Neocollezionisti and Art Market
In Italy everyone involved in art, no rules. Just a brokerage license or any cultural association. Besides the 400 galleries of modern art, with all the necessary requirements, there are at least three times that they are outlaws. And beyond the 3000 actors, who will be the improvised gallery? Many, and too many for a market that is increasingly fragmented and polluted. There are many auction houses, but the players in this market are the public museums and major collectors: these, having gained the know how to move in the environment, constitute a separate category.
What can be done then an amateur to buy a work of contemporary art, such as wanting to invest $ 20,000? Ignoring that "painful" and "unsafe" some solutions, such as teleshopping and mail order, the aspiring collector can enjoy two more chances. The first: go to a gallery and buy any there the work. But what gallery? Certainly not one that stretches the Masters, because they cost millions, nor one that deals with cutting-edge artists, because for this kind of art requires a specific skill. But soon after there is another thorny issue: the reliability of the tunnel located. And if the warranty work is false and $ 20,000 were turned into a scab? And if the market value of the artist was artificially inflated by the dealer? These are some of the risks that the amateur racing, but all at your own detriment. The second possibility: starting to attend the artist's studio is chosen, both the critic and galleries in which the artist himself refers. The lover thus eliminates some of the stages of intermediation and also prevents speculators and counterfeiters. And, by paying directly the price of the work that he has fulfilled his desire to neocollezionista, recognizing also the transparency with fair market value.
What can be done then an amateur to buy a work of contemporary art, such as wanting to invest $ 20,000? Ignoring that "painful" and "unsafe" some solutions, such as teleshopping and mail order, the aspiring collector can enjoy two more chances. The first: go to a gallery and buy any there the work. But what gallery? Certainly not one that stretches the Masters, because they cost millions, nor one that deals with cutting-edge artists, because for this kind of art requires a specific skill. But soon after there is another thorny issue: the reliability of the tunnel located. And if the warranty work is false and $ 20,000 were turned into a scab? And if the market value of the artist was artificially inflated by the dealer? These are some of the risks that the amateur racing, but all at your own detriment. The second possibility: starting to attend the artist's studio is chosen, both the critic and galleries in which the artist himself refers. The lover thus eliminates some of the stages of intermediation and also prevents speculators and counterfeiters. And, by paying directly the price of the work that he has fulfilled his desire to neocollezionista, recognizing also the transparency with fair market value.
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