The practice provides an array of art advisory services; from extensive market analysis, sourcing of works, due diligence and planning, curation, personalized collection management, commissioned works, to museum liaisons assistance for loans and donations. ASFAA also frequently offers advise on art market trends and leverages a deep network of relationships to achieve your objectives with the utmost discretion. ASFAA holds no inventory and thus has no conflict of interest or other agenda as dealers, auctions, and others may have.
Sourcing the right work
The practice is dedicated in helping its clients invest in exceptional, relevant and valuable works of art. It level its expertise to represent your best interests and help you grow a meaningful collection tailored to your aesthetics and needs
Disposition
Should you decide to part with a work, ASFAA is best suited to assist you in selling either a work or an entire collection. By virtue of market analysis and expertise the boutique can assess current market value and identify the most advantageous avenues for disposition, whether this be via a philanthropic museum donation, private sale, or auction.
Museum liaisons
ASFAA can facilitate museum donations and loans while offering collectors choice, ease, and impact in their philanthropic giving while at the same time simplifying the process. ASFAA works with a wide network of museums in the UK and US and attempts to enrich and diversify permanent collections while broadening museums’ donor base.
Shipping/storage
The process of acquiring and selling art should be an exciting and enjoyable journey. To eliminate any daunting administrative paperwork the practice can handle all of the logistics. Working with a trusted network of shipping agents and insurance brokers across services include cost-effective solutions on all of the shipping, insurance, delivery and installation.
Sustainable shipping
ASFAA has joined the Gallery Climate Coalition, a nonprofit organization aimed at creating a greener and more sustainable art world.
Founded by a group of London-based gallerists and art professionals, the organization provides guidelines and resources—including a specifically tailored carbon calculator—to help members work collectively toward reducing their carbon footprints by 50 percent over the next ten years in line with the Paris Agreement, as well as promoting near zero-waste practices.
Simple solutions can go a long way in minimising environmental impact. ASFAA can provide advice and recommend shippers that offer lower emission and use near-zero-waste practices.
The aim of the Gallery Climate Coalition is to develop collaborative relationships with each shipper and celebrate and communicate any positive changes they make.
Methodology
The bedrock foundation of any business relationship is build on trust. All aspects of ASFAA’s business dealings including the offering and sale of an artwork, the invoicing as well as any other monetary transactions are always made transparent to the collector.
Working closely with a select group of vetted clients, the practice does not hold any inventory, does not represent any artist nor acts as a private dealer offering artworks for sale. Minimizing any conflict of interests allows us to act solely on behalf of our clients.
ASFAA advises in different and complementary periods, covering a wide range of artists from the mid-nineteenth century and finishing today. Clients tend to be very discerning and driven by their own aesthetic sensibilities. This allows the firm to marry an important work to one and only collector and offer each client the most important work of art available.
The first role of the advisor remains educational and not transactional. ASFAA takes great proud in guiding its clients through the process of refining a collection, in a transparent, honest, discrete and educational manner.
Get in touch
Antoine Simon Fine Art Advisory Ltd knows that finding the right art advisor to work for you is a choice not to be taken lightly. That’s why the practice welcomes face to face discussion to walk you through your needs, the scope of your goals, and your budget.