Summer Chinese Antiques & Estate Collectibles

1. Prior to a sale, all bidders must register with Juliet and Friends in person or online to participate in bidding. Prospective buyers are strongly advised to personally examine any property in which they are interested before a auction takes place. 2. The Auctioneer and the Consignor assume no risk, liability, or responsibility for the authenticity of the authorship of any property identified in the online catalog (that is, the identity of the creator or the period, culture, source, or origin, with which the creation of any property is identified herein). All property is sold "As Is" and final. Neither the Auctioneer nor the Consignor makes any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall be responsible for the correctness or any implied warranty of merchantability or any implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose as it relates to description, genuineness, attribution, provenance, safety, reliability or condition of the property. If any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose can be construed from the catalog, auction, or bill of sale, such warranties are disclaimed by the Auctioneer and the Consignor. No statement in the online catalog or made at the sale or in the Bill of Sale or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty or representation or an admission of liability. Condition reports and additional photographs are provided upon requests as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear, and tear, or the effects of aging. All properties are sold "AS IS" and all sales are final, there will be no returns based on condition. We do our best to describe the item's material, age and conditions. Written and oral descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be interpreted as a fact nor a guarantee of any kind as to authenticity, age, condition, and materials. 3. For all in-house bidding and written absentee bidding, a premium of 22% of the successful bid price will be added thereto and is payable by the purchaser as part of the total purchase price. Telephone bidding are available only for lots with estimated values above $1000 and 2% of service charge will be added to the hammer price for labor cost, thus a premium of 24% will be added to the hammer price for a lot won through telephone bidding. All online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com will have a premium of 27% added to the hammer price for a lot won. 4. All bids by New Jersey residents and all in-person pickups are subject to New Jersey Sales Tax (6.625%) unless exempt by law. If exempt, you must present us with a valid business tax exemption ID number, a resale certificate and relating document. 5. The Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw any property at any time before actual sale. 6. Some lots in an auction may have pre-authorized reserved prices by Juliet and Friends' consignors, a lot cannot be sold if the reserved price is not met, thus the lot will be passed and will be listed in an upcoming action if it is still available. 7. Unless otherwise announced by the Auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are per lot as numbered in the catalog. The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject a bid from any bidder. The highest bid acknowledged by the Auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the Auctioneer shall have the sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and re-sell the article in dispute. If the Auctioneer determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, he may reject the bid; and if having acknowledged an opening bid he decides that any advance is not sufficient, he may reject the advance. The Auctioneer reserves the right to acknowledge an auction floor bid before acknowledging an internet and/or phone bid regardless of the maximum bid amount provided by the bidder before and/or during the auction. 8. On the fall of the Auctioneer's hammer, title to the offered lot passes to the highest bidder who thereupon will pay the full invoice, therefore, or such part as the Auctioneer may require. 9. The Auctioneer reserves the right to cancel a sale or any portion thereof without prior or further notice, and to announce at any time additional conditions of sale. 10. Lots once shipped and tracking information shared to the winning bidders/receivers, Juliet and Friend will not be responsible for any damages that occurred during the shipping process, including any damages due to customs examinations and repacking, therefore full insurance for lots and shipping costs are strongly recommended. 11. Juliet and Friends reserves the right not to answer any item condition complaints after 48 hours of an item's delivery, simply because anything can happen to an item given it time. Any returned items will be charged 27% of the relevant invoice amount as return processing fee. Juliet and Friends are nice and available to provide reasonable assistance to our bidders, we reserve the right to refuse to be abused. 12. Any participating in bidding will constitute full acceptance of the terms and conditions herein.

To ensure secure payment, Juliet and Friends may require invoices over $5,000 to be paid using a Bank Transfer (ACH). This can be done directly at checkout.

If you have not contacted Juliet and Friends to arrange payment within 3 days of the time that invoice is sent, we will charge the credit card you used to register for the auction for the amount of your invoice.

Online purchases from Juliet and Friends may be subject to sales tax. Please see the following for more details. If you are tax-exempt, you can submit your tax-exempt certificate to prevent the collection of tax. Learn more about tax-exemption.