http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/05/more-evidence-that-you-must-have-a-contract.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/05/more-evidence-that-you-must-have-a-contract.html/comment-page-1#comment-1351 phillippa lack Wed, 17 May 2006 13:58:50 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/05/more-evidence-that-you-must-have-a-contract.html#comment-1351 Consigning work, especially to a gallery that you cannot visit easily, is a risky business these days. There are so many 'shysters' out there that in spite of a written contract, you can still get stung. On one occasion, i had to travel to a boutique and remove my scarves. I camped out in her shop until she gave me a check for what had sold (and it bounced) so I wrote to her bank, sent the check and eventually it was paid. Caveat emptor! Consigning work, especially to a gallery that you cannot visit easily, is a risky business these days. There are so many ‘shysters’ out there that in spite of a written contract, you can still get stung. On one occasion, i had to travel to a boutique and remove my scarves. I camped out in her shop until she gave me a check for what had sold (and it bounced) so I wrote to her bank, sent the check and eventually it was paid. Caveat emptor!

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