Two works: ''Mt. Eccles / Cordova, Alaska'' and ''Horse Creek Mary'', the first: signed and dated lower left: Jules / 29, signed again, dated and titled on the original backing board: Jules B. Dahlager / March 3, 1929; the second: Jules / 40, signed again on a printed ''Horse Creek Mary'' card affixed verso, each: oil on canvas laid to artist's board, the first: 7'' H x 5'' W; the second: 9'' H x 5'' W, est: $1500/2000. Note: According to the unidentified printed card affixed to the portrait, Horse Creek Mary was ''[b]orn of a native mother and Russian father [and] was one of the colorful characters of early pioneer days in Alaska, With a fierce pride she concealed with her grizzled locks the loss of an eye said to have once been the badge of slavery....Her home was a cabin on Horse Creek, about one hundred and fifty miles from Valdez and in the early days she often mushed this distance to obtain her supplies...She died in Cordova in 1925''.

Conditions of Sale

CREDIT CARDS, CONTINUED

Credit card payments will not be accepted from buyers outside of the United States. Buyers outside of the United States are required to submit payment via wire transfer.

TAXES

Applicable California sales tax applies.

CONTRACT

Except as otherwise stated, John Moran Auctioneers (Moran's) acts as agent for the seller. The contract for the sale of the property is therefore made between the seller and the buyer.

PAYMENT

The buyer agrees to pay the sum of the hammer price plus Buyer's Premium, plus any applicable sales tax. Buyer's Premiums are calculated as follows: Floor, Telephone or Absentee Bidding: Buyer's Premium of 20% (of hammer price) when paying by cash, check or wire transfer or 22% when paying by credit card. Bidding through internet platform: Buyer's Premium of 25% when paying by cash, check or wire transfer or 27% when paying by credit card. Buyers outside the United States must submit payment via wire transfer. Credit cards are not an accepted form of payment for buyers outside the United States.

SHIPPING

Shipping: Buyers are responsible for arranging their own shipping estimates and deliveries. Moran's in our discretion and as a courtesy to buyers, can arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded by a third party shipper at the request, expense and risk of the buyer. Moran's assumes no responsibility for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by other packers or carriers, even if recommended by Moran's. Nor does Moran's assume any responsibility for any damage to picture frames or to the glass therein. In circumstances where Moran's arranges for such third party services, Moran's may apply an administration charge of 10% of that service fee.

BUYERS PREMIUM

The buyer agrees to pay the sum of the hammer price plus Buyer's Premium, plus any applicable sales tax. Buyer's Premiums are calculated as follows: Floor, Telephone or Absentee Bidding: Buyer's Premium of 20% (of hammer price) when paying by cash, check or wire transfer or 22% when paying by credit card. Bidding through internet platform: Buyer's Premium of 25% when paying by cash, check or wire transfer or 27% when paying by credit card. Buyers outside the United States must submit payment via wire transfer. Credit cards are not an accepted form of payment for buyers outside the United States.

CONDITION

Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a
condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.