VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Crescende International Inc. (Pink Sheets:CDIT) has begun trading. The announcement was made today by Crescende Chair Michella Frosch.
Crescende is licensing intellectual cultural properties for the purpose of mounting major traveling exhibitions of art and artifacts from prestigious collections in Europe. The exhibitions will be of the caliber of the King Tut and Leonardo da Vinci collections which have attracted millions of people from throughout the world.
Among locations being considered by Crescende for concurrent exhibitions are Australia, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, England, Spain and Germany; Cities in North and Central America will include Los Angeles, Memphis, New York, Washington D.C, Portland, Mexico City, Toronto and Vancouver.
In conjunction with tours, Crescende has the rights to replicate and retail artifacts from the exhibitions. These will be marketed in various museums and other exhibition venues, in addition to select shops, the Home Shopping Networks of the world, and on an interactive website where customers may make direct purchases for immediate delivery.
Presently, Crescende holds an exclusive Management Agreement with the Sub-License Holder of a major private art collection in Europe, to develop and travel exhibitions of art reproductions and sell related retail reproductions and souvenir adaptations from the esteemed collection. Announcements about the collection will be made public shortly.
Under the terms of its exclusive Management Agreement with the exclusive, worldwide Sub-Licensor Crescende will 'monetize' the Brand equity and intellectual property held within this remarkable collection of historical importance, through an extensive series of "A" Class and specialty theme exhibitions worldwide over a period of at least 10 years. The company will also seek to secure the intellectual property rights of other important art collections for the purposes of exhibition and retail.
The Crescende Collections will bring to the public some of the great unseen masterpieces of the world which will provide an enhanced knowledge of history and art from creative and spiritual realms, appealing to people of all cultures and faiths.
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