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At Artists UK we recently received a handwritten letter from a prospective customer seeking information about a number of posters he was trying to get hold of. The letter was addressed to “Dear Sir or Madman”. Since then we have been trying to figure out which one of us is the Sir and which one is the Madman. The girls are out of the running for either title so it must be down to one of us guys to be Sir and another to be Madman. I quite like the idea of being Sir Keith (yes, that means you know who’s writing this one 
) but the vote so far seems to be that I’m more likely to get the other title, although I’m sure that Madman Jim has a much better ring to it, but the consensus appears to be that he is more likely to be Sir Jim than I am to be Sir Keith. Oh well, Madman Keith it is then … at least until I can write a sentence with less than two “buts”in it 
Well, so far, at Artists UK we have been pleased with 2008. Not only have we had lots of orders from all you wonderful people visiting our sites but we’ve also been finding lots more rare items that we thought long since gone forever. Since we are know for having such unavailable collectibles these little finds boosts our feeling of raison d’etre into the stratosphere But don’t worry we always come down eventually from the initial joy and surprise to actually getting the stuff onto the website so that you lovely people (see above) can come along and snaffle it up. We always hope these items go to good homes, rather like the RSPCA shelters finding homes for cute little poozikats and doggies. If you’re not sure whether you would be a good home then that’s easily sorted as there are several fact sheets on this website for looking after prints and posters. Anyway, enough rambling as there is much to do on www.artistsuk.co.uk and DotNet may not be seeing so much action for a week or so though we’ll always do our best to reply to comments left here.
We have a massive long list of unsolicited customer testimonials on our ecommerce website at www.artistsuk.co.uk but it isn’t that often we get to see our customers in these days of impersonal Internet ordering. One of our customers was so impressed with the Christmas gift he bought from us for his wife and how happy she was with it he emailed us with a photo of her with the framed print and thanked us for being there to provide it…..
“The print arrived in great shape and has already been framed. I attached a picture of my wife with her print. My wife really loved it and I wanted to thank you for your help in acquiring it. My wife said Alan Lee was a big inspiration for her in her art career. The only problem now is that she can’t decide what room of the house to put it in. She wants to be able to look at it all the time and doesn’t know what room is best. It will probably end up in her Art Studio so that she can look at it while she paints.”
It is nice to be appreciated! Thanks!
That’s right, at Artists UK DotNet we just invented a new word! The rather longer definition is, “We’ve been so rushed off our feet running www.artistsuk.co.uk that our poor old blog on www.artistsuk.net hasn’t had a look-in for a few days.” In future when we don’t write anything for awhile you’ll know we are on a Blogbreak. Who knows, maybe it’ll be in the dictionary one day. Bet they don’t credit us with inventing it though!
Another first from Artists UK DotNet! If you are an artist (or even if you’re not) perhaps you have had a piece of artwork, painting etc (or several even!) reported lost or destroyed by a publisher or manufacturer with no evidence. Or maybe the artwork or painting was just plain stolen from your house or exhibition. Whichever it was, at Artists UK DotNet we are offering a free listing service to help in the recovery of such items. Someone out there must know something! Our new section for these listings is here.
This may be of particular use to artists who did not have artwork returned by publishers in the bad old days before the legal requirements came in to do so. Of course, it may be that the current owner has no idea that the artist was never paid and that the artwork still belongs to them. It may be that they acquired it through perfectly honest means as far as they know. But maybe they would feel uncomfortable enough to part with it or make some form of payment if they knew that it had not been legitimatelyacquired from the artist.
If your painting or artwork was stolen then it must be somewhere, someone must know something and the Worldwide Web must be the best of all possible places to try to reach that ’someone’. There are no guarantees so that is why we do not intend to charge for this service. What have you got to lose? Send us an email with as much information as you have and preferably a small jpg image of the painting or artwork that will come up around 3″ x 4″ on the screen. Make sure you tell us when and where the painting or artwork was lost or stolen as also who might be interested in owning it (so we can include relevant words in the listing to pick up on searches through search engines). We’ll also need your statement in writing in the email that you are the legal owner of this painting or artwork. If you are prepared to offer a reward for the return of this painting or artwork then please let us know how much.
We hope this new service will be of use to artists and art lovers in recovering their property. If you have any comments or suggestions about all this then please click the Comments link and tell us what you think.
Loads of Discworld prints by clicking the Librarian .. give him a banana to be on the safe side!