BLEK's 30 Year Retrospective Book now for sale

[Shoot Again]

The "Deluxe" edition comes with a spraypaint on wood OG...

www.artpublishingltd.com/new/shop/

After meeting him in SF, I had to buy one ! ;-)

[des77]

any idea on the edition size ?

[elwheel]

Can't seem to find that info myself. $70 for regular or $500 for the Original on wood cover. Seems pretty damn reasonable says I.

[saint]

Told myself no more special edition books, but how can you pass on a blek original rat and a book showcasing 30 years of his art?? I couldn't, cheers for the link mate.

[denmeadmichelle]

$499, very good price

[Brushstrokes 75]

+ Taxes + shipping so total is $562

Hmmmm would like to know the edition size before pulling the trigger...

[Shoot Again]

I've asked Art Publishing Ltd. through their Facebook page, hopefully I'll get an answer to that question which I will share with you guys...

[chrispa]

I also mailed them and questioned the tax too
if you are outside of California I dont believe you need to pay the tax

[stanley]

Interested to see edition sizes & size of the rat on wood, any ideas?

[slimshady]

I have been told by them that the normal book has an edition of 2.500.

[Shoot Again]

Nov 12, 2011 20:25:22 GMT 1 slimshady said:

I have been told by them that the normal book has an edition of 2.500.

Did they tell you how big the "Deluxe" edition is ?

[chrispa]

The got back to me
The Deluxe edition with artwork is an edition size of 100 only
The artwork on wood is bigger than I expected

The dimensions of the artwork (spraypaint on wood) is 13 x 10 (31.1 x 24.13 cm).

Its a bargain!
I got mine ;-)

[Brushstrokes 75]

Any news about the tax chris?

[chrispa]

yes
they said they have to charge tax regardless of where we live
I did a bit of research on the internet, but couldn't find anything that supported or contradicted this

So with shipping it came out at around £350 - which i still think is a good price for a (sort of) ltd book and a hand spayed artwork on wood

wouldn't have thought these would hang around for long now the word is out

[.dappy]

Don't forget to add vat charges for the UK import ... (+admin charge if it goes through Post Office, UPS etc)

[Brushstrokes 75]

Hmmmmmmm that's quite weird about the taxes (if it's a sales tax).

www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub101.pdf

Edit : They shouldn't charge the sales tax if shipped out of state. 8.5% is the sales tax for SF.....

[xmyart]

Agreed, sales tax is usually state based.

I want one, but im guessing they will be gone before i raise the cash. Nice way to get an OG blek though.

Cost is mounting with all the extra charges though. They must be heading for about £400 by the time they arrive.

[chrispa]

your googling is better than mine b-strokes

I have sent this off to my contact at the publishers...I will post the response

thanks

[chrispa]

They have confirmed that NO TAX IS DUE
(thanks b-strokes, your document did the trick)
I am getting a $42 refund
so for UK/EU buyers it should be $499 + $20 shipping, so cost will be a little around £330
hooray!

[chrispa]

I just got my refund!!

[xmyart]

+ customs getting their mitts on it as it comes into the uk.

[chrispa]

Nov 13, 2011 19:01:58 GMT 1 @xmyart said:

+ customs getting their mitts on it as it comes into the uk.

At worst its 5% vat and no duty - its a hand made artwork

[begs]

Big thanks to shootagian,making us aware

[saint]

Would have been nice to be a smaller edition IMO... 30 years, edition of 30, it would have sat very well.

Saying that edition of 100 hand sprayed rats by Blek for around £350 all in? same price as a print?? easy yes for me, look forward to seeing it.

[saint]

PS, depends how they send it, if they just say its a book i dont believe there are customs fees.

[Brushstrokes 75]

Nov 13, 2011 18:59:55 GMT 1 chrispa said:

They have confirmed that NO TAX IS DUE
(thanks b-strokes, your document did the trick)
I am getting a $42 refund
so for UK/EU buyers it should be $499 + $20 shipping, so cost will be a little around £330
hooray!

I guessed that they just didn't know how to do the trick via paypal to differentiate the buyers....

Will send an email later to get my refund too!

[Shoot Again]

Zim, can you post here the email address I should send my refund claim to ? thanks

[Shoot Again]

Nov 13, 2011 19:09:02 GMT 1 begs said:

Big thanks to shootagian,making us aware

You're welcome ;-) Only found out because Blek himself told me about it when I met him in San Francisco...

[saint]

Mate just email the email on the paypal invoice, info@.

I emailed 5 mins ago and they have already refunded it.

[xmyart]

Aha cool. If they still have them by wednesday im going for it. But i doubt they will :-(