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Denis Lukashin

- Michael Perchenko, president of a guild of appraisers in MKAAD, questioned the professionalism of your company. How do you explain this?
- When I hear such things from art dealers, then explain this one - someone from their regular trouble: our experts have not confirmed the authenticity of regular sold works or appreciate her many times less than the seller. Art dealers want to be not only sellers, but experts and appraisers of art. Actually, creating a guild with MKAAD associated with the current crisis of confidence collectors and investors in Russia to sellers of art. Art dealers has a lot of things of questionable quality and their goal is clear - "lull" clients and to deprive them of alternative methods of self-defense. Art Consulting for more than six years, is a leader in the field of examination and evaluation of art in Russia. Our conclusions are recognized not only the well-known collectors and antique dealers - among our regular clients, Alfa Group, AFK Sistema, the Bank of Moscow, Vnesheconombank, Gazprombank, Ingosstrakh, RESO Garantia and others. We conduct due diligence and assessment for the presidential administration of Russia, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor General's Office, Rosokhrankultura.
The basis of our work - a combination of academic, technological expertise and valuation. The feasibility of the indissoluble complex due to huge number of fakes on the market, the acquisition of which protects its clients' Art Consulting.
- You can see in the creation of a guild of appraisers for the International Confederation of antique and art dealers conflict of interest?
- Separation of roles of trade and independent examination and assessment - a way to avoid bad faith and abuse. Development on the art market, independent evaluation and examination institutions is inevitable, as this would not impede its community of players. But the existence of closed pocket Guild of Appraisers "in Merchant," which even its name are in conflict with Russia's legislation requiring independent evaluation, it is rather an anachronism and legal misunderstanding.
- Do not you think that when the same people (ie you) are headed by several employees in one area companies, this gives rise to accusations of monopolistic practices?
- I refer to the three organizations, the scope of Art - Art Consulting, NOEKSI and UPRAVIS. All these organizations are not totally dependent on each other. NOEKSI - a self-regulating non-profit organization of art experts, its board - a collegiate body of 20 people, and I am only one of them. UPRAVIS where I am the director - non-profit partnership to protect the copyrights of artists and their heirs. The State, we have nothing to do.
- The fact that the expert opinion "Art Consulting and its evaluation are the basis for perestrahovyvaniya works at Lloyd's, has always seemed one of the main advantages of the company. How it works
- Indeed, "Art Consulting - the only expert and appraiser from Russia, recognized Lloyd's. This means that if the works were reviewed and evaluated in "Art Consulting, then the owner can insure (or reinsure) into Lloyd's with a limit of $ 100 million per unit without the risk of limiting the number of risks. If the client wants to insure the collection in Russia, he must do so in Russia's insurance company and then Lloyd's will take these risks to reinsurance. That is why "Art Consulting is recognized by all insurance companies in Russia. I think you understand that the recognition of the global insurance market - this is not the cause of success "Art Consulting, a direct consequence of his many years of impeccable professional activities.