Excerpt from English and French Furniture, Gothic and Renaissance Tapestries, Valuable Precious-Stone Jewelry, Fine Georgian Silver and a Tiffany Gilded Silver Dinner Service: Miniatures, Paintings, Porcelains, Rugs, a Pair of Fine Sporting Guns by James Purdey and Sons of London, Property of F. S. Allenby, a New York Private Collector, Estate of the Late Frank S. Ewing, Together With Property of Mrs. Maria H. W. Leckler The name of the buyer of each lot shall be given immediately after the sale thereof, and when so required, each buyer shall sign a card giving the lot number, amount for which sold, and his or her name and address. 'i A deposit at the actual time of the sale shall be made of all or such part of the purchase prices as may be required. (i If the two foregoing conditions are not complied with, the lot or lots so purchased may at the option of the auctioneer be put up again and resold. [5] Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, and thereafter the property is at the purchaser's risk, and neither the owner nor the Company is responsible for the loss of, or any damage to any article by theft. Fire, break age, however occasioned, or any other cause whatsoever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.