Paintings For Sale Purchasing & Shipping

All Originals ship to UK, USA & Switzerland for free 1 to 5 days.
For Prints Shipping see bottom of Prints page

• Buy online using a credit card or with PayPal. American Express too.
• Free Shipping for USA, UK, Switzerland. Please ask for a quote for EU.
• Shipping Tracked Next day in UK. 3 to 5 days USA & Switzerland.
• Well packed 3 layers of bubble wrap & 2 of card minimum.
• Refunds if you are not happy with your painting less shipping and card fees. Only one painting in 20 years returned is pretty good.
• For EU & other countries please use email order option for a quote.
• Commissions are always possible but depends on the subject and if it’s the right style.

Returns

If it is not what you want for whatever reason, refunds are always available on all paintings less shipping cost and card transaction fees if returned within 28 days undamaged & by recorded delivery.

If your painting is damaged in transit, then please contact me and we will arrange for the paintings return and full refund.

Contact by phone  tel – 00 44 (0) 1271 816776  0r   mobile UK 07999 809 865
or whatsapp +44 7999 809 865

Note “shipping cost” is the cost paid by us to the courier to send the painting to you.

Imports Taxes & International Shipments

If you are ordering from outside the UK as well as shipping costs there are can be Import duties and taxes.

Original paintings are usually free of import duty but Sales tax or VAT is usually applied at the port of entry into your country above a certain threshold. For Switzerland this is currently around 8% VAT/sales tax.

The USA has various sales taxes depending on the state and various thresholds. Above $2500 you usually will get charged a state sales tax. Below this threshold seems to vary depending on the state. There is a generous minimum threshold for sales tax in most US states. We unfortunately can’t undervalue the art purchase price to reduce the tax as we have a tax id number for exporting and it has to be correctly documented to protect our export reputation.

For ski paintings over $2500  providing a valid tax id or social security number for the US Customs is necessary to avoid the paintings getting held up causing delays and extra processing . 

It is the buyers duty to pay the import taxes and any duty and provide the correct information to Pete Caswell to prepare the shipping documents and to the receiving countries customs and tax authorities. Its generally a straightforward process. When the customs are busy it can result in a few days delay to the shipment.

If you need to return an internationals shipment we will refund you for the purchase less the cost the courier charges to ship it to you. You would also have to pay the return shipping cost which we can help you to book. You must make sure the parcel is marked as a return so we do not get charged Import VAT. After 15 years and 1000’s of paintings we have only had 1 international return so hopefully that was a one off. 

International Shipping costs.

Free shipping included for UK, USA & Switzerland for up to 100cm x 80cm.

If you are buying from outside of the UK, then it is advisable to use the email order option and I can get a quote for the delivery, especially for larger paintings. Prices vary all the time and I can quite often get a good price and reduce the default delivery cost for you. We charge the shipping out at cost price or less so its good to check.

Some large paintings are costly to send internationally and we reserve the right to change the default charge for the shipping of paintings for countries outside of UK. The shopping cart gives an estimate of shipping costs outside of the UK and sometimes these shipping costs can vary a lot. We do absorb as much as we can of any minor changes but occasionally the shipping cost is more than the painting. In these instances where we cannot ship to you for a sensible price, we will refund your money.  Use the email order option on the shopping cart to check the shipping cost first before you pay for international orders.

We reserve the right to refuse shipping to certain countries if the cost is prohibitive or fraud is suspected in which case all monies will be refunded. We only ship via reputable registered delivery to Africa, Russia(currently not possible) and the Middle East countries in which case there may be a small surcharge depending on the quote we obtain for the shipping. We obtain the best shipping cost we can and only charge this out to you at cost.

Import Taxes & UK Vat

UK Purchases- We do not charge vat on the paintings so there is no Vat to refund on export.
 Most countries do not charge import duty on original paintings, but some do levy sales tax. In the  event you are charged import duty or sales tax it is the buyer’s responsibility to pay the tax.
Important Note if you return a painting from outside the UK, please ensure that you clearly state on the parcel and the customs form that it is an “unwanted returned painting / goods” and enter the correct value of only the painting you are returning so we can refund the full cost of the painting.  Please contact us before returning a painting so we can advise the of correct information for the shipping documents.

Copyright

Pete Caswell retains the copyright for all his works, including commissions as is standard for any artist under Copyright Law. Ownership of a piece of art or commissioned art does not convey the copyright to the owner, it still remains with the artist.

However Pete Caswell does allow for limited reproduction of small prints and cards of the purchased piece of art solely by the purchaser and only for gifts to friends and family of the purchaser (of the purchased piece of art ). This is providing the print or card is a gift and not a commercial transaction or one in exchange for money or services. No reproduction online or for advertising purposes are permitted or for profit or exchange.

If you wish to obtain the copyright of any works you should contact Pete Caswell directly for written permission.