Collecting is an art. It's also big business. Meet some of the most sought-after art advisers making million-dollar deals for their super rich clients.
-- $50 million plus up to $35 million in performance incentives. Art Agency, Partners apparently had a client list to die for."What a f***ing move," she exults down the line."So art advisers are valuable. What huge endorsement -- $85 million!" She promptly rang Cappellazzo to congratulate her.
When I press him, he mentions negotiating the private sale of a $25-million Monet landscape to an Asian collector. And Pollen is"at the beck and call" of a small handful longstanding clients;"there has to be a dialogue; they've got to love art." And critically for her,"they have real commitment. They react!," she says emphatically. Also an important part of the job, she says, is to restrain clients from paying too much and advising them"whatPollen spent nearly 22 years at Sotheby's, rising to senior director of Sotheby's Europe and head of 20th century British Art.
Jo Baring, an ex-Christie's director, also works from home in Notting Hill. She has been a freelance adviser since 2013, and also has"a handful of long-term clients." Another London-based art adviser, Beth Greenacre, worked with David Bowie for 16 years until his death in 2016. 'I learned so much," she says."David was amazing, passionate about everything. I don't think he ever slept, always collecting information."
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