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Why Art Investment?

International fine art - a golden investment

Offering balance, capital growth and insulation from the ups and downs of the share markets, investing in fine art – particularly works by the international Masters – is today considered a valuable addition to an investment portfolio.

How well does art perform against other investments?

Investment
description		 Opening price (retail) Recent purchase
price 		Closing
/current
price data 		Annualized rate
of return from opening 		Annualized recent
rate of return

Gold

$35
p/troy oz

15.08.1971

Post Bretton Woods

$266.35
p/troy oz

01.3.2001

$1,737.80 p/troy oz

31.01.2012

9.99%

18.59%

Pablo Picasso. 1962 Grande Tete de Jacqueline au Chapeau. Linocut printed in colours B.1077, BA.1317 Edition size: 50

$600
1962

$108,000

02.11.2006

Sotheby’s
New York

$240,000

August 2010

The Printworld Directory
Thirteenth edition

13.29%

22.09%

Wayne Thiebaud. 1971 Sandwich Linocut in colours Edition size: 50

$200
1971

$3,900

02.11.2006

Sotheby’s

New York

$10,000

August 2010

The Printworld Directory

Thirteenth edition

10.55%

26.54%
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Each of the artworks listed in the example above have been offered for sale by Collins & Kent International  during 2011.