March 2025 Estates Sale

- All items in this catalogue are offered by Roland Antiques Gallery Inc. (also referred to as Roland NY and Roland Auctions), either as agent for the consignor or as owner.

- Roland Auctions reserves the right to withdraw or combine any lots listed in the catalogue at its sole discretion. Roland Auctions and its auctioneers have final say in any dispute among bids or winning bidders. Roland Auctions records shall be conclusive in any dispute.

- Items in the catalogue may have a reserve which is a confidential minimum bid price agreed to between Roland Auctions and the consignor. Any reserve/minimum bid will be either at or below the published low estimate in our catalogue. The auctioneer may open bidding and advance bidding on behalf of the seller, up to the amount of reserve.

- Roland Auctions reserves the right to refuse a bid from a potential buyer who has not established themselves with management prior to the auction.

Condition Statements
- Condition reports and requests for additional photos will not be accepted on lots with a low estimate under $300, please bid accordingly. This is not an indication of good or bad condition.
- Everything is sold AS IS and WHERE IS. While we do our best to describe the items properly, neither Roland Auctions, nor its consignors, make any guarantees or warranties to the accuracy of these descriptions. Roland Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission in the description. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement or a fact. In the event of an exception, the buyer is responsible for ALL shipping costs.

All weights and measurements are approximate. Movements, mechanisms, and electrical parts have not been tested unless otherwise stated.

Art:
- Roland Auctions does not guarantee the authenticity of any signature that appears on any work that we offer for sale unless so stated at the time of auction; the only guarantee is the medium in which a particular work is executed.

*In the event Roland NY does guarantee authenticity, any dispute regarding the authenticity will be accepted for a period of one year from the date of sale. *

Frequently Used Terms:
By: If a painting is labeled as "by" a specific artist, Roland NY stands by its claim and expert opinion that the work was made by the hand of that artist.

Attributed to: The painting is most likely by the stated artist, at least in part, but Roland NY is not positive beyond any doubt.

Manner of: A work done in the style of the stated artist but at a later date.

After: A copy of a work by the stated artist.

School of: Suggests some characteristics in the work commonly found in a certain region or group of artists (American School indicates it has been made in America whereas Continental School indicates it was made somewhere in Continental Europe.)

Payments
- The purchase price payable by a buyer at auction shall be the final bid plus a 30% buyer's premium and applicable tax at the rate of 8.625% unless a valid NYS resale certificate is presented. A resale tax form must be completed in full prior to time of purchase. Out of state clients must use an approved shipper to be exempt from sales tax.

- Payment is required within 3 business days of the date of sale and can be made online, wire transfer, bank/cashier's check, personal check, cash and credit card (credit card will only be accepted over the phone if you have bought with us before). If paying by check, the payment must clear the bank before any merchandise is released. Any amount over $5,000.00 must be paid by wire transfer. We will charge a $100 fee on all checks returned by the buyer's bank.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not bid with us before, we will NOT accept credit card payments over the phone.

- No merchandise shall be released prior to the end of the auction session. Roland Auctions reserves the right to hold merchandise until full payment has been received and cleared by our bank.

Shipping & Storage
Roland Auctions does NOT provide in-house shipping or packing.

Pick-up is between the hours of 9:30am - 3:30pm, Monday-Friday.

Buyers are free to use any shipper of their choice. If needed, the buyer can contact our gallery for a list of shippers that other clients frequently work with. Roland NY is not associated with, endorsing, accepting responsibility for or to be held liable for, any shipping company.

All items not picked up or where other shipping arrangements have not been conveyed and acknowledged by our gallery, within 5 business days of the sale date, will be moved to The UPS Store or an off-site facility for storage, at the buyer's expense.

Due to space restrictions, there will be NO EXCEPTIONS.

In the circumstance where Roland NY itself stores an item, the fee assessed will be $6 per day, per lot, for small items, and $10 per day, per lot, for larger items. Storage fees must be paid in full before the items will be released.

Any items not picked up within 90 days or where the storage fees exceed the purchase price, will be considered abandoned property and ownership will revert back to Roland NY without notice or refund.