 They employed free lance student artists, either buying the posters outright or paying as little as $0.05 royalty fee per poster if the artists kept the rights to the art work.Ted Trikilis would call agents to get permission to use Hollywood stars likenesses by guaranteeing a $6,000 return on every signed contract.Sales had to be big to meet the high $6000 guarantee, but a poster of the Fonz sold more than a quarter-million copies which bumped Pro Arts in the big leagues.