Imagine that you have spent hours creating a artwork to find it being sold by someone else on the internet. Not only does the owner go hungry after all their work but the consumer often receives a inferior quality print due to the image being downloaded illegally in JPEG not RAW format. For this reason value is added to your purchase with the Certificate of Authenticity which is proof of purchase beyond a receipt. Please note as artwork can often increase in value with time the actual purchase price is not placed on this certificate. This means that prints of these images are not original unless accompanied by a original signed Certificate of Authenticity.
