Additional info + asking price sent by pm.

I have a quite a few pieces, some for sale some I would probably want to keep.  Most come with original certs + email/paper receipts from artist or gallery.

Pieces that looked creased are just in an acid free art folder and are in perfect condition.

If there are any pieces you like I can take better pics along with my username + date on a bit of paper alongside, Escrow with any of the bigger hitters here is also ok with me.

Henrik Uldalen, Original oil on glass.  This one isnt cheap and is the first ever colored skin picture produced by the artist.
https://www.instagram.com/henrikaau/?hl=en




Jeremy Gedes - Fall, Editon of 125



Penny, ex surgeon using multiple layered hand cut stencils then sprayed.  This piece used a genuine £ and Peso note in the design, Edition of 15:
http://www.thepennyshop.com/currency/

"Flashpoint" 26 layer hand cut stencil



This one is a well known and famous one.  John Doe - Miss Universe.  Gold Artist Proof edition of 5 so rare and valuable.



Marchal Mithouard  - Ondes, Edition of 40.  This guy is up and coming with 2 big exhibitions coming up shortly


Another Marchal Mithouar, Not available to purchase, was a gift by artist:


Roamcouch Brooklyn Bridge, Edition of 75
Video of piece being created : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt6UMpRx10


John Doe - Insight - Gold, Edition of 25


John Doe - Insight - Silver, Edition of 25


"Tattooed Tiberinus (God of the River Tiber)" by Jose Madrid 1 of 50


"Tattooed Venus" by Jose Madrid  1 of 50


"The Tattooed Thinker" by Jose Madrid 1 of 50



Gee Vaucher - oh america


Gee Vaucher - Soldier


Cryptic - 'HAMSA' (Black) | Limited Edition, done in embossed gold foil so really pops.  Edition of 130
http://cryptik.com/2017/10/17/hamsa-limited-edition-print



Charming Baker -Man Falls


John Doe - Another Day In Paradise 1/1 original Guilt rose edition


Jeremy Geddes - Imperator

No complaints here, fully expected to get hit with a charge was just hoping it would sneak through unnoticed

Mainstream media pumps out just as much if not more fake news than any alternative news source.

The problem is they are controlled by people in power to promote an agenda, remove alternate news sources and they crap they churn out goes unchallenged or stories they wish to cover up will never see the light of day.

VAT is payable on silver.  I got hit with a £18 charge on the 150g silver proof panda I won here :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2917317.0

Tman. There is no VAT due on investment gold into the UK.  Only silver, platinum and palladium.

All you should have had to do is sign a disclaimer stating that is investment gold for customs and excise.  If the shipping company did charge you then you can claim it back.  I am 100% certain on this (speaking from someone that had 9 X 1kg gold bars shipped in to the UK from Canada + coins from the US, Australia, Spain and France.

There is no VAT on gold only silver.

The silver panda coin is with roughly around £175 so £35 VAT + around a £15 handling charge.  He has around a £300 profit margin so can cover shipping + fees and still be £200+ up.

The gold would be ok shipped to the UK.

The silver coin would be subject to VAT @ 20% + a processing fee.

It would be worth specifying in the original post that the winners are liable for any fees or taxes due.

That statement makes no sense in English though

Total auction value = approx £300 over the value of the goods on offer.

He could be using the auction proceeds to purchase the goods and pocket the difference, nothing wrong with that but asking a for a real picture of the goods upfront isnt asking too much if he actually owns them currently.

You seem to forget Bitcoin can also turn your $20k savings into $10k in a few days too.

Banks can fail and steal your money.  
Cyprus banks for example took up to 60% of peoples savings.  
New laws have been introduced in many countries where you are classed as an investor in the bank when you deposit cash and its no longer your money.
People think that because there is a quoted guaranteed  protected deposit figure e.g in the UK up to £85k they are safe.  This is bollocks as if a major bank or a few smaller ones folded there just is not enough money in the protection scheme to cover the loses and refund people.

The strongest benefit of gold is there is zero 3rd party risk.  You hold it, you own it.  No computers, networks, internet, electricity, financial institutions required.

Gold is not really meant to moon, its is traditionally a stable way to maintain your wealth through multiple generations if required.  The added benefits for gold currently are international uncertainty e.g. North Korea could kick off at any time, the amount of money printing going on, the global debt problem, all these triggers could push the price of gold significantly higher.

Russia is buying gold as fast as possible, now exceeding China's gold reserves :

Global warming/cooling is real and has been established throughout the earths existence.

The real question is how much is attributable to natural cycles and how much is attributable to mans actions and this is where it gets murky.

Ever notice how anything "green" always ends up costing people more money.

Being green is a business and for every piece of supporting data there is a piece of data conflicting with it.

If you are young why are you betting your retirement on something that has only existed for 9 years?

The sensible thing to do is make short term profit in bitcoin then convert those gains into gold for secure long term wealth accumulation and protection.

Are sanctions helping to cause the starvation and death the Venezuelan people?

Imposed sanctions never have a negative impact on those at the top of the tree, just the everyday people that cant get food or essential medical care products.

Do you have over $2 million?

$42k in gold is the size of a smart phone.

Well they have spouting the same crap for coming up to 1 1/2 thousand years so it seems your main man JC isnt too bothered.

It will be a shame group 2 will nail his ass to a cross and end him before you all get a chance to float up to meet your sky god playing a harp.

You can always spot a Christian, nothing they like better than gloating about those that will burn forever in the pits of hell.

The only thing that will save humans and other species on this planet when it finally comes to an end is science.

We will become an interplanetary species in the future ensuring our survival.

I just hope that those that are allowed to leave are screened.  Religious nut jobs can remain and enjoy their long awaited rapture.

Its probably acts like this:

Nigeria: Muslims wipe out 15 villages in mass slaughter of Christians, government does nothing
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/02/nigeria-muslims-wipe-out-15-villages-in-mass-slaughter-of-christians-government-does-nothing

This is an example of real money.

I just purchased this Spanish, Phillip II gold 2 Escudos cob, a real gold Doubloon as immortalized in pirate stories created in the Toledo mint.

It dates from the year 1556 - 1598 yet it still cost a few £k.

Do you think Bitcoin will still be around and valuable in around 500 years?