Melissa Rinaldi 18 Feb 2005

mucho thank u's Dawn:)

Vivian Allen 19 Feb 2005

Dawn, Thanks for this site. So much information to answer all my questions about certificate of authenitcity. I've never included a COA to any of my works sold, but am in favor of doing so. Now I wonder why I've never done it.

Dawn Schmidt 19 Feb 2005

It really does help the artist's work hold a value - and provides the buyer with information that they may forget over the years.

Ponder doing them on your original works, too.

Some dated and signed certs that artists attach to their original paintings also have the price and date repeated at the bottom. You, the artist sign through a line. The price and the BOTTOM HALF of your signature gets cut off and placed somewhere safe and the rest of the cert stays on the back of the work.

That way, if you have to prove to a future buyer how much the painting was sold for originally, the owner has proof WITH the artist's signature. The bottom half will match up with the top half of the cert with the artwork's info/date/etc. I thought that was a pretty nifty thing!

I'm telling you, the internet is wonderful for research...do a google image search for "certificate of authenticity", and wade through some of the examples.

Steph Salt 20 Feb 2005

Thank you Dawn, I've bookmarked the site for further investigation :D

I copied your link and pasted it, and it didn't work. But with a little fiddling it soon got me to the correct place :)

William G Watson 20 Feb 2005

Certificate of Authenticity INFO

Dawn:

Could I see a sample of what you have put together. Most of my images are sold as decor peices which are treated as a peice of fine art. I would love to impliment what your doing or soming close to it.

William

Dawn Schmidt 20 Feb 2005

William - here it is for you. I've been working on this new one for the mammoth prints.

I just print them myself on Gift Certificate blanks that I can purchase from any office supply store. The ones I buy come 150 to a package, 3 per page, and it's kind of a pain to set up the template the first time to type them out. But once you have it set up, all you have to do is change the name of the work, and other pertinant info instead of "re-inventing the wheel" whenever you need a new certificate.

Hope this helps! :)

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