Independent, Strategic Guidance
for Tangible Property Sales
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Unlike a traditional art advisor, Insight works exclusively as a business advocate for private clients, attorneys, fiduciaries, beneficiaries, family offices, and non-profit organizations seeking to maximize the sale of a bespoke collection, an entire estate, or a single significant item.
Unlike a traditional art advisor, Insight works exclusively as a business advocate for private clients, attorneys, fiduciaries, beneficiaries, family offices, and non-profit organizations seeking to maximize the sale of a bespoke collection, an entire estate, or a single significant item.
Our role is to protect your financial and legacy interests at every step, without any conflict of interest, ensuring you achieve optimal terms, flawless execution, and the highest possible outcome.
Our role is to protect your financial and legacy interests at every step, without any conflict of interest, ensuring you achieve optimal terms, flawless execution, and the highest possible outcome.
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We coordinate competitive proposals from leading auction houses and private buyers, ensuring valuations are both defensible and positioned for maximum market interest.
We coordinate competitive proposals from leading auction houses and private buyers, ensuring valuations are both defensible and positioned for maximum market interest.
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We secure the most favorable commission rates, marketing commitments, and contract terms, removing unnecessary fees and building in protections for the seller.
We secure the most favorable commission rates, marketing commitments, and contract terms, removing unnecessary fees and building in protections for the seller.
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From catalog placement to photography, we shape how your assets are presented to ensure they appeal to the right buyers, in the right market, at the right moment.
From catalog placement to photography, we shape how your assets are presented to ensure they appeal to the right buyers, in the right market, at the right moment.
Truman Capote's Tiffany & Co silver writing pen,
together with original box.
Sold for $1,314.
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We safeguard your interests in all contractual agreements, flagging unfavorable clauses and ensuring obligations are clearly defined and enforceable.
We safeguard your interests in all contractual agreements, flagging unfavorable clauses and ensuring obligations are clearly defined and enforceable.
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We monitor every stage of your sale, from intake to final payment, ensuring that timelines, marketing promises, and execution standards are met.
We monitor every stage of your sale, from intake to final payment, ensuring that timelines, marketing promises, and execution standards are met.
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When sales don’t go as planned, we troubleshoot delays, renegotiate terms, and protect asset value, even mid-consignment.
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We act as a specialized extension of your advisory team, integrating art and tangible property expertise into estate, tax, and philanthropic planning.
We act as a specialized extension of your advisory team, integrating art and tangible property expertise into estate, tax, and philanthropic planning.
Auction houses have significantly reduced staff in recent years, increasing the risk of errors in
cataloging, marketing, and sale-day execution. We conduct a pre-sale operational review to
identify and mitigate weak points before a contract is signed , protecting both asset value and
reputation.
Auction houses have significantly reduced staff in recent years, increasing the risk of errors in
cataloging, marketing, and sale-day execution. We conduct a pre-sale operational review to
identify and mitigate weak points before a contract is signed , protecting both asset value and
reputation.
In an era where generational tastes are shifting, we design sale strategies that respect the
donor’s intent while accommodating the priorities of heirs. Our process minimizes disputes and ensures every stakeholder understands and supports the plan.
In an era where generational tastes are shifting, we design sale strategies that respect the
donor’s intent while accommodating the priorities of heirs. Our process minimizes disputes and ensures every stakeholder understands and supports the plan.
Discretion and precision define our private-sale strategy.
We identify with the help of auction houses or dealers the right buyer, then we craft the right narrative, and negotiate terms that protect confidentiality without sacrificing value. From quiet museum placements to collector-to-collector transactions, every step is engineered to ensure control, transparency, and optimal financial and cultural outcomes.
We are paid only by our clients, never by auction houses, dealers, or third parties. We have no inventory, appraisal business, or competing sales interests.
We are paid only by our clients, never by auction houses, dealers, or third parties. We have no inventory, appraisal business, or competing sales interests.
Our sole objective is to maximize
your financial outcome, protect your legacy,
and execute with precision.
Our sole objective is to maximize
your financial outcome, protect your legacy, and execute with precision.