Here in Italy it's not so simple to send artworks out of our country, but just because we have a nonsense law about it. For the law we can send it, but we have to write that it's not something with cultural importance. We have to write a simple paper but we need to have a stamp of Ministry of culture. So we have to declare that the artwork we're sending out (not just because we sold it, but also to send out for an exhibition) is younger than 70 years and it's made by ourselves. The problems is that the office where we have to do this is open just 3 hours at week and you have to give it your declaration and you can have an ok after 1-2 week. Sure, the offices are not in every city, so artists have to spend time and money to have just a stamp on their own declaration. For example, we're doing this procedure for a large artwork of my hubby and we're waiting since 2 weeks to have that stamp! Fortunately, when the artwork is small, we can send it like a piece of home decor and so we don't have problems. Just to know, if I want to send a simple drawing of a baby in other countries, I had to do the same things (wait 2 weeks for the confermations from the cultural office and about 20 € to go 2 times in Florence, crazy). Sure, here we have the habit to write it's an home decor more than it's an artwork.