Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Valuable Oil Paintings by Masters of American and European Schools: From the Estates of the Late Josiah Bradlee and the Late Henry Smith and From Other Sources; To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale at the American Art Galleries on the Evenings Herein Stated<br><br>IV. Risk after purchase: Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneers hammer, and thereafter the property is at the purchasers' risk, and neither the consignor nor the Association is responsible for the loss of, or any damage to any article by theft, fire, breakage, however occasioned, or any other cause whatsoever.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.