUDEMARS PIGUET: A STAINLESS STEEL ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE CHROMOGRAPH WRISTWATCH Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
ROLEX: Ref 116689, AN 18 CT WHITE GOLD YACHTMASTER II WRISTWATCH Estimate: £15,000 - £200,00
ULYSEE NARDIN REF 260-32 A LIMITED EDITION MAXI MARINE DIVER 18 CARAT WHITE GOLD WRISTWATCH Estimate: £7000 - £10,000
London Viewing (selected highlights): Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Road, London W1G 7LP 29 October 12:00 to 17:00 30 October 10:00 to 18:00 31 October 10:00 to 14:00 Frome Viewing: 27-28 November 10:00 to 16:00
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This document acts to confirm the terms and conditions under which Dore & Rees, acting as agent, will sell Lots by auction to Buyers on behalf of Sellers. 1 11. Our Status a. We act as agent to sell the Lots on the Seller’s behalf by auction. b. You will pay the Hammer Price, with Buyer’s Premium at 25% together with VAT at the prevailing rate and any applicable charges within 5 working days following the Auction in which the Lots are purchased by you. c. We will always treat your data with care, personal details are held securely and will not be sold. Our Privacy statement is available at www.doreandrees.com
12. The Estimate a. The estimate is a guide to help you gauge how much you might have to spend to purchase the Lot. b. Estimates can change, they are not definitive and should not be thought of as the sale price. c. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT at the prevailing rate and any applicable charges. d. Estimates may be altered by a saleroom notice or announcement by the auctioneer before the Lot is offered.
13. Buyer’s obligations and undertakings a. You warrant to us and to the Seller that: i. you will not bid on a Lot you do not intend to pay for ii. you have the funds to complete the purchase at the total value of Hammer Price, Buyer’s Premium together with VAT at the prevailing rate and any applicable charges; iii. the funds are not connected with any criminal activity including tax evasion, and that you are neither under investigation nor have you been charged with or convicted of money laundering, terrorist activities or other crimes iv. if the Lot you purchased is to be removed to a country outside the UK, all duties, taxes and licences on the export of the Lot are your responsibility. b. If you, the Buyer, decide to exercise your right to cancel, we are entitled to account directly to the Seller for any applicable refund and we shall retain on account amounts to compensate the Seller should the Lot be damaged or tampered with by you. c. You will indemnify us and the Seller in full on demand against all claims, costs or expenses incurred by us or the Seller as a result of any breach by you of any of the obligations in this clause. 14. Inspection of Lots a. As we act on behalf of the Seller, we are dependent on information provided by the Seller about their Lots. We may inspect Lots and will act reasonably in taking a general view about them. However we are normally unable to carry out detailed examinations of Lots to check their condition in the way a Buyer would do. b. We strongly recommend that you attend the auction viewing in person if possible. You are responsible for your decision to bid for particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by
telephone, absentee bid or online bidding, we will assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding it’s condition. c. Please note that the Lots (in particular second hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of secondhand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.
15. Descriptions and condition a. Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on i. Information provided to us by the Seller of the i Lot (for which we are not liable); and i ii. Our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot). b. We will give you a number opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot. c. Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. 16. Registration, Bidding and the Buyer a. You are required to register to bid by 5pm on the day before the auction. We reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a absentee bid. b. If you wish to bid on high value Lots, the registration deadline may be several days before the auction in order to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. c. We reserve the right to require deposits at the point of Registration on high value Lots. Deposits are refundable after the auction if you are not a successful Bidder. d. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the Registration Form. e. Absentee bids may be left with us in writing indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a Lot (excluding Buyer’s Premium and/or VAT and any applicable charges). We will execute absentee bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the Reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two Bidders submit identical absentee bids we may prefer the first bid received (where this can reasonably be ascertained). Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your absentee bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. f. Telephone bidding is offered on a first come first serve basis on high value lots. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your telephone bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. g. Bidding online is available via doreandrees.com and our auction partners EasyLiveAuction.com.
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Please refer to EasyLiveAuction.com for their charges and terms and conditions. h. We reserve the right to refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for at our discretion. i. We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve. j. We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so. k. Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (and in line with standard auction practice). l. The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.
17. Anti-Money Laundering Regulation a. We are obliged to comply with Anti-Money Laundering regulations which apply to individuals and businesses who deal in the sales, purchases and storage of works of art with a value of €10,000 (or equivalent) or more. b. Buyers may be requested to provide photographic ID and proof of address documentation in advance of the Auction in which they are bidding in order to meet the requirements of the regulations. 18. The Purchase price a. As Buyer, you will pay: i. The Hammer Price; ii. Buyer’s Premium of 25% of the Hammer Price iii. Any artists resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot iv. Any VAT due11 19. VAT a. You are responsible for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium due for a Lot. b. We will charge VAT at the current rate at the date of the auction.
10. Artist’s Resale Right a. From mid February 2006, living artists are entitled by law to receive a resale royalty each time their work is resold by or to and art market professional. From January 2012, the Right has been extended to include sales of works by artists who have died within the last 70 years (following the existing term of copyright). Royalties will be payable to the families and the beneficiaries of these artists. b. An artwork must be resold for more than 1000 euros Hammer Price (or equivalent) to qualify for the right. The rates applicable are calculated as a percentage of the Hammer Price and are set out on a sliding scale from 4% to 0.25%. The charge is exclusive of VAT. We reserve the right to pass all the cost to the Buyer of the qualifying artwork.
11. The contract between you and the Seller a. The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the hammer falls accepting the highest bid for the Lot at the auction. b. You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms and Conditions of Sale - SELLER against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or
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loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms and Conditions - SELLER. c. If you breach these Terms and Conditions – BUYER, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may in our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim. d. We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot) e. In addition to any other rights we may have to cancel a contract for sale under these Terms and Conditions – BUYER, in the event: i. You are in breach of your warranties in clause 3; or ii. We have not completed our enquiries pursuant to the Money Laundering Regulations and related legislation to our satisfaction; or iii. We have reason to believe that the transaction might be unlawful for any reason, or that the sale might put us under any civil or criminal liability, we may delay the completion of the sale, delay a release of a Lot or cancel the sale of a Lot.
12. Payment a. Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will: i. Pay to us the Total Amount Due by one of the following methods: 1. BACS 2. Debit Card 3. Cash – up to a limit of £8,000 in person
13. Title and Collection of Lots a. While you are bound by the contract for the purchase of the Lot from the fall of hammer on your successful bid, ownership in the Lot will not pass to you until you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due in cleared funds for that Lot; b. You may not claim or collect your Lot until you have paid for it and ownership has passed to you. c. You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for either: i. Not later than 5 working days following the day of the auction II. Not later than 5 working days following the date that we have received payment of the Total Amount Due in cleared funds, if later. 14. Storage of Lots a. If you do not collect the Lot within the time period set out in above, you will be responsible for any reasonable removal, storage and insurance charges in relation to the Lot. b. The risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot. c. If you do not collect the lot that you have paid for within 90 days after the auction we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, we will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot.
44 | DORE & REES AUCTIONEERS 15. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases a. Please do not bid on a lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms and Conditions of Sale - BUYER will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms and Conditions of Sale - BUYER. If you do not comply with these Terms and Conditions of Sale BUYER, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures: i. Take action against you for damages for breach of contract ii. Reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you; iii. esell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the price you should have paid for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 8. Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller; iv. Remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense; v. f you do not pay within 5 days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the Total Amount Due; vi. Keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due vii. Reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impost conditions before we accept bids from you; and / or viii. If we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us. b. We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under clause 7. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms and Conditions.
16. Forgeries a. A sale shall be cancelled and the Buyer shall be entitled to a refund of both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium if a Lot bought by the Buyer through our Auction is shown to our satisfaction and within 14 days of the Auction to be a forgery. 17. Data Protection a. We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our website.
18. Liability a. Save as set out in these Terms and Conditions, we exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all warranties and conditions, whether express or implied by statue, common law or otherwise. b. Nothing in these Terms shall operate to exclude or limit the liability of a party in respect of death or personal injury resulting from that party’s own negligence, for fraud or for any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
c. No party to these Terms shall be liable to any other contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for any indirect or consequential losses, or for any loss of profits, loss of good will, loss of revenue, loss of business or loss of anticipated savings. d. Subject to Clauses 10.b and 10.c, our liability to you shall not exceed £5,000, unless your claim relates to an item sold through an Auction in which case our liability to you shall not exceed the greater of £15,000 or the Hammer Price for the relevant Lot. e. We will not be responsible or liable for errors and omissions to execute bids, caused by a loss of internet connection, a breakdown or interruption of the on-line bidding system, or a breakdown or failure of any internet connection, computer or IT system.
19. General a. No party shall have any liability in respect of any delay in performance or non-performance of its obligations under these Terms (other than an obligation to pay) owing to Force Majeure. If a party is affected by Force Majeure it shall notify the other parties as soon as reasonably possible, in any event within 5 days, and shall take reasonable steps to mitigate the effect of the Force Majeure. Subject to Clause 4.b, risk in the Lot remains with you at all times until risk passes to the Buyer. You will indemnify us and our employees and agents, and the Buyer (where applicable) against all losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses suffered or incurred as a result of any claim in respect of the Lot or proceeds of the sale of the Lot. b. Every person on our premises shall be deemed to be there at their own risk and, subject to clause 9.b, shall have no claim against us in respect of accident or loss, however caused. c. hese Terms are governed by in interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales or the laws of Scotland or Northern Ireland if you live there). If you choose to bring proceedings in conjunction with these Terms you must do so in the courts of England and Wales, unless you live in Scotland, in which case you can choose to bring proceedings there, or in Northern Ireland, in which case you can choose to bring proceedings there. d. Any or all part of any term of these Terms that is found to be unfair or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction will be treated as deleted and the remainder of the Terms will continue to govern each of our respective obligations. e. ny notice from you to us must be sent in writing to us at our address detailed on our website. f. f you elect to collect the Lot from us you will bear all associated cost, expenses and duties.)
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1. Our Status a. You appoint us to act as agent to sell the Lots on your behalf by auction. b. You will pay us the Sellers Commission together with VAT at the prevailing rate. c. We will not include any Lots in an auction until they have been received by us. d. We will pay the Hammer Price, with Seller’s Commission, Loss and Damage Warranty and any other charges incurred deducted and applicable VAT applied at the prevailing rate, to you at 28 working days following the Auction in which the Lots are sold, or if later, 7 days after payment by the Buyer. 2. The Reserve a. We will agree with you the Reserve, which may be higher than the starting bid. b. We shall not publicise the Reserve. c. We may bid on your Lot up to an amount equal to the Reserve. You may not bid on your Lot under any circumstances, nor maySyou permit any person to bid on your lot on your behalf.
3. Seller’s obligations and undertakings a. You warrant to us and to the Buyer that: i. you are the sole owner of the Lot and that you have full right, title and authority to sell the Lot; ii. you have no reason to believe that it is a Forgery; iii. all Lots sold by you are sold to the Buyer with full title guarantee and free from all encumbrances; iv. you have provided to us all of the relevant information and documents in your possession or control concerning the Lot, including information about its authenticity, history, condition, prior ownership and all such information is complete to the best of your knowledge; v. if the Lot has been removed from a country outside the UK, all duties and taxes on the import of the Lot have been paid, all export and import declarations have been properly made; vi. you will pay any and all duties and taxes that may be due in connection with the sale of the Lot; vii. you have given us notice of any alterations to the Lot of which you are aware; viii. you may not withdraw a Lot from an Auction without our consent. b. If you withdraw a Lot from an Auction without our consent, you will pay to us 15% of the Lot’s estimate and any related costs within 14 days of such withdrawal. c. If the Buyer of your Lot decides to exercise their right to cancel, you agree that we shall be entitled to account directly to the Buyer for any applicable refund and we shall account to you for any sums retained on account of the Lot being damaged or tampered with by the Buyer. d. You will indemnify us and the Buyer in full on demand against all claims, costs or expenses incurred by us or the Buyer as a result of any breach by you of any of the obligations in this clause.
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4. Loss and Damage Warranty a. All Lots held with us are covered by insurance against risk of fire, burglary, water damage and accidental damage except to glass. For this we will charge you 1.5% plus applicable VAT of the Hammer Price for the Lot or the value the Lot would have achieved as assessed by the Auctioneer. b. Subject to this, risk in the Lot remains with you at all times until risk passes to the Buyer. You will indemnify us and our employees and agents, and the Buyer (where appliable) against all loss damage claims costs and expenses suffered or incurred as a result of any claim in respect of the Lot or the proceeds of the sale of the Lot.
5. Anti-Money Laundering Regulations a. We are obliged to comply with Anti-Money Laundering regulations which apply to individuals and businesses who deal in the sales, purchases and storage of works of art with a value of €10,000 or more b. Sellers may be requested to provide photographic ID and proof of address documentation in advance of the Auction in which their Lot is to be offered in order to meet the requirements of the regulations. 6. Images and Illustration a. We will take (or authorise others to take) photographs, video and/or produce images of the Lot and will own all intellectual property rights in any such images and may use them for any purpose, and you warrant that there is no restriction on our ability to do so.
7. Unsold Lots a. If at the end of the Auction, your lot is unsold (other than because it was withdrawn) the Lot will be available for After Sale offers. b. Registered Bidders may contact us and offer to purchase a Lot after the Auction. If the bid meets or exceeds the Reserve, we may authorise the sale of your Lot without contacting you and the sale will be completed as if the Lot had been sold during the Auction. If the bid is less than the Reserve, we will contact you. If you accept the bid and wish to proceed, the sale will be completed as if the Lot had been sold during the Auction. c. You may contact us at any time after the Auction to remove your Lot from the After Sale process. d. Subject to agreement with us, your unsold Lot can be re-offered at a future Auction at a revised Estimate and Reserve or can be collected by you, you are responsible for collection and transportation arrangements and costs. 8. Withdrawn Lots a. If we withdraw a Lot from Auction, we will notify you and you will collect the Lot from us within 30 days of our notification. b.You are responsible for collection and transportation arrangements and costs.
9. Forgeries A. A sale shall be cancelled and the Buyer shall be entitled to a refund of both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium if a Lot bought by the Buyer through our Auction is shown to our satisfaction and within 14 days of the Auction to be a Forgery. b. If this is the case, you shall refund to us on demand, the total amount paid to you in relation to the lot plus any costs incurred by us or by the Buyer.
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DORE & REES EST. 1868
THE PICTURE SALE Spring 2024
Inviting entries
MERAUD GUEVARA (1904-1993) LADIES TAKING TEA Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
MERAUD GUEVARA (1904-1993) INTERIOR. Estimate: £1200 - £1,800 Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms Frome Somerset BA11 1PU
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FINE ASIAN ART May 2024
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RARE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' MOONFLASK, BIANHU QIANLONG BLUE SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Sold in November 2022 for £227.500
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