Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Wall Street Journal Art as an Asset
The Wall Street Journal is running a very good article on art as an asset. The article states the wealthy are more and more inclined to invest in art as an alternative to traditional types of financial investments. I have been saying this for some time now, and much can be understood on this trend through sites and indexes such as the often quoted Mie Moses art indexes which tracks duplicate sales over time. The article states Christie's sales were up 14% in 2011 to $4.9 billion and included $808.6 million through the private sales division.
The article also looks into how the major auctions houses are fine tuning their strategies to deal with the wealthy in general and with emerging wealth centers aw well. It does mention US sales at Christie's have been declining while other emerging geographic areas such as Asia are rapidly growing. It also touches on the popularity of contemporary art because the price swings are a bit more dramatic, therefore attracting more speculation.
The WSJ reports
Steven Murphy, chief executive of the privately held Christie's, said collectors and investors alike see art as a potentially safe haven for their cash at a time when the broader financial outlook remains volatile: "Everyone is doubling down on art," he said. "That's why our market is so strong now."
Overall, art values rose 10.2% last year, according to art-market analyst Michael Moses, whose New York firm Beautiful Asset Advisors runs indexes that track shifts in the sale prices of thousands of artworks that have sold at auction more than once over the years.
The pace of art buying varies around the world, though. Collectors in the U.S. shopped cautiously last year, with Christie's sales in America dropping 3%, to $1.9 billion, from the year before. Its sales also were down 64% in Dubai, to $18.6 million. On the other hand, European collectors—particularly those from Italy and Switzerland—stepped up their bidding. Christie's sales in Europe totaled $2.2 billion, up 29% from 2010.
Christie's greatest triumph came from Roy Lichtenstein, whose 1961 comicbook-style painting of a young man staring through a peephole, "I Can See the Whole Room…and There's Nobody in It!," sold for $43.2 million in November, setting a new record for the Pop artist.
Sotheby's fared even better with Clyfford Still's jagged abstract, "1949-A-No. 1," which sold for $61.7 million in November.
Both houses seized on collectors' wider interest in contemporary art, a category that includes works created since 1949. The style is particularly popular with newly wealthy, younger buyers who want art made by their generational peers.
The article also looks into how the major auctions houses are fine tuning their strategies to deal with the wealthy in general and with emerging wealth centers aw well. It does mention US sales at Christie's have been declining while other emerging geographic areas such as Asia are rapidly growing. It also touches on the popularity of contemporary art because the price swings are a bit more dramatic, therefore attracting more speculation.
The WSJ reports
Steven Murphy, chief executive of the privately held Christie's, said collectors and investors alike see art as a potentially safe haven for their cash at a time when the broader financial outlook remains volatile: "Everyone is doubling down on art," he said. "That's why our market is so strong now."
Overall, art values rose 10.2% last year, according to art-market analyst Michael Moses, whose New York firm Beautiful Asset Advisors runs indexes that track shifts in the sale prices of thousands of artworks that have sold at auction more than once over the years.
The pace of art buying varies around the world, though. Collectors in the U.S. shopped cautiously last year, with Christie's sales in America dropping 3%, to $1.9 billion, from the year before. Its sales also were down 64% in Dubai, to $18.6 million. On the other hand, European collectors—particularly those from Italy and Switzerland—stepped up their bidding. Christie's sales in Europe totaled $2.2 billion, up 29% from 2010.
Christie's greatest triumph came from Roy Lichtenstein, whose 1961 comicbook-style painting of a young man staring through a peephole, "I Can See the Whole Room…and There's Nobody in It!," sold for $43.2 million in November, setting a new record for the Pop artist.
Sotheby's fared even better with Clyfford Still's jagged abstract, "1949-A-No. 1," which sold for $61.7 million in November.
Both houses seized on collectors' wider interest in contemporary art, a category that includes works created since 1949. The style is particularly popular with newly wealthy, younger buyers who want art made by their generational peers.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
High end art business Good News
The wealthy continue to spend on high end goods without much concern over economic issues. This dovetails very nicely with art as an asset class and the recent reports of strength from the art market in 2011.
The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali Surrealism MOMA
The Persistence of Memory is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí, and is one of his most recognizable works. The painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1934. It is widely recognized and frequently referenced in popular culture, TV, Film, print etc. The original also inspired the 1974 limited edition interpretation that adds a 4th clock to the original image and was referred to by Dali as "the clock of imortality" Here are images of both the original and the hand signed limited edition print as well.
Original oil at the Museum of Modern Art
Persistence of Memory limited edition hand signed in pencil
by Salvador Dali
The original has been in the MOMA collection since 1934 and of course there are no
plans to sell the piece and probably never will be.
The limited edition version is difficult to get but not impossible.
If you would like to learn more about the limited edition version,
visit this website CLICK HERE
You can also call this number: 888-888-3254 Ext. 204
or EMAIL
Source: salvadordaliexperts.com
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Salvador Dali at Sothbys
Following on from the successful prices achieved by Sotheby’s for Surrealist works in recent sales, the auction includes An outstanding selection of Surrealist works .
Salvador Dalí’s iconic oil, Oasis, estimated at £4 - 6 million, holds a vital position in the Surrealist canon and was created at the height of his successful years in New York. With a sophisticated manipulation of form and imagery that distinguishes the artist's most successful compositions, Oasis presents a dreamscape with the inimitable sense of mystery particular to the artist’s mature works. Dalí described the composition as ‘The visible lovers. At the approach to the oasis, Apollo and Venus materialize in empty space. By grace of the desert flower, they rise into view from the aridity of the rock.’
Salvador Dali
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