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Your Swiss partner for art investments since 1999
Protect your wealth with art
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Stable value
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Safe assets
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Currency independence
Pablo Picasso, Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‚O‘)
Sold 1997:
Sold 2015:
Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version O), 1955 (photographed for Christie’s London, March 23, 2015). © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, courtesy Christie’s
€ 27.8m
€ 160.1m
kms
Why working with KMS art invest ?
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16 years of experience in collecting art
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Experience in art advisory for collectors and managing an art fund
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Administering art for more than 300 international clients
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Global financial banking partners to settle transactions
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Worldwide network of artists, gallery owners, curators and auction houses
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Established partnerships with international free ports (e.g. Zurich, Singapore)
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Cooperation with first-rate insurance companies
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild
Sold 1999:
Sold 2015:
Richter’s Abstraktes Bild, 1986, (photographed for Sotheby´s London). © 2015 Gerhard Richter
€
544.000
€ 41.000.000
art
Why invest in art ?
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One of the oldest assets to secure wealth
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HNWIs and UHNWIs invest 25% of their passion investments in art (according to studies)
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Growing art market (current volume: € 51bn, 7% up compared to 2013)
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Auction record: US$ 179m for a Pablo Picasso painting
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Art is a tangible asset, easy to ship and to store globally
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Very low maintenance costs
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Globally tradable
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe
Sold 2014:
Sold 2015:
Warhols’s Marilyn Monroe, 1967, (photographed for Phillips London). © Courtesy of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
€ 1.22m
€ 1.69m
invest
Your art invest
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Contemporary art including photography, mainly 20th and 21st century
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Well-established artists, e.g. Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman
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Only in museum-like artworks, with complete documentation
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Directly investing in artist estates
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Attractive increase in value
Andreas Gursky, Rhein II
Sold 2011:
€ 3.15m
Until 2015 the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction
Gursky’s Rhein II, 1999 (photographed for Christie’s in London). © 2015 Andreas Gurksy
benefits
Your benefits
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Research and evaluation of specific artworks
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360° documentation of the artwork
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Anonymity: discreet acquisition of the artwork
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Tax neutral and customized storage of the artworks in international free ports secured by government
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Artworks covered by international insurance companies
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Periodic valuation of collection
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Additional option: curating or lending artworks to exhibtions
Richard Avedon, Nastassja Kinski and the serpent
Sold 1992:
Sold 2014:
Avedon’s Nastassja Kinski and the serpent, 1981. © 2015 Richard Avedon Foundation
€
6.595
€ 112.600
service
Your personal service
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Become part of an international network of artists, collectors and patrons of art
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VIP tickets for art fairs, e.g. Art Basel, Paris Photo
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Access to VIP-Collectors lounges
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Personal guide on art fairs
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Meet and greet artists
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Invitations to art events
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Exclusive cultural tours to expand your knowledge of art
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Working with art, e.g. lending for exhibitions
Alberto Korda, Che Guevara
Sold 2007:
Sold 2014:
Korda’s Che Guevara, 1960. © 2015 Alberto Korda Estate
€
500
€ 3.500
partners
Your international partners (excerpt)
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financial:
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insurance:
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auction houses:
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galleries:
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logistics:
HGG
HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY
Alberto Giacometti, L‘homme au doigt (Pointing man)
Sold 2015:
€ 128m
The most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction
Giacometti’s L‘homme au doigt (Pointing man), 1947, mirrored (photographed for Christie’s London). © 2015 Christie´s
GALERIE THOMAS ZANDER
contact
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KMS Fine Art Group AG
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+41 44 515 28 00
www.kms.ch
info@kms.ch
Headquarters:
Showroom:
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Switzerland
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Switzerland
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