Artwork Description, Authenticity, Title & Condition

Effective date: August 2, 2026

1. Purpose and Scope

This Policy explains how we describe an artwork and the documents included in a sale. It applies to product pages, written quotes, invoices, condition reports, certificates, and other written instruments incorporated into an accepted order.

The accepted order will identify the specific work through available details such as artist, title, date, medium, dimensions, signature, edition information, inventory or reference number, and work-specific photographs.

2. Artist and Authorship Terminology

We use artist and authorship terminology deliberately and with a reasonable factual basis.

“By [named artist],” or an unqualified identification of a named artist, means the work is by that artist.

“Attributed to [named artist]” means a work of the artist’s period attributed to that artist, but not known with certainty to be by that artist.

“School of [named artist]” means a work of the artist’s period by a pupil or close follower, but not by the named artist.

Terms such as studio of, workshop of, circle of, manner of, after, follower of, reproduction, reissue, restrike, or posthumous edition will be used only with an explanation appropriate to the work and applicable trade usage.

We will not use a general disclaimer to contradict an unqualified artist identification or to excuse a counterfeit that was not clearly disclosed.

3. Written Descriptions and Express Warranties

A written description may create an express warranty under applicable law even when it does not use the words warranty or guarantee. We do not treat all written factual statements as nonbinding opinion.

A properly qualified statement of uncertainty will be identified as such. Any qualification concerning authorship or authenticity must be specific, conspicuous, consistent with the description, and lawful. Nothing in this Policy negates a warranty that applicable law makes nonwaivable.

4. Title and Authority to Sell

We warrant that, when title passes to you, we have the legal right and authority to sell the work and transfer good and rightful title, free of any security interest, lien, or encumbrance that was not disclosed and accepted in writing.

We may sell a work that we own or act as an authorized dealer or consignee for another owner. Our internal ownership or consignment arrangement does not reduce the title delivered to you. Any restriction surviving the sale must be disclosed in the accepted order.

5. Provenance

Provenance is the known or reported history of ownership, custody, exhibition, publication, or sale. We distinguish among:

Provenance supported by documents we reviewed;

Provenance reported by a prior owner, consignor, artist, estate, gallery, auction house, catalogue raisonné, or other source; and

A gap or uncertainty in the known history.

Unless expressly warranted in the accepted order, a provenance statement does not promise that the documented history is complete. We will not omit a known material provenance concern or present an unverified account as established fact.

Original provenance documents included in the sale will be identified. Copies, extracts, or third-party database records will be described as such.

6. Certificates and Authentication Documents

The accepted order will state whether the sale includes a certificate of authenticity, appraisal, artist-estate letter, foundation opinion, catalogue raisonné reference, foundry certificate, edition documentation, or another authentication document.

If a certificate is included, we will identify its issuer and whether it is an original or copy. We will not use the term certificate of authenticity without identifying the person or organization responsible for it.

If no certificate is promised, we are not required to create one solely because the sale occurred. The absence of a promised certificate does not negate the written description, our title warranty, or an authenticity warranty created by law.

7. Editioned Works

For a limited-edition work, the written description will state, when applicable and reasonably known:

The individual edition number or designation;

The stated edition size;

Artist’s proofs, printer’s proofs, hors commerce copies, or other editions;

The printer, publisher, or foundry;

Whether the edition was authorized during or after the artist’s lifetime;

Whether it is a later printing, reissue, restrike, or posthumous edition; and

Any known material inconsistency in edition information.

An unqualified statement concerning a limited edition will not be contradicted by a general disclaimer.

8. Condition

Condition is assessed as of the date stated in the listing or condition report and is based on reasonable observation and any examination identified in the document. Unless expressly stated, it is not a laboratory, forensic, or full conservation examination.

We disclose material damage, alteration, restoration, conservation, or condition concerns known to us and reasonably relevant to a purchase decision. Normal aging, minor wear, surface variation, craquelure, patina, oxidation, fading, handling marks, and prior framing may be present where consistent with a work’s age and medium, but this general statement does not excuse an undisclosed material defect.

A customer may request a condition report before purchase. An inspection opportunity does not waive a latent-defect, authenticity, title, or statutory claim.

9. Frames, Mounts, Bases, and Display Materials

The accepted order will state whether a frame, mount, base, display case, hanging hardware, or accessory is included and whether its condition is part of the purchased item.

Any known material damage to an included accessory will be disclosed. We will not describe an accessory as archival, museum quality, original, or artist-selected without a reasonable basis.

10. Dimensions, Color, and Photographs

Dimensions may be rounded within customary measurement tolerances and will identify whether they refer to the image, sheet, object, or framed dimensions when relevant.

Screens, lighting, photography, and device settings can affect perceived color. Photographs are intended to represent the specific work reasonably but do not replace material written information. Image cropping, digital enhancement, or use of a representative rather than work-specific photograph will be disclosed when material.

11. Signatures, Inscriptions, Labels, and Marks

A description of a signature, inscription, stamp, foundry mark, label, or other marking will state its location and, where uncertainty exists, whether it is believed to be by the artist, in another hand, or of unknown authorship.

The presence of a signature alone is not represented as conclusive proof of authenticity unless the accepted order expressly says so.

12. Authenticity Review

If a reasonable authenticity concern arises, contact support@premierpopart.com and provide the order information and available supporting material.

We will review the written description, source records, and relevant expert information in good faith. Where specialized expertise is reasonably necessary, the parties may select an appropriately qualified and independent expert. The process, initial review costs, and treatment of the artwork during review should be agreed in writing and must not reduce either party’s mandatory rights.

If a work is determined to breach an applicable authenticity warranty, the remedies supplied by applicable law remain available.

13. No Resale or Appreciation Guarantee

Authenticity and title representations concern the work sold; they do not guarantee market acceptance, auction-house acceptance, inclusion in a future catalogue raisonné, resale price, appreciation, or liquidity unless the accepted order expressly provides such a guarantee.

A later difference of scholarly opinion does not automatically establish a breach, but neither does it eliminate a claim supported by the accepted description and applicable law.

14. Relationship to Terms of Sale

This Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Sale. The payment-dispute, lawful-collection, Florida governing-law, exclusive Miami-Dade County forum, and attorneys' fee provisions in the Terms apply to a dispute under this Policy, subject to every right and forum that applicable law makes nonwaivable.