Buying
Anyone who registers in advance can bid at Baran. Every work is on view for three days, offered in catalogue order on the evening of the fourth, and sold in open auction at the final hammer price.
Clause 7
Only registered bidders with a bidding number may take part. There is no limit on how many works you buy, but owners may not bid on their own works.
Complete the in-person purchase form and bid in the salesroom on the evening of the sale.
Complete the remote purchase form and we call you during the sale to bid on your instruction.
Complete the commission form with your maximum and the auctioneer bids for you up to that figure, then pays for and collects the work on your behalf.
Register before the sale to receive your bidding number.
Register to bidEach work carries a low and a high estimate. Bidding usually opens below the low estimate and rises in fixed steps.
The price is set in open bidding, at the final hammer price.
With the owner's consent the reserve sits below the low estimate; without one, a work may sell at or above the low estimate.
Showing your bidding number when the hammer falls forms a binding contract of sale; the final bidder must buy at that price.
| Price band | Increment |
|---|---|
| Up to 50 million toman | 5 million toman |
| 50 to 200 million toman | 10 million toman |
| 200 to 500 million toman | 20 million toman |
| 500 million to 1 billion toman | 50 million toman |
| 1 to 4 billion toman | 100 million toman |
| 4 to 10 billion toman | 200 million toman |
| 10 to 20 billion toman | 500 million toman |
| 20 to 50 billion toman | 1 billion toman |
| 50 to 100 billion toman | 2 billion toman |
| 100 to 200 billion toman | 5 billion toman |
| Over 200 billion toman | 10 billion toman |
Every work offered at Baran is examined and authenticated by reputable specialists before the sale.
The opinion of three official experts is needed to prove a claim. Baran then follows up with you, returns the work to the seller and transfers the funds back to you.
If there is any doubt about a work’s authenticity, ownership or description before it is sold, Baran withdraws it from the sale.
Within two weeks to one month of the sale, to the auctioneer on the owner’s behalf.
Clause 14By crossed cheque to the auctioneer’s account, or by transfer to the account announced at the sale.
Clause 14At the Baran gallery in Tehran, within one week of payment being received in Iran.
Clause 14Sold only to Iranian nationals with an address and postcode in Iran, and handed over at the Baran secretariat.
Clause 15The short answers. The conditions of sale give the full text of each clause.
Yes. Only applicants who register in advance and receive a bidding number may take part (clause 4).
When the hammer falls on your bid. Showing your bidding number at that moment forms a binding contract of sale (clauses 6 and 13).
Bid by telephone during the sale, or leave a commission bid with your maximum and the auctioneer bids for you (clauses 7 and 8).
Works more than a hundred years old cannot leave the country. They are sold only to Iranian nationals with an address in Iran (clause 15).
Legal charges, taxes and deductions arising from a purchase are borne by the buyer or the seller, not by the auctioneer (clause 17).