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Is Park West Above the Law? Michigan Art Multiples Sales Act

All buyers of art prints or multiples from Park West Gallery have a legal right under the Michigan Art Multiples Sales Act to demand from Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea IN WRITING certain detailed disclosures of key information concerning their purchases and most importantly, PRIOR TO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OR DELIVERY of the artwork so that an informed decision can be made. Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea and the cruise lines have failed and continue to fail to disclose critical information required by law that consumers or collectors have a legal right to know PRIOR to the sale (or payment) or auctioning of the artwork aboard cruise ships and at land auctions.

Park West Gallery or Park West at Sea and the cruise lines MUST address authenticity and be required to disclose whether, where, and how the artist's signature appears on the print, if the artist approved its creation, especially if the artist did not sign it, and whether the artist was alive when the 'master' was created. For example, the Michigan Act requires Albert Scaglione [Park West Gallery] to disclose to all buyers of claimed signed Dali prints the exact particulars under which the signature was applied and much, much more, including whether the multiple or image on or in the master is a mechanical, photomechanical, or photographic copy or reproduction of an image previously created or produced by the artist in a different stated medium, or on or in a different master, for the purpose other than the creation of the multiple being described.

Park West Gallery's failure to disclose this information prior to collecting payment for art prints or prior to offering the artwork prints or multiples for sale at its gallery or at its auctions either on land or at sea entitles the purchaser to certain remedies, as follows:

IF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IS NOT DISCLOSED TO BUYERS PRIOR TO PAYMENT OR DELIVERY OF THE ART WORK, THE PURCHASER OR BUYER IS ENTITLED TO A FULL REFUND. FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE DISCLOSURE AT ALL OR TO GIVE FALSE INFORMATION SUBJECT PARK WEST GALLERY AND PARK WEST AT SEA TO A 12 PERCENT INTEREST PENALTY IN ADDITION TO A FULL REFUND. A Michigan court may also award attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party in addition to other remedies that may be provided by law.

NEARLY 100 CASES OF ABUSE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO FINE ART REGISTRY. IN ALL CASES NO DISCLOSURE OF ANY KIND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MICHIGAN LAW WAS PROVIDED BY PARK WEST GALLERY/PARK WEST AT SEA OR THE CRUISE LINES.

If you have purchased an art print or multiple from Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea and feel you have not received a proper disclosure in accordance with Michigan law, contact FAR® On Your Side for free information on how we can help.

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