Here are bidsheets for download. With the editable formats you can open the bidsheet in the corresponding program, and fill the fields electronically, then print them. But be sure that you don't mess up the layout! With the non-editable formats, you need to print them as provided, then manually fill in the fields on the printout.

Each printout page has two bidsheets on it, to make best use of the page. You will need only one bidsheet per piece of art, of course.

You will receive a list of your pieces on display after hanging (note that this is not a legal receipt, due to the general conditions of the art show), and we will ask you for a receipt for the art when we return it, or the money we collected for it. For this purpose, your entries are registered electronically at setup when you hang the art.

You can speed up the process by copying the bidsheets you fill at home, or even send us a mail with the short info on each piece. See below for details.

The following bidsheet formats are currently available (more to be added if time allows):

• .doc - Word for Windows (Office '97 or later) This is the original, for Microsoft only. Other programs tend to mess up the layers with the little arrows. Editable.



• .sxw - OpenOffice.org (Version 1.1.0 or later) This is the preferred alternative. OpenOffice is free software and can be downloaded if desired. Editable.



• .pdf - Adobe Acrobat (Portable Document Format 5.0 or later) This should provide a compatible version for most systems. Unfortunately, the PDF converter messed up the line thickness. Don't ask me why. Not editable.



• .gif - GIF image file (for any paint program) This is provided if everything else fails. Not scalable, and not a really good resolution. Editable if you have a good paint program. Print this so the bidsheet will be approximately 16 cm wide.

After printout, a single bidsheet should hopefully look like this (bidding fields and footer should be a light gray):

If it looks any different, try other print settings in your program, or download a different format, or a newer program version. Print difficulties may arise from any cause. The files have all been tested and print well with the intended program version.

If the piece is not for sale, you simply cut off the right part with the bids, and the lower part with the extra cost and the footer. Cut along the fat black lines to get a displaysheet:

To fill the bidsheet or displaysheet correctly, please read the following notes and examples:

• Title: This is the title you give your picture, for example "Sunrise with Foxes" or "My first scribble".



• Artist: The person(s) who did the art, for example "Kurt Schultze" or "Red Man Group" or "Thunderwolf". You can also state the function of each artist in a collaboration picture: "A. Miller (pencils), W. Weinstein (inks)".



• Medium: What's been used for producing the (original) art, for example "Pencil" or "Charcoal on wood" or "Watercolor" or "Oil on Canvas". If the piece on display is a print, do not write "Toner on photocopy paper", but state the original's medium.



• Original/Print checkboxes: Check exactly one of these four boxes to indicate whether the piece on display is an original, a handcolored print, a limited print, or simply an unlimited print (display of which is discouraged).



• Owner: The person who owns the artwork (for the purpose of the art show), which is the person who hangs the art at setup, gets the list, will receive the money from the sales, and is handed the unsold art at breakdown. May be the legal owner or the representative. May be the artist or a person who just bought the art. Must be one person only. If the art has been mailed in, write the actual (legal) owner's name here.



• Badge #: The badge number of the owner. Used for quick identification. Art show visitors can use this information to check out the owner at the con, and ask questions about the piece of art.



• ASIDNO: Art Show Identification Number. Don't fill this, we do.



• Comment: Any kind of comment you want to give. If the art is a print, you may write "Print 3 of 10, on acid-free archival paper". If the art shows a character, you may write "Thunderwolf (c) Fred Meyer". Or maybe you just want to inform the art show visitor: "Drawn in 5 minutes on horseback" or "My favourite scene", or "I dare you to buy this". Whatever.



• Contact: The artist's or owner's contact information. (You may want to indicate whose contact information this is...) There are three rows for: homepage WWW address (http://www...), email address (thing@tigress.com), and messenger service (AOL messenger, IQC, IRC channel / nick... You do not need to fill any of these fields if you don't feel like it.



• Minimum bid: (upper right field) Put down the amount of money, in Euro, a buyer has to pay if he wants the piece. (If you don't want to sell it, you have cut off this part of the bidsheet already, and may safely ignore the rest of the list.) You should enter an amount you are happy with. You may receive only one bid, and have to sell at this price. However, if you enter a high amount, no one may want to bid on it. The strategy of choosing a minimum bid is up to you.



• Extra Cost for: If there's additional cost involved, you need to enter it here. For example, you may want to sell only the art, but the buyer may also purchase the frame or glass cover. Then you write "Frame can be bought" or something of the likes. You can also write "Coloring available" if you offer coloring of the piece.



• Add extra: This is what you ask for that extra. That cost is optional and not included in minimum bid, bids, or auction price. The buyer may decide not to pay this additional sum and go without the extra. Note that EuroFurence will collect the money only if the extra is hardware, for example the frame. Any additional offer, like coloring, must be negotiated between buyer and artist / owner.



• Bidder No./Bid: These are the bidding fields, and of course you mustn't fill them... here, the bidder will write down his badge number (as identification) and



• Auction price: This field, and the light gray footer to the left of it, are for art show administrative purposes. Do not write anything into it. (If the piece goes to auction, we will note the auction price here.)

If the art is not for sale, only the owner and badge# fields are mandatory. You may leave the bidsheet empty except for these fields. We will add an ASIDNO.

If the art is for sale, additionally the following fields are mandatory and must be filled: Title, artist, medium, one of the checkboxes, minimum bid. The other fields are always optional.

All artwork is offered "as seen", including frame or glass cover. If you don't want to sell the frame, write this down in the Extra cost field, AND write a note like "no frame" into the Add extra field. When the art show hands the art to buyers and collects payment, there is usually a long line, and things must go as quickly as possible. The people at art checkout will not have time to read the whole bidsheet for every piece, and will look only at the final price and the Add extra field to determine the total sum. If you fail to comply, it's your loss.

If we are handed bidsheets with missing mandatory fields, we will try to handle the piece as good as possible. Note that a missing minimum bid field will result in no sale.

Currency is the Euro. All bids, including the minimum bid, must be noted in Euro.