Continues the theme of collecting, investing in art, antiques ...
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qwerty) (one of the most experienced collectors who attend the forum, sorry stopped writing ...):
"... The idea is the following. (And collecting).
To build a decent collection that must be met four conditions:
1. The market should be provided a sufficient number of the selected areas.
2. These works should be of sufficient quality.
3. They must cost a reasonable price.
4. There should be a concept, combining a selected works into a single ... "
I agree 100%, an example of a thematic collection: "Tiflisskaya School", a collection of A. Piradova. (EA)
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Ten tips from Valery Dudakova .. (One of the best collectors in Russia).
1. Only buy what you like and listen to your intuition.
2. Do not buy a job only because it is expensive.
3. Get eyes, not ears. Poor score collector - "swine eyes.
4. Bringing up their vision for the unconditional standard. Explore the subject of his collecting as much as possible: to collect books, directories, memoirs. Avoid fakes, but do not blame them in another meeting.
5. Artistic value and cost of items often do not coincide. Do not yield to rarities because enchanting prices: they are priceless.
6. Do not give short-term conditions. Know how to evaluate prospects. Pay more than other, it is very rewarding.
7. Do not be greedy, let's work on the exhibition, to be published. This will bring additional benefits and will make good collector's glory.
8. It contains his collection in perfect order: it will pay off triple.
9. Try to get even trivial work favorite author.
10. The measure of the quality of the collection are the best and the worst thing. Freed from the worst, raises the bar top. The main value of the collection - its wholeness.
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Michael Perchenko. (collector, gallery owner "Old Master")
".... In the world there are many collectors - the great saint, they shovel the vast amount of material, looking for some kind of value. And sometimes you see - a wonderful man, a huge number of objects and collections as such does not exist. Collection - this layer, and level. Quality, quality, and quality. A man is weak. He had to buy some things related to a whole bunch of memories, joy. And he does not want to part with things. The result - the collection is littered with. We must clearly realize that's hanging on the wall of your favorite image, emotional explosions are associated with its prey, but close - three more. And if the favorite does not stand comparison with them on quality - get rid of it mercilessly. Anyone who was able to overcome it in a gathering, hoarding - he becomes a serious collector. And another. unsociable me Chekhov said that you need to drop squeezed from a slave. The collector must squeeze a drop of a buyer. That excitement when you buy a piece of art - a sense that you want to pull themselves out of ticks, with a scalpel, a corkscrew. What please. because it lies 99%of errors collectibles. Gust, you want to buy something - are nice, but the excitement is lost on such priorities. And you can buy a whole slew of useless junk, instead of a crush it 99 times, but one - buy something really serious for the collection. And the whole world seduces you purchase. You have come to the gallery and see two or three dozen objects. It takes the first boom - you know, yes, those three dozen would suit you to a collection, but none of the They did not look up to her either on the step above. So you do not need it. The ability to leave low-quality things - what makes a collector from the collector ......
Within the clan there is some division?
- There are different types of collectibles. There are instances when a powerful urge for collecting, plus an incredible brain power, plus the money and understanding that you can not be a buyer, but should attract experts, do a very good, strong collection. For example, a collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza, which is demonstrated today in Madrid, in a separate building and competing with the Prado on the number of visits. This Frick Collection in New York, rival the Metropolitan. I was tempted by another type of collectible - if you rely only on their strength, knowledge, taste. If you do not have enough knowledge, of course, you kontaktiruesh with those who have them in this area anymore. But experts determine your collection - you yourself.
But it is an endless journey?
- Absolutely. Moreover, the vertices of this path does not reach than ever. They have already formed. This - Gathering of the Medici family, which founded the world's most brilliant Uffizi gallery. Never one private collector not reach this level. This collection of Rudolf in Vienna Gallery, Pitti, Munich Pinakothek. Their level is unreachable - no such money, and no such works. Most of the paintings, which are stored in these museums, buying from the machine, from the author. Still, there is one area where you can try to keep the level of these sobraniy.Eto - quality. You have 20 things, and not 20,000, as in the Uffizi, but any one of your paintings would hang out there. This is a very big goal. Elusive, but possible. And the more you have works that do not compete with the world's masterpieces, but are their friends, the higher your collection ......
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Vladimir Bogdanov (member of our forum, one of the best journalists of Russia on the theme "Investing in Art" (wrote on this subject for over 10 years ...):
Quote:
.. "Investing in an antique painting, as indeed in the postwar modernist, was sufficiently predictable. This is an advantage. On the side of a collector of antique collection of investment - sales statistics, the history of auction prices, literature, catalogs, reasoning exhibitions, museum exhibitions. The value of artworks held in the history of art has been defined, studied his works, especially valuable during periods marked by successful, innovative was his assessment. The risks to the investor are that you can buy a fake thing or mediocre quality. But the risk of spending money on thing with the looming prospect of investment is almost there. Accents in the works held "antique" the artist has placed securely ...."
"... And here, actually, we got to the point. For Investment Success requires knowledge and luck - a combination of them. The only option that allows to gain confidence on investment ..... learn to understand yourself: read a lot, ask experts interesting topic to study, attend exhibitions, digging into the Internet, communicate with collectors.
Investing in art-is a serious and sometimes nervous intellectual work. But the rewards for it are not only money but also a special pleasure from owning a work of art - fun, which does not give any other investment vehicle ... "
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: old masters - a concept usually refers to the masters who worked in the Renaissance (roughly XIV-XVI century), but in the international bidding in the auction include art by old masters and those who lived and worked in the XVII-XVIII centuries. It appears on the site Sotheby's - from Giotto to Goya, which is about the beginning of XIV century to 1800.
Modern and contemporary art - these English words are found in the names of Western auctions and are translated as "contemporary art". However, the term «modern» means the art of early twentieth century, and the «contemporary» means what is happening in art in recent decades.
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