Please be sure to read the disclaimer and call, email, or write to us if you have any further questions or need any further assistance. The disclaimer is important not only for obvious reasons but because it hopefully clarifies the language we use to describe condition.

Disclaimer

All oils in the sale must be assumed to have some craquelure. Craquelure will be described more fully in condition reports if it seems, in our opinion, to be extensive, separated, or particularly obtrusive, especially for its date. Loss of intensity or color in watercolors will be mentioned only if it seems, in our opinion, to be significant or obtrusive. Almost every watercolor has some loss of intensity from aging and direct or indirect light over time. We qualify those pictures we feel to be in mint condition with the term “mint or nearly mint”, “pristine or nearly pristine”, “little or no restoration”, or the like, in order to avoid problems arising from differences of opinion and interpretation. We use “restoration” to mean inpaint or overpaint, and treat lining and thinness as issues separate from restoration. “Very minor scattered restoration” means it seems to us almost not worth mentioning; “minor scattered restoration” means a bit more. “Scattered restoration” alone may mean anything from several scattered spots to many scattered spots, but these are usually not particularly meaningful or bothersome. Unless very serious, we usually do not include thinness of surface paint in most condition reports because, again, it is often a matter of opinion and taste. The problem would have to be obvious to the naked eye to be included. We do not mention minor ghosts of a crease or line on the surface caused by a stretcher unless it is in some way atypical or impacts significantly on the surface. Although we will answer as best we can any questions in regard to the surface, if the buyer has questions about it, he or she is cautioned to examine the work under consideration in person or have an expert look at it for him/her. If a condition report includes no mention of lining, the subject artwork is probably not lined or is painted directly on a hard surface such as a panel. No one representing Barridoff Galleries is a qualified expert in regard to condition or restoration. While we do our best to provide an accurate description of condition no matter the medium, our description is in no way to be understood as a guarantee. Again, bidders are herein advised to examine any item in the sale prior to bidding in person and/or to have a qualified restorer of his/her own choosing do so for them. The Conditions of Sale found on the inside front cover and on page 4 of the catalog also preclude any statements made in any other fashion and in any regard.

Again, condition reports are in no way to be considered a guarantee of any kind. Our expertise in regard to condition is limited. This is particularly true of works on paper, sculpture, and Old Masters. Those very few, if any, paintings whose condition reports may be more extensive and technical, are done by or with the help of a professional restorer. However, this disclaimer applies to all condition reports.