Expertise & Valuation
Expertise and valuation for sales, insurance, inheritance, partition or litigation are one of the services we offer. The spectrum of our expertise covers Belgian Art of the 19th and 20th centuries, Impressionism and international Surrealism, as well as contemporary Western art after 1945. Our expertise is constantly sustained and refined by an active involvement and ongoing monitoring of the evolution of the art market.
As a collection is never fully homogeneous, we collaborate with fellow experts when requests pertain to fields outside of our specialization such as Old Masters, Furniture, Jewelry or Silverware. Thanks to our experience with the Magritte Committee and our relations with other expert committees, we also have the skills and network to carry out authentication procedures related to works in your collection.
Expertise & Valuation
Expertise and valuation for sales, insurance, inheritance, partition or litigation are one of the services we offer. The spectrum of our expertise covers Belgian Art of the 19th and 20th centuries, Impressionism and international Surrealism, as well as contemporary Western art after 1945. Our expertise is constantly sustained and refined by an active involvement and ongoing monitoring of the evolution of the art market. As a collection is never fully homogeneous, we collaborate with fellow experts when requests pertain to fields outside of our specialization such as Old Masters, Furniture, Jewelry or Silverware. Thanks to our experience with the Magritte Committee and our relations with other expert committees, we also have the skills and network to carry out authentication procedures related to works in your collection.
Collection management
When a collection is appraised, inventoried and digitalized, whether it is a family, museum or private collection, it can benefit from a constructive discussion with the owners. Thanks to our network and our knowledge, we can assist in the search for various storage facilities, as well as in the outreach of the collection through loans to museum projects. This approach is inseparable from the condition assessment of your works, for which we can also determine whether a restoration is needed.
Whether it belongs to a private individual, an institution or a company, a collection, must nowadays demonstrate an impeccable provenance and offer guarantees regarding the authenticity of its works. Our scientific expertise enables us to assist you in these procedures. We can also help determine what it is relevant to keep or what might be preferable to part with for a thoughtful heritage planning. In this way, collection management creates a long-term relationship based on trust, which provides the client with ongoing support and reflection.
Collection management
When a collection is appraised, inventoried and digitalized, whether it is a family, museum or private collection, it can benefit from a constructive discussion with the owners. Thanks to our network and our knowledge, we can assist in the search for various storage facilities, as well as in the outreach of the collection through loans to museum projects. This approach is inseparable from the condition assessment of your works, for which we can also determine whether a restoration is needed. Whether it belongs to a private individual, an institution or a company, a collection, must nowadays demonstrate an impeccable provenance and offer guarantees regarding the authenticity of its works. Our scientific expertise enables us to assist you in these procedures. We can also help determine what it is relevant to keep or what might be preferable to part with for a thoughtful heritage planning. In this way, collection management creates a long-term relationship based on trust, which provides the client with ongoing support and reflection.
Selling & Purchasing
Collectors may have a long-term strategy for their collection and decide to sell only according to their needs or to market opportunities. Other collections are destined to be entirely sold on the market. We can help determine the best buying and selling strategies according to each collector’s aspirations and needs, but also to the nature of the collection. A thorough knowledge of the market enables us to determine whether a public or private sale is to be preferred. Our Belgian and international network of collectors, museum institutions, dealers and auction houses greatly facilitate this process.
Lastly, we take care of all the logistics once the decision has been made. Some collections are still in the making and, in this case, purchases take precedence over sales. Our role is then to provide advice in line with the essence of the collection. We accompany the client through all stages of the purchase, from collecting information and checking the price in relation to the quality of the work to hanging it, including the question of transport, certification, taxes and insurance.
Selling & Purchasing
Collectors may have a long-term strategy for their collection and decide to sell only according to their needs or to market opportunities. Other collections are destined to be entirely sold on the market. We can help determine the best buying and selling strategies according to each collector’s aspirations and needs, but also to the nature of the collection. A thorough knowledge of the market enables us to determine whether a public or private sale is to be preferred. Our Belgian and international network of collectors, museum institutions, dealers and auction houses greatly facilitate this process. Lastly, we take care of all the logistics once the decision has been made. Some collections are still in the making and, in this case, purchases take precedence over sales. Our role is then to provide advice in line with the essence of the collection. We accompany the client through all stages of the purchase, from collecting information and checking the price in relation to the quality of the work to hanging it, including the question of transport, certification, taxes and insurance.
Scientific research
Our experience allows us to offer clients who wish to preserve the memory of a collection the possibility of translating its history into illustrated written research. Archives and memories take on their full meaning here. A collection is sometimes linked to a private, professional or public history.
Our knowledge of the places where research is preserved also allows us to reflect on the safeguarding of archives or libraries whose memorial and symbolic value, if not financial, is also to be estimated.
Scientific research
Our experience allows us to offer clients who wish to preserve the memory of a collection the possibility of translating its history into illustrated written research. Archives and memories take on their full meaning here. A collection is sometimes linked to a private, professional or public history. Our knowledge of the places where research is preserved also allows us to reflect on the safeguarding of archives or libraries whose memorial and symbolic value, if not financial, is also to be estimated.