FINE ART
Liquidity for owners of exceptional art collections.
Liquidity for owners of exceptional art collections.
Liquidity for owners of exceptional art collections.
THE MARKET
Owners of significant works have two conventional routes. Neither serves them well.
A public sale is slow, expensive, and uncertain. It commits the work to a date and a reserve months in advance, and a lot that fails to clear is diminished — the market remembers.
A private sale narrows the risk but not the problem. At this level the pool of buyers who can complete is very small, and reaching them means the work circulates. Each conversation that ends without a transaction leaves a mark. A collection shown widely and sold to no one is worth less than it was.
Prima Signa removes both exposures. We acquire directly, on terms arranged with the owner, without a public sale, without a reserve, and without the work being shown to anyone else.
Owners of significant works have two conventional routes. Neither serves them well.
A public sale is slow, expensive, and uncertain. It commits the work to a date and a reserve months in advance, and a lot that fails to clear is diminished — the market remembers.
A private sale narrows the risk but not the problem. At this level the pool of buyers who can complete is very small, and reaching them means the work circulates. Each conversation that ends without a transaction leaves a mark. A collection shown widely and sold to no one is worth less than it was.
Prima Signa removes both exposures. We acquire directly, on terms arranged with the owner, without a public sale, without a reserve, and without the work being shown to anyone else.
THE PROGRAM
Prima Signa acquires collections through structures of its own design, arranged case by case with each owner.
Collections are purchased through structured acquisitions, arranged case by case and shaped to the requirements of the owner.
WHAT WE ACQUIRE
Tier One, blue-chip works and collections by artists with long and established auction histories, where authentication and provenance are beyond reproach.
Individual works and collections above $100 million.
Tier One, blue-chip works and collections by artists with long and established auction histories, where authentication and provenance are beyond reproach.
Individual works and collections above $100 million.
DISCRETION
Transactions are conducted privately. There is no public marketing, no consignment, and no exhibition of the transaction. Inquiries and their contents are treated as confidential.
Transactions are conducted privately. There is no public marketing, no consignment, and no exhibition of the transaction. Inquiries and their contents are treated as confidential.
INQUIRIES