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Kabuki Print

By Kunisada Utagawa 1786-1865

artelino is not an auction platform where you upload your images and enter your descriptions and where the seller has to handle payment and shipping himself. We rather keep to the traditional model of an auction house. You must send the art objects to us. We are responsible for correct descriptions, good images, payment transactions and shipping. And if we are successful, you pay us a commission.

We take consignments from collectors, artists, art agents and dealers. By the end of 2007 we had sold more than 25,000 art objects - mostly Japanese art prints - in more than 500 auctions. If the quality of your consignment is good and the reserves reasonable, we can sell your art objects too.

This is what you should know and what you and artelino agree on.

Which Objects?

We take consignments of Japanese prints from all periods (Edo, Meiji, shin hanga, sosaku hanga, modern, contemporary), modern Chinese prints and of E-hon (Japanese books).

Quality Standard

All art objects must meet a high quality standard. Prints must be unframed and unmatted.

Objects not Accepted

For policy, quality and for commercial reasons artelino does not take the following kind of art objects:

• Several prints combined to one cheap lot. The genral rule is ONE LOT = ONE PRINT/OBJECT
• Cheap mini-prints and ex-libris unless the minimum value of ONE PRINT is at least $50.
• Cheap mass-produced Meiji and Taisho lithographs.
• Cheap book pages.
• Shunga and other sexually explicit depictions. Prints with nudeness or decent erotic appeal are however OK.
• Images with overly cruel or otherwise offending scenes.

The following prints/art objects should be avoided. Please contact us before you consign such objects to us.

• Reproductions.
• Prints made after 1950 by Unknown, not identified or by artists of whom not even the date of birth is known.

Minimum Value

The total value of a consignment from Europe should be above USD500 and from outside Europe above USD1,000. Single items must meet the requirement for a reserve price of at least USD50.

Pre-Check

Please send us by e-mail E-Mail a few images of the art objects you want to consign plus descriptions and your idea of the reserve price.

Descriptions

Consignments must be sent to us with a list containing roughly the following information (where applicable):

• Reserve Price
• Title
• Artist
• Technique
• Date
• Description
• Publisher, signature, seal, literature reference where applicable

Consignments should be preferably in English. We also accept descriptions in Japanese, but they will be processed at the end of the line. Any other languages including German are not accepted.

Commission and Payment

You pay a consignment fee of 20.00% on the hammered price of all sold objects. For hard to sell objects that require exceptional preparation work, for instance due to a missing description list, we charge 22 %.

We pay you the hammered price minus the consignment fee within 2-3 weeks after the auction closure by wire transfer (bank remittance). Payments are made in USD or EURO - your choice. We do not charge any other fees and you do not pay for unsold objects.

Payment

artelino pays once per week by wire transfer (bank remittance). In order to avoid excessive banking fees we avoid the frequent payment of small amounts. Currently the following three conditions trigger our payment:

• The total due amount is above $1,000 or ...
• the sales date of at least one item is older than 20 days or ...
• you have no unsold items left.

We confirm payment by programmed e-mail. In the seller area you can view the payment history, all paid lots and the sold lots not yet paid and the due amount.

artelino reserves the right to backcharge you for sold items that were returned by a client or for which we could not receive the payment. However this happens very seldom. And for reasons of simple handling we usually take lots that are returned or not paid into our own property - unless the value is above $500 or the difference of reserve and hammered price is excessive.

Unsold Objects

With several auctions per week we usually give unsold items a second chance. Lots that we cannot sell are sent back to you. Unless you give us different instructions, we try to sell lots over an extended period of several auctions.

Shipments

When you send a consignment to us, you bear the costs of transportation and you are responsible for insurance. When we send unsold items back to you, it is the other way around. We send f.o.b. (free on board) and provide insurance. Any customs duties and handling is in the responsibility of the recipient.

If shipped to us from outside a member state of the European Union (EU), please specifiy the text

"Warennummer 97020000 - Kunstgrafiken vollstaendig von Hand geschaffen."
(meaning: Productgroup 97020000 - art prints made by hand.)

in the field for contents description of the shipment form attached to the package.

Ship to:

artelino GmbH
Fuchsbichl 6a
D-82057 Icking
Germany
++49-8178-9099667
++49-8178-9099666
E-Mail

German Customs - Important! Please read!

If your consignment shipment comes from outside the European Union, German customs charges the VAT (value added tax) on your declared value or a value estimated by customs to artelino which is reimbursed to us three months later. We therefore could care less, and it does not affect you, the consignor.

However customs means a delay of several days for your consignment shipment. You can reduce the customs delay by attaching a proforma invoice with a reasonable value declaration to your shipment.

VAT

Consignments from dealers in Germany are subject to VAT. Please contact us for details.

Exclusion

It should be a matter of course. Nevertheless we want to mention that any form of bidding on own lots is strictly fordidden. Sellers who try it, will be excluded forever from artelino auctions - both for selling and for buying.

Rights on Images and Descriptions

With your consignment you agree that artelino is entitled to use the images and all informations connected with the object, like descriptions and prices, for publication purposes (provided that no other copyright laws are infringed).

Step by Step

We agreed to take your consignment. What next?

1. Make sure that you are registered. We need your registration to handle your consignment in our back office.
2. Please pack well. If you need our advice or help for safe packing and shipping, please do contact us by E-Mail.
3. Do not forget to send us your bank details before auction end. We pay by wire transfer and need:
   • Holder of bank account.
   • Name and full address of bank (branch).
   • Bank account number.
   • Bank code - worldwide known as SWIFT - in Europe as BIC.

IMPORTANT for first-time consignors: We cannot and will not start processing your consignment if you have not registered on our site and/or have not submitted your bank details for our payments to you.

For your consignment proposal or for further questions please contact us by e-mail E-Mail or by phone ++49-8178-9099666 or fax ++49-8178-9099667.