An alternative to art-title insurance is for collectors to do due diligence about the provenance of a work of art themselves.
It seems, then, that the market is making itself by offering a viable, attractive alternative to the traditional art market.
When the country was awash with 1980s profits, art offered an alternative investment to the Nikkei.
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With interest rates at record lows, art is an attractive alternative for the rich.
Enter Milko den Leeuw, a Dutch restorer and art researcher who has, he believes, developed the definitive method for authenticating works of art, and an alternative to the flawed established authentication process currently in place.
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For much of the world's wealthy elite, classic cars are the most popular collectible asset with prices surging 395% over 10 years, beating other alternative investments such as fine wine and art.
Art, along with real estate and other alternative investments, present a risky opportunity.
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Under these circumstances, there may be an alternative to selling the East Europeans state-of-the-art machine tools whose potential for militarily significant abuse is considerable, while at the same time encouraging the necessary retooling of the American industrial base.
The alternative creative scenes in China are still young, they say, and China needs a greater history behind these art forms first.
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