[Brian]

Hi Duane

Thanks for that, most enlightening!

Apparently I fall into the personally dishonourable and immoral category due to my past demeanours, so I will endeavour to portray another side of the many-sided coin!

Following your lead, Duane - our artist friend spends many days, months, years of his life creating what he considers to be a 'masterpiece'. Along comes an interested party who agrees to act as agent (publisher), puts 'his' valuation on the creation and gives the artist 10% of its estimated value. Artist cannot afford to pay any fees but is able to put bread on the table for a few weeks - agent/publisher buys new car!

Or am I being sarcastic?

Brian