So far as I know the rights to the tattoo design remain with the person who designed them.

Tattooists can purchase the rights to use a certain design, so they would not have designed every tattoo they offer. There are some designs in the public domain, but I don't know what restrictions they might have.

Basically if it's existing recent 'art' or 'design' then someone owns copyright to it. 

 

Sorry I crossposted with Kendra and yourself.

 

The photograph at the following URL on Ebay recently :-http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110891628745?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Fetched £31 for one negative. It is not a particularly interesting photograph IMHO, and I wouldn't call it artistic, but nevertheless it fetched a high price, probably becasue copyright for the image was included.

I am not the seller of that item and I did not bid on it, in case anyone is wondering.