There are two types of art products available from ClaireImage: Paintings and Images. (An image may be
derived from a painting or from a "virtual work"). This page is about paintings only.
What are my options?
Paintings can be bought or rented, and a number of options are available for each of these. For instance, a painting can be paid for fully at purchase time, or
with a number of installments. A discount is given for immediate, full payment. Due to transportation difficulties, generally, we can only rent out work within
50 km of Montreal - contact us for special arrangements.
Paintings can be supplied either framed or unframed. List prices of paintings are shown on the archive pages and the thematic pages. (Click on the name of a painting
in an archive to go to the painting's archive page; click on the thumbnail on a thematic gallery to go to the thematic page.) Prices shown on these pages
are the list prices. That is, they are the prices for the work unframed, and without shipping, handling, insurance, taxes, duties,
and customs costs included.
Thus, the final acquisition price of a painting will be the sum of the following components: the list price as shown on the archive or thematic page
+ framing costs (if applicable) + costs for shipping, handling, taxes, duties, insurance, and customs (if applicable).
All prices are subject to change without notice. Contact us by email for final pricing.
It should be noted that, in accordance with Canadian copyright law as it applies to original art work,
copyright to the painting's image is not included in the purchase price.
What are the various options?
Paintings can be bought or rented in four ways:
1) acquisition through immediate, full payment and carry-out or ship-out
2) acquisition through regular, periodic payments and carry-out or ship-out
3) lay-away with regular, periodic payments
4) rent for various periods, with monthly payments
1) Acquisition through immediate, full payment and carry-out or ship-out
"Immediate payment" here refers to cash and non-postdated cheques. You enjoy a 5% discount on the list price of the painting,
as shown on the archive or thematic page. Framing and other costs are, however, not affected.
Example 1: You decide to buy a painting listed at $380. You want to take it with you right
away, you pay in cash, and you don't want any framing because you're going to do it
yourself. Because you pay cash you receive a 5% discount on the list price. In this case, there are no charges for framing, shipping, etc. Therefore, your final cost will be $380.00 x 0.95 = $318.25
Example 2: You buy a painting listed at $610. You want us to frame it and ship it to you in Tokyo. You will be paying in full before we ship the painting.
Thus, you receive a 5% discount on the list price of the painting, reducing the cost of the painting to $579. Your total cost will therefore be $579
+ the cost of framing + the cost of shipping and insurance + whatever the applicable duties are that must be paid before shipment. We will ship via
whichever carrier you specify. COD shipment is also an option.
Acquisition through regular, periodic payments and carry-out or mail-out
You can buy any work on an installment plan and spread the cost of acquisition out
over 6, 12, or 18 months. We do require a 10% (of the list price) non-refundable deposit at the time of acquisition,
as well as full payment of any costs related to framing, handling, shipping, duties, and insurance. Monthly payments
are due on the day of the month as specified in the contract. The 10% non-refundable deposit will be applied to the last few payments.
Your payments will be:
for a 6-month pay-off period: 17 % of the list price per month
for a 12-month pay-off period: 8.75 % of the list price per month
for an 18-month pay-off period: 6.05 % of the list price per month
Example: You want to buy an unframed painting on canvas that is listed at $703. You want to take it with you right now,
but you will be paying for it with 18 monthly payments. In this case there are no framing costs and no shipping and handling costs.
Therefore, the net acquisition price is equal to the list price ($703). We will need a deposit of 10% of the list price at the beginning
of the agreement: $70.30. Your monthly payments will be 6.05% of the list price, or $38.28. Your deposit of $70.30 will be applied to
your penultimate payment (which will be $6.26) and your final payment (which will be $0.00).
We store the work for you, while you make monthly payments. This is an easy way to
spread your cost out over 6, 12, or 18 months. Payments will be
calculated as follows: monthly payment = (list price as shown on the archive or thematic page) /
(number of months). Monthly payments are due on the day of the month as specified in the contract,
the first payment being due at the beginning of the agreement. At the end of the
agreement, when all payments have been received, framing and other costs (if
applicable) will be assessed separately.
Example: You want to buy a painting that is listed at $480 but you don't have enough
cash on hand right now. To minimize your expenditure, you decide to use the lay-away
plan and to pay for the painting over 6 months. You don't want framing, and will come
and get the painting yourself at the end of the agreement. Thus, there are no shipping
costs. Your monthly payments will be $480/6 = $80.00.
Generally, for rental contracts the minimum term is three months and the maximum term one year (contracts can be renewed). Paintings can be supplied framed or
unframed. In this case, no charge is levied for the frame; framing type and color is at the disgression of ClaireImage.
The monthly rental fee will be 1.5% of the work's list price as shown on the archive or thematic page. Also, we require a 5% (of the list price)
refundable deposit. Monthly payments are due on the day of the month as specified in the contract, the first payment being due at the beginning of the agreement.
Other rental terms etc. are possible by special arrangement.
Example: You want to rent a painting that is 40" x 28" in size (1.02 x 0.71 m), is already
framed, and is listed at $1300. You agree to rent it for at least a year. Your monthly
fee will be 1.5% of $1300: $19.50. Upon commencement of the agreement we will need the first
month's rental fee, as well as the 5% refundable deposit ($65.00), for a total of $84.50.
PAINTINGS: PRICES & CONTRACTS