Over the years, you may have developed a knowledge and love of wine and picked up a few special bottles, which turned into a few more and, before you knew it, you had an extensive – and expensive – wine collection. What would happen if there was a flood in your home or you experienced a power outage that impacted … Read More
How to Protect Your Fine Art Collection
How to Protect Your Fine Art Collection Major storms such as Hurricane Sandy are continuing to increase in frequency and severity. It’s a wake up call for art collectors and planners. As these extreme storms threaten their collections, art collectors need to be vigilant about devising emergency evacuation plans and inventory management systems for valuable works of art. How to … Read More
Art Insurance: Protect Your Valuables with Private Client Coverage
Art Insurance: Protect Your Valuables with Private Client Coverage Superstorm Sandy caused devastating wreckage across the East Coast. As businesses are beginning to recover their losses and rebuild, the art industry has been hit particularly hard. Fine art insurers are facing claims up to half a billion dollars for artwork destroyed when waters flooded the Chelsea district of Manhattan, where … Read More
Fine Art Insurance: Sotheby’s Auctioning Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is being auctioned off by Sotheby’s for the first time in history. “The Scream” will be on the block at Sotheby’s on May 2nd as the highlight of the Impressionist and modern evening sale in New York. Experts have estimated that the work will fetch more than 80 million- it is the highest presale figure the … Read More