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I was recently approached rather serendipitously by someone who is interested in selling my armor for me. Don't worry it's not my Spartan, but rather my Nightingale.
I'm curious if anyone has advice or experience in loaning Armor in a professional capacity to effectively strangers? Were there any documents you drew up or questions you made sure to get answers to?
I'll be meeting them this Saturday to show them the armor and talk logistics. Below is the set up to how the meeting came to be.
A couple came into my normal day job looking to sharpen a leather punch. I struck a conversation about leather and quickly realized I had seen them both as vendors in smaller comic conventions through the years selling leather accessories and metal armor. I told them about my Nightingale with approx 250 hours work into it. They said, they could probably sell it for $7500 and would take $1000 cut for the effort in selling it. They warned it may take years to find the right buyer though.
If this was some internet message I would have ignored it, but considering they seem to be established in the leather/armor selling circuit I am considering it. My concern is obvious though.. What happens if I never see my costume again and I never get any compensation...?
My first question will be, have they done this for other people? And if so, what were the prices and timeline of sale? Other than that I'd want to know if they'd be willing to sign some document compensating me if it gets lost, damaged or stolen.
I don't know what that document would look like though. Being in the costume and legal field maybe Cadet might have some advice? I'm also just curious if anyone has had experience loaning costumes. I've heard a few bad ones so we might as well consolidate some stories here in this thread.
I'm curious if anyone has advice or experience in loaning Armor in a professional capacity to effectively strangers? Were there any documents you drew up or questions you made sure to get answers to?
I'll be meeting them this Saturday to show them the armor and talk logistics. Below is the set up to how the meeting came to be.
A couple came into my normal day job looking to sharpen a leather punch. I struck a conversation about leather and quickly realized I had seen them both as vendors in smaller comic conventions through the years selling leather accessories and metal armor. I told them about my Nightingale with approx 250 hours work into it. They said, they could probably sell it for $7500 and would take $1000 cut for the effort in selling it. They warned it may take years to find the right buyer though.
If this was some internet message I would have ignored it, but considering they seem to be established in the leather/armor selling circuit I am considering it. My concern is obvious though.. What happens if I never see my costume again and I never get any compensation...?
My first question will be, have they done this for other people? And if so, what were the prices and timeline of sale? Other than that I'd want to know if they'd be willing to sign some document compensating me if it gets lost, damaged or stolen.
I don't know what that document would look like though. Being in the costume and legal field maybe Cadet might have some advice? I'm also just curious if anyone has had experience loaning costumes. I've heard a few bad ones so we might as well consolidate some stories here in this thread.