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Purchasing art from an international collector

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Phill the Governor

Phill the Governor

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Hi all,

 

So I'm about to buy a piece of comic art from an international collector. The piece is over 1K and I was wondering what the normal process is for the transaction? This may seem like a stupid question, but I've never dealt with things this expensive before. Is it customary to pay all up front? or is there a split? Just not sure. Thanks for the advice!

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Ares

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Define International..

 

Canada?

 

Overseas to Europe,,, Australia?

 

Nigeria :gossip:

 

 

Nigeria has princes who want to take millions out of country from goodness of their heart not buy things

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Hi all,

 

So I'm about to buy a piece of comic art from an international collector. The piece is over 1K and I was wondering what the normal process is for the transaction? This may seem like a stupid question, but I've never dealt with things this expensive before. Is it customary to pay all up front? or is there a split? Just not sure. Thanks for the advice!

 

Haven't spent that much for an overseas purchase, but I just bought a page from an artist in Spain (via his dealer). It was a $600 purchase, and we treated it the same as a stateside purchase. I used paypal (w/creditcard protection), paid upfront, he shipped (following whatever customs requirements on his part were necessary), and easy peasy.

 

If this seems to be a well established collector (like they have lots of CAF art, or are a rep for artists, or whatever) I'd be less worried... someone random? More worried, but no more so than a stateside purchase of that amount.

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bababooey

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Hi all,

 

So I'm about to buy a piece of comic art from an international collector. The piece is over 1K and I was wondering what the normal process is for the transaction? This may seem like a stupid question, but I've never dealt with things this expensive before. Is it customary to pay all up front? or is there a split? Just not sure. Thanks for the advice!

Going only from what I've read on this site for a completed piece that's in someone else's collection is just a straight-forward transaction - the only time I've seen someone refer to 'holding back money' was when they were getting commissions done & that sort of thing. I think it's a way of retaining some control over the timeline when working with artists or artist reps.

 

 

 

 

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Chespirito

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I've never been to Nigeria.

 

I use to live there, rush hour is a nightmare, yet their wine rivals the finest champagne and their smoked Gouda is the truly amazing (thumbs u

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TupennyConan

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I've never been to Nigeria.

 

I use to live there, rush hour is a nightmare, yet their wine rivals the finest champagne and their smoked Gouda is the truly amazing (thumbs u

 

I understand.

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I've never been to Nigeria.

 

I use to live there, rush hour is a nightmare, yet their wine rivals the finest champagne and their smoked Gouda is the truly amazing (thumbs u

 

I understand.

 

- Peter Sellers in "Being There"

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TupennyConan

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I've never been to Nigeria.

 

I use to live there, rush hour is a nightmare, yet their wine rivals the finest champagne and their smoked Gouda is the truly amazing (thumbs u

 

I understand.

 

- Peter Sellers in "Being There"

 

I'm a gardener.

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Duffman_Comics

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Hi all,

 

So I'm about to buy a piece of comic art from an international collector. The piece is over 1K and I was wondering what the normal process is for the transaction? This may seem like a stupid question, but I've never dealt with things this expensive before. Is it customary to pay all up front? or is there a split? Just not sure. Thanks for the advice!

 

If the collector is the fellow at the centrepiece of this thread I would proceed with a great deal of caution.

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