Saturday, June 29, 2019

Original Sculpture Art As An Alternative Investment

By Michael Brown


When most people talk about investments, they would immediately think of stocks, bonds, or equities. However, most do not know that sculptures are also some form of alternative investment. Here are some things to know about original sculpture art as a form of alternative investment in this age.

While relatively a young market, the art market has been experiencing rather exponential growth in the past few years since many more people are getting into fine art. Sculptures have been valued at high prices because many rich people collect them as part of their decorative accessories for their homes and offices. In response to that, galleries have been carrying many sculptures that do have value as an investment.

Now, since the art market is rather unregulated, then a lot of feeling would have to be involved. What most art collectors would do is that they would try to feel sculptures and see which one appeals to them the most. The one that appeals to them the most would mean that these pieces have value.

After one has felt the sculptures and chosen a particular one, the next thing to do would be to appraise it. It is important to check for the authenticity of a piece of work supplemented by a certificate of authenticity in order to know the real value. Copies do have value but authentic art has more value.

After checking the value of the artwork, the next thing to check would be the demand of the artwork. Even though sculptures do have a really good resale value potential, not all sculptures can be sold. If there is no demand for that artwork, then one will just get stuck with it at home.

In order to know the demand of a sculpture, one has to check how many times it has been resold. One will be able to know the history of a sculpture through working with the gallery to trace it back. There would also usually be some receipts that go along with the sales of sculptures so one can ask for that too.

If it is a new work of art and it has not been resold yet, then one should use the other works of the artist as a basis to check the demand. One can ask the gallery owner if ever the other works have been resold many times and exactly how many times have the most popular works of art been resold. That will allow one to grasp just how well the sculptures are moving and if his or her one will be a good candidate to move as fast.

Always take note that investing in art is rather difficult because there are information out there not accessible to the public. With that, it may sometimes be difficult for one to determine whether or not a piece of work is actually a good one or not. That is why most collectors would just go with their feelings first to see if the sculpture resonates value to them and then proceed to the logical portion with the demand valuation.




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