2012 New York Consolidated Laws
ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs
Title V-1 - SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED SPORTS COLLECTIBLES
Article 60 - (60.01 - 60.06) SALE OF AUTOGRAPHED SPORTS COLLECTIBLES
60.01 - Definitions.

 
    § 60.01. Definitions.  As  used  in  this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
    1. "Autographed" means  bearing  the  actual  signature  of  a  sports
  personality, signed by such individual's own hand.
    2.  "Collectible"  means an autographed sports item including, but not
  limited to, a photograph, book, ticket, plaque, sports program,  trading
  card,  item of sports equipment or clothing, or other sports memorabilia
  sold or offered for sale in or from this state by a dealer to a consumer
  for twenty-five dollars or more.
    3. "Consumer" means any natural person who  purchases  an  autographed
  sports  collectible  from  a  dealer  for  personal, family or household
  purposes.
    4. "Dealer" means a person who  is  in  the  business  of  selling  or
  offering for sale in or from this state, exclusively or non-exclusively,
  autographed  sports collectibles or a person who by his occupation holds
  himself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to such  collectibles,
  or  to  whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his employment
  of an agent or other intermediary who by his  occupation  holds  himself
  out  as  having  such  knowledge or skill. The term "dealer" includes an
  auctioneer who sells such collectibles at public auction,  and  includes
  persons who are consignors or principals of auctioneers.
    5.  "Description"  means  any representation in writing, including but
  not limited to a representation contained in an advertisement,  invoice,
  catalog,  flyer,  sign,  brochure,  or  other  commercial or promotional
  material. Such term shall also include a representation contained  in  a
  prepared  script  and  made  for  the  purpose of selling an autographed
  sports collectible in a radio or television broadcast to the  public  in
  or from this state.
    6.  "Person"  means  any  natural  person,  partnership,  corporation,
  company, trust, association or other entity, however organized.
    7. "Supplier" means any person who provides collectibles to  a  dealer
  specifically for the purposes of re-sale.