~ OUR TRADE PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS ~

Our minimum trade purchase requirement is $1000. USD.
This does not apply to a single item for over $1000.

If you are interested in purchasing directly from us a number of items that together add up to $1000.00 or more, and NOT a single item for over $1000.00,  and you can substantiate to our satisfaction that you are a professional member of the trade in good standing, then we can offer a 10% discount on your total before shipping, and we will do our utmost to combine what items we can to hold down shipping and handling costs.

Trade purchases are not returnable for refunds and these sales are final; ask any questions before you buy.

It costs us time and effort to ship items singly.
Like any merchant, we save time and money making a large-dollar sale rather than a number of small ones.
When you buy a number of items from us simultaneously, you can save a a significant amount on the shipping charges, assuming those items can be safely packed and shipped together.

All special offers, including trade invoices, are good for 24 hours from time of issuance.  Trade Payments must be made via PayPal only.  If we have not received your PayPal payment in full within
24 hours,  the items revert to their normal terms and prices.

We do not hold items. Items are shipped the first business day following receipt of payment, generally via UPS GROUND within the lower 48 USA and outside the lower 48 and overseas via the US Postal Service. Since we do not have a full service post office on our island, we reserve the right to choose the shipping method that is the safest in our professional opinion. 

~ OUR POLICY ON OFFERS & PRICING ~

We won't accept less for our pieces.

Instead of asking us about the price, you should be asking yourself 'Why am I nervous?' Our items are well worth their prices, but if you're not sure about this, not sure if you want it, like it, or understand it, then you will be nervous at any price. Our recommendation to you is that you research the piece in which you are interested, try to understand why you are nervous, and then make an informed decision about whether or not to purchase it.

We list our items for their absolute minimum appropriate price.  In doing so, we have a lot of information:  what we paid for it, what the items sells for in the market, what it's "worth" in an efficient marketplace, etc. 

The fact that a piece may take time to sell is not a reflection of the worth or value of the piece, it is simply an artifact of the marketplace. There are literally millions of pieces available, and they are typically "on the market" for brief periods of time. 

The reason a piece hasn't yet sold is not that it's worth only a fraction of our price, it's because the right buyer hasn't yet seen it.  As with real estate:  you don't sell a fabulous house in a week; you wait for the right buyer who really loves it.

~ TRADE PURCHASES ARE NOT RETURNABLE FOR REFUNDS;  TRADE SALES ARE FINAL ~

The majority of the items we sell are "one of a kind" items. The art we sell is original art that has been manually created by an individual, passed through a number of generations of hands, and finally, typically after decades or even centuries of display and/or storage, has found its way into our hands. We do not sell recent replicas of anything, nor do we sell modern copies made in China. We do our best to describe the condition of our items, including what we know of the provenance, and to specifically point out by word and photograph anything we (in our professional opinion) consider unusual or untoward about an item.  

~ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY.  ~