The Room Around the Picture
In September last year, Sotheby’s gave over a large part of its New Bond Street galleries to a reconstruction. Leopard-print carpet went down.
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Follow on LinkedInWhat white-glove sales tell you, what they conceal - and what the May sales revealed
A white-glove sale is no longer simply a measure of demand. It is, more often than not, a measure of how well demand has been organised in advance.
Read the articleThe role of patience in building a collection with lasting value
There is a version of collecting that looks, from the outside, like investing. Works are acquired quickly, held briefly, and rotated when the market moves.
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