The Anderson Auction Company Successor to Bangs & Co. (Established 1833) No. 12 EAST 46TH STREET, NEW YORK Unequalled facilities for the Private Collections a Specialty Extract from the Will of Edmond de Goncourt: (Trans.) "My wish is that my Drawings, my Prints, my Curiosities, my Books-in a word these things of art, which have been the joy of my life-shall not be consigned to the cold tomb of a museum, and subjected to the stupid glance of the careless passer-by; but I require that they shall all be dispersed under the hammer of the Auctioneer, so that the pleasure which the acquiring of each one of them has given me shall be given again, in each case, to some inheritor of my own tastes." Isaac Goldmana No. 832-1910 The Library OF THE LATE Howard L. Osgood OF ROCHESTER, N. Y. CONSISTING IN PART OF WORKS UPON THE INDIANS, EARLY LAND COM PANIES, LOCAL HISTORIES, NEW YORK (ESPECIALLY THE WYOMING AND GENESSEE VALLEYS), CONNECTICUT, PENNSYLVANIA, BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS. Conditions of Sale. 1. All bids to be per Lot as numbered in the Catalogue. 2. The highest bidder to be the buyer; in all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final. 3. Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on accounts as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold. 4. Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and this company will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. 5. Terms Cash. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each Sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Company reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. 6. All goods are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good second-hand condition. If materiai defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse. 7. Autograph Letters, Documents and Manuscripts are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind. 8. Bids. custo ers. We make no charge for executing orders for our We use all bids competitively and buy at the lowest price permitted by other bids. All Material on Exhibition three Days before the Sale. |