Win Natalia Osipova’s Signed Pointe Shoes

[lartiste]

Ballet News is running a competition to win Natalia Osipova's signed pointe shoes. The competition is open until Monday 8th April

 

http://balletnews.co.uk/win-natalia-osipovas-signed-pointe-shoes/

[Lisa O`Brien]

Surely if you won these pointe shoes in a competition, you would then be the legal owner of them? That means you can sell them or do whatever the hell you want with them. The nerve.!

[Julie 2 Milner]

Seems very strange and I'm not sure how legally binding it could be. Never sell! 10 years, 20 years.

[John Mallinson]

Not that unusual I think. I bought a signed print from a gallery some time back and had to sign an agreement that I wouldn't resell it.

[Julie 2 Milner]

Wow I'm amazed. How can anyone sign that. What if circumstances change and you need to raise money? It seems mighty strange that anyone can dictate what you do with something, esp if you've paid for something. I know in the dog world puppies are often sold with endorsements and any rescued dog cannot be sold but must be returned to the rescue organiztion.However of course it is almost impossible to police as I guess it would be here. Most top ballet dancers seem to sign a lot of shoes for charities etc .

 

Well you certainly learn something new every day.:-)

[Don Q Fan]

I have several pairs of signed pointe shoes that I bought at NYCB and The Trocks - no such agreement was in place - they were selling them as fund raisers!  Much as I would love to own a pair of Natalia's shoes, looking at most of Natalia's shoes in photos I reckon they will be pretty battered - her Don Q shoes were certainly battered and marked compared to Oksana Bondareva's which were still looking rather more shiny and pink LOL!