All,
Absentee biding based on a catalogue description and photographs is, well, assuming some risk. RIA or any other auction house, for that matter, is merely a venue. if you are sufficiently interested in something to throw some big dollars at it, either hi thee to observe personally or have a knowledgable confederate on site to observe and verify.
Oh, and always read the terms and conditions *very* carefully, remembering that the large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Tom A
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