Barron’s covers the announcement of Patti Wong & Associates, a new Hong Kong-based advisory, and quotes Philip Hoffman, Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, about the joint venture between the companies.
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The Art Newspaper covers the launch of Patti Wong & Associates and its partnership with The Fine Art Group.
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Morgan Long, Managing Director of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Barron’s about shifting trends in the art market and the possible advantages of collecting the work of established artists that may currently not be in fashion.
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The Fine Art Group is pleased to announce Kate Waterhouse as their new Senior Specialist, Director of Fine Jewelry. She will oversee Jewelry Appraisals and assist clients in growing and curating their jewelry collections in moments of accession and deaccession.
Kate Waterhouse will represent The Fine Art Group from Palm Beach, Florida, where she has lived and worked since 2015. She is active in Palm Beach’s local fine and performing arts communities, serving on the Norton Museum of Art’s Emerging Collectors Council, the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation Luncheon Committee, as well as being a former chairwoman of the Palm Beach Symphony Young Friends Gala.
Kate is a member of the American Society of Jewelry Historians and has been a featured appraiser in the television program Antiques Roadshow and a jewelry and collectibles expert on NBC’s Today Show.
Kate is a welcome addition to The Fine Art Group’s staff and its mission to guide clients through all collector markets and our five core services:
Advisory, Art Finance, Sales Agency, Investment & Appraisals
Founded over 20 years ago, The Fine Art Group has established an unrivaled track record across the art ecosystem. From first acquisitions and building collections, through to appraisals and art financing, we offer clients an experienced and skillful hand – helping to navigate the opacities of the market.
Kate Waterhouse has continuously worked in the luxury industry for over 18 years, graduating with a BA from Elizabethtown College; she attended the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London where she worked toward her Master’s in Art Business putting her focus in auction house management, marketing and operation. Kate has been featured as a Specialist team member on the PBS Antiques Roadshow, as well as the NBC Today Show.
In 2006, beginning in Philadelphia at Freeman’s, Mrs. Waterhouse oversaw the Fine Jewelry department as Vice-President, Head of Department before her tenure as Director of Jewelry, New York for Heritage and landing finally at Sotheby’s, as an Assistant Vice-President, Specialist in the Magnificent Jewels department, moving to their Palm Beach office in 2015.
In 2018, Ms. Waterhouse moved to Hindman Auctioneers, to oversee the Southeast region as Vice President of Business Development, including the management of two full time auction rooms, producing as many as twelve auctions per year while also sourcing property for other Hindman sales rooms across the country.
Most recently, Ms. Waterhouse joined The Fine Art Group, and currently serves as their Senior Specialist, Director of Fine Jewelry overseeing both Jewelry appraisals as well as assisting clients to navigate, grow and curate their own collections in moments of accession and deaccession.
FURTHER READING
- Selling Jewelry & Watch Collections: 8 Steps of the Process
- Lab Grown Diamonds: If & When You Should Consider Buying
- Watch TFG’s New York Luxury Week 2023 Webinar
Watch our Founder and CEO Philip Hoffman speak with Finimize about how you can invest in fine art during an era of double-digit inflation.
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- Good News for Art Sellers: Highest Inflation in the U.S. in Four Decades
- Is Art a Good Investment?
- Watch Art and Collectibles: The Rise of Alternative Investments
Philip Hoffman, Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Bloomberg about the rising demand for fine art by the wealthy in relation to recent decisions by private financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand to sell company art collections.
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Henry Little Presents to TheMerode
TheMerode is hosting a special evening September 19th, where they’ll survey recent auction results and forthcoming sales to spotlight key trends in the art market, as well as discussing important developments in the gallery scene and reviewing the year’s art fairs.
Auctions, galleries and art fairs have been humming with business in 2022. Will that continue in the face of widespread economic uncertainty? And what will the coming year in the global art market bring? Will Paris take London’s crown in Europe? Will overheated market segments cool? And what can we expect in the major autumn auctions?
Hubert d’Ursel, Director Benelux, has the pleasure to introduce industry expert Henry Little, Director of Art Advisory, who will offer his predications for the months to come, giving guests of TheMerode a chance to be up to date and ahead of the curve for the new market season.
FURTHER READING
- Spring Art Market Recap 2022
- Market Update Live Webinar: The State of the Art, Collectibles & Jewelry Market
Morgan Long, Managing Director of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Barron’s about Christie’s sale of the Paul Allen Collection, what masterpieces she hopes to see for sale in November, and what this might mean about the health of the upcoming auction season.
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To celebrate our alliance with Schwartzman& and the opening of our new offices in New York City as well as a kick off of the Spring 2022 auction season, our Executive and Advisory Teams hosted a special cocktail evening.
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Our CEO & Founder spoke with The New York Times journalist Robin Pogrebin after the land mark auction, where rare Andy Warhol silk-screen Shot Sage Blue Marilyn was sold for a record breaking $195 million. Although Marilyn fetched an outstanding price, is it against the trend of a disappointing sale?
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