SERVICES FOR ARTISTS - GALLERIES

Thinking past the sale of your last painting, bronze, lithograph, giclee.....

COUNTERFEITS AND LOST ROYALTIES

If your work is any good, you have been or will be copied-counterfeited and it is likely that you will never know it. Counterfeiting technology exists and is available to anyone. As your unprotected original works mix with fakes, the general buying public cannot tell the difference and if you are not directly blamed, these fakes can indirectly degrade your reputation, integrity, and value of your past and future works of art.

Unless you have requested an RAI "Artist Protection and Future Royalty Kit", you cannot receive royalties on your artwork for life (plus 20 years).

TWENTY YEARS FROM TODAY

For galleries, collectors, and buyers, they assume the burden of proving that your work is genuine once it leaves your care. For you, as time passes, unless you have a tracking system and the proper agreement, you cannot collect royalties on the resale of your work.

We have found that artists' and galleries' attitudes generally fall into one of two categories:

(1) I'm happy that I just sold the piece and I don't care what happens.
(2) I didn't realize the extent of the counterfeiting and authentication problem or that I am losing royalties.

For position (1) - RAI cannot help.
For position (2) - Contact RAI to find out how to receive future royalties for life. To give your buyers yet another reason to purchase your work, contact RAI to see how to protect your artwork from counterfeits and ease the authentication problem. Your buyers will appreciate the extra effort.

The Benefits You Receive From RAI:

• Protection of your reputation and integrity of your work with RAI's anti-counterfeiting systems.

• Protection of the value of your artwork with RAI's electronic provenance system.

• Increased marketability of your work by collectors and galleries, translating to higher sale prices and faster sales.

• Differentiation in the marketplace from unauthenticated works of art.

• Heightened collector, gallery, and broker confidence leading to greater acceptance of your work.

• An organized inventory of your artwork still in your possession and tracking of individual pieces once they leave your studio.

• Future royalties for life plus 20 years.

What We Deliver:

• Authentication of your work through LAAP - Living Artist Authentication Protocol.

• Documented certification of each work of art.

• A permanent written, photographic, and electronic archival depository for each work of art and its history.

• The "RAI Court Guarantee". See the "Contact Us" page for details of this guarantee.

• The Global Authentication Registry and The Private Collection Registry.

• Public access to The Global Authentication Registry to authenticate your work. Artist-only and Collector-only access to The Private Collection Registry. Written documentation for both Registries when requested.

• Continuing inventory maintenance, tracking of the work after sale, and history of the work. Safe information depository for art inventory. Request an "Artist Protection and Future Royalty Kit."
  

Time & Expense?

The Royalty Kit is free. For counterfeit protection, the price is negotiable depending upon the value of your artwork and the level of anti-counterfeit protection sought. How much is that? The cost is generally pennies on the dollar. It is common to have a five-day or less turnaround.