All posts tagged Art Market

Wall Street Journal: The Ways Art Investors Blow It (02/25/2013)

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For one recent example, look at Damien Hirst, says Jeff Rabin, principal and co-founder of Artvest Partners…In September 2008, Sotheby’s held a much-ballyhooed sale of the artist’s work, with prices ranging as high as $18.6 million. But the market for Mr. Hirst’s work has cooled, and those who bought at the sale “would have, on [...]

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New York Times: As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight (01/28/2013)

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“Ideally any tightening of the rules would be self-imposed,” said Michael Plummer, a former Christie’s executive who is now a principal in Artvest Partners, an art advisory company. “Unfortunately I don’t think the markets are going to have the discipline to do that.”

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Fox Business: Seven Masterful Tips for Investing in Art (11/29/12)

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Because art comes with so many investment risks, most likely you’ll need specific advice from an expert. “Investing in art is much more complicated than people realize,” Rabin says. “Just because you’re talented in other areas of investing doesn’t mean you’ll excel in art.”

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Forbes: Could Fine Art And Collectibles Become A New Asset Class? (11/26/12)

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Artvest Partners, a New York firm that advises wealthy collectors, reckons the [art fund] market is… $1.5 billion to $2 billion as of mid-2012.

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Businessweek: Damien Hirst: Jumping the Shark (11/21/12)

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Hirst’s naysayers doubt that. They trace his fall to a $200 million auction staged in 2008, on the day Lehman Brothers collapsed. Hirst sold hundreds of works directly to bidders, defying the custom of restricting supply. “Hirst screwed with his market, and it came back to bite him,” says Michael Plummer, principal of the investment advisory firm Artvest Partners. “He broke the economic rules of the industry.”

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