Art finance
Financial arrangements regarding the buying and selling of art have their roots in old-school pawnbrokers. Practices have greatly developed over the years and now encompass art loans and guarantees underwritten by auctioneers or third parties.

Blow to art lending market in UK as government scraps proposed new lending law
16 May 2018Art lending in the UK suffered a blow this week when the government announced it was abandoning a proposed bill to reform lending laws.
Art lending trend continues as auctioneers sign to finance firm
19 March 2018Unbolted continues its move into the art and antiques sector with Holts the latest firm to offer its lending services to customers.

Investment firm helps restructure online loan provider Borro
22 November 2017Online loan provider Borro has restructured its business as part of new investment from owner Victory Park Capital.

Art market’s lack of transparency major concern for investors, says Deloitte report
14 November 2017The perceived lack of regulation and transparency in the art market is a source of concern for investment advisers, according to the latest Art & Finance Report 2017.
ATG Letter: The axing of credit for dealers by auction houses levels the playing field
04 September 2017MADAM – Some would say ‘at long last’… Auctioneers throughout the country have started to take Boningtons’ lead and withdraw the two weeks – or, in some cases, 30 days – credit traditionally offered to many silver and furniture dealers in exchange for their regular attendance at sales.

Cork Street gallery seeks to widen buyer base by welcoming Bitcoin
06 July 2017A Cork Street gallery has become the first in the UK to accept digital currencies such as Bitcoin.

Sotheby’s promotes finance division boss Jan Prasens to managing director of Europe
19 June 2017Sotheby’s has promoted Jan Prasens to managing director of its Europe division.

Taking the chains off art loans
22 May 2017The UK’s complex art-lending scene is a pale shadow of its US counterpart. However, a new law could change all that – if loans against art works can be registered.
Investment sought for art shares trading platform
22 May 2017An online platform for trading shares in artworks could become a reality if a new company manages to meet its fundraising target.

Falcon Fine Art enters into Belgium lending market
17 February 2017Financier Falcon Fine Art has completed its first art lending deal in Belgium. The firm helped a collector in Belgium borrow against the value of a collection of 19th century “museum-quality” paintings and sculpture.
Fine Art Group to launch lending arm
10 October 2016Philip Hoffman’s Fine Art Group are to launch a new finance company targeting artworks valued between $250,000 and $20m.
New law planned to govern the art lending market
20 September 2016A shake-up of the art lending market has been proposed by the Law Commission with eventual plans for an art assets register.

Forum to offer interest-free credit on auction purchases
09 September 2016Forum Auctions are to introduce a credit facility for buyers at future sales. In an exclusive arrangement with lending platform Unbolted, the new London firm will offer approved bidders the opportunity to pay for purchases with up to 90 days of interest-free finance.
Victoria Borwick MP: ‘Brexit an opportunity to recast laws affecting UK art market’
01 September 2016The antiques industry now has the chance to influence any rethinking of laws that have compromised its trade as the UK heads towards Brexit, the MP Victoria Borwick said this morning.
EU Referendum… how will the art and antiques industry adapt to a Brexit economy?
15 June 2016With just over a week to go till polling day, we asked dealer and auctioneer representatives to speculate on how both sides will adapt to any uncertainty generated by a vote to Brexit
Art-secured lending grows by 20% in US
11 May 2016The American art-secured lending market is growing significantly, with an estimated loan book size of between $15bn-19bn.

Russian art sales suffer from flatter demand
07 December 2015The latest Russian art sales in London posted the weakest results in over a decade as a drop-off in both demand and supply brought a further downturn in the market.
Cultural property law to be debated in German parliament
30 November 2015The German Cultural Property and Heritage Protection Law (Kulturschutzgesetz) is due to be debated in the German Bundestag next spring after a “defused” draft of the law received cabinet approval on November 4.

Major lots help generate over $2bn total in New York auction fortnight
16 November 2015The large sums of money changing hands at the top end of the Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art market was underlined at the latest auctions in New York.

Results for Taubman collection question level of guarantee
09 November 2015The hefty guarantee paid out by Sotheby’s to secure the Alfred Taubman collection meant the stakes were running high for the first and most financially crucial tranche of the four-part auction staged at Sotheby’s New York.

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