But to go after a private fan or collector IMO is wrong, they helped build the artists career and I see it as a big F-U to them. I, 100% believe, once a property is sold , it is theirs to either keep or sell. I valued my collectors, I would have been nothing if it were not for them. And if they are able to turn a profit for something they took a chance on, good for them and thanks for taking a chance on me and building my business.

As I stated somewhere in this thread as my resale prices increase, my original pieces I sell goes up. On ebay there is a thing called "shill bidding" it is against their rules now, and IMO always been stealing, but before it was enforced, I saw one artist that completely sucked, shill bid her way to big money. She created a false sense of value for her horrid work. Before ebay went all private auctions, you could see who was bidding up an auction. This lady had friends of hers, bid up her auctions to create an appearance of high value and demand. Teddy Bear magazines wrote stories about the high prices and called her the "hot new bear artist". After that article came out, her bears exploded and she no longer relied on shill bidding. People were clamoring to get her bears. It was sickening to watch. But the lesson behind it was, if "fans" pay tons for your work, they build your career. In this artist's case resale was not an issue because once the fever died, her bear prices dropped like a lead balloon.  But I have also seen honest to goodness, very talented artists careers explode, because real collectors liked their work and could resale it for a profit. Theirs and my career, was built due to my collectors. They invested in me and I will not begrudge their good fortune if they profit from a resale of an item that they took a chance on and helped me.

In Britain they have a law like this and famous artist David Hockney had this to say about it: “The arrival of this levy will do little or nothing for the vast majority of British artists. It will undoubtedly envelop the market, on which we as artists depend, in red tape, and it will discourage art dealers from buying particularly the work of emerging artists.”

If artists want a better financial deal , make it with the people that are in the industry.  Don't become an artist, if the money is not enough to make a living and have a nest egg in the future. After the economy tanked, my business bottomed out, I could bitch and moan about how unfair life is and demand people that bought my work, should now have to pay me again for that work if they decide to sell it. But I never would. I changed careers that provided a more stable income. It SUCKS not to do creative work. I have cried way too many nights over making the decision to close of my toy shop because I decided to take a gamble on doing my own thing.  I miss like hell, making huge amounts of money for 3 hours of work.   But that is not my collectors fault or their responsibility.

As I said before, I would love to know how many have and will from now on, volunteer to forward a percentage of a sale of their collection to the artist. Because as you all have stated , you feel it is the right thing. And I see no reason to need a law to do what you feel is the right thing.

Has anyone on here forwarded a percentage of a sale to the original artist?