Active curation
We acquire, deaccession and rotate works to refine the collection over time, so that every work earns its place on quality, significance and liquidity.
Caldrion Art & CollectiblesPart of Caldrion
Where passionmeets prudence.
We curate and protect collections across generations, acquiring post-war and contemporary art and investment-grade collectibles by private treaty—with discretion, certainty and prompt payment.
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01Our approach
Collected with institutional rigor.
We treat art and collectibles as a distinct, investable asset class: a tangible store of value with low correlation to public markets, and a cultural inheritance worth protecting. We don’t simply buy what we like. We acquire works and objects with historical significance, impeccable provenance and global liquidity, and we hold them with permanent capital, free from the exit timetables that shape so much of this market.
02Principles
How we steward a collection.
A collection is managed, not just assembled. We own it the way a museum would and review it the way an investor should.
Public access
We coordinate museum loans and exhibitions to broaden access to culture. A great work kept in a crate is a work only half owned.
Holistic management
Climate-controlled storage, insurance structuring, conservation, logistics and estate planning, handled as one discipline rather than a list of vendors.
03Focus areas
Blue-chip categories, global demand.
We focus on categories where supply is scarce, documentation is strong and demand is global: the categories most likely to remain liquid across economic cycles.
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Post-war and contemporary masters
Blue-chip artists from 1945 to the present whose markets have proved resilient through multiple economic cycles.
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Established mid-career artists
Living artists with museum shows, biennial participation and a secondary market that has moved beyond the first sale.
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Collector automobiles
Automobiles of significant lineage, with original components, documented history and low production numbers.
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Haute horlogerie
Important wristwatches from makers with deep collector markets, in original condition and with full documentation.
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Fine wine and spirits
Cellars and individual lots with impeccable storage history, from producers with established auction records.
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Emerging patronage
Direct acquisition from primary galleries and degree shows, outside our secondary-market thresholds.
Criteria
Criteria at a glance
Secondary-market acquisitions. Advisors and gallerists are protected.
- Value
- $250K–$10M+Per work or item
- Provenance
- Unbroken chain of titleFully documented, including literature and exhibition history
- Condition
- Museum qualityCondition report required for every acquisition
- Market
- Liquid secondary marketArtist or maker with established auction records
- Authenticity
- Certificate of authenticityMandatory, from a recognized foundation or expert
- Transaction
- Private treatyAlso auction guarantees and estate liquidations
Our emerging-artist patronage acquires directly from primary galleries and degree shows and is not subject to these thresholds. Our full criteria · Offer a work or collection
04Process
From first image to payment.
A private conversation with the people who decide, a diligence process built around the work, and prompt payment.
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Submit
Send the work through our form. Share a link to non-confidential materials (images, provenance and condition report); we sign NDAs promptly when there is mutual interest.
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Initial review
Our team reviews the work, its provenance, its condition and its market.
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Feedback
We aim to give initial feedback within 72 hours of receiving a complete package.
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Inspection and diligence
If there is mutual interest, we sign an NDA promptly, inspect the work in person and confirm title, condition and authenticity.
05People
The people who decide.
Every acquisition is decided by Caldrion’s investment committee. Decisions are made by a small internal investment committee that meets weekly. We need no outside approvals and no fundraising to close. You deal directly with the people who decide.
Michael Harrington
Chief Executive Officer and Head of Family Office, Caldrion
Jennifer Williams
Chief Investment Officer, Caldrion
Sarah Mitchell
Chief Financial Officer, Caldrion
Thomas Bennett
Chief Operating Officer, Caldrion
06Insights
Notes on collecting.
Investment perspectives, market notes and guides for collectors, estates, advisors and dealers.
Investment perspective
Whose capital, and when it must come back: permanent capital in art and collectibles
The source of a buyer’s capital shapes what it buys, how it cares for a work and when it sells. We explain how permanent family capital differs from capital with fixed fund lives in this asset class.
Caldrion Art & Collectibles
Guide
Offering Caldrion a work: what to send and what to expect
A practical guide for collectors, estates, advisors and dealers: our criteria, what makes a complete package, how we review a work, what diligence involves and how we decide and pay.
Caldrion Art & Collectibles
Market note
Preservation-class: originality and stewardship in collector automobiles, watches and wine
Across collectibles designed to be used, we believe original components and documented history have become the decisive variables. We explain how we approach each category and what stewardship means.
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Art & Collectibles
Considering a private sale?
We acquire discreetly, as principal, and pay promptly. Tell us about the work, its provenance and its condition, and you will hear from the people who decide.