fsca || farah siddiqui contemporary art
consultancy

Serving the Collector

In serving the collector, our first and paramount job is to gain a full understanding of those objectives, including the client's area of interest, aesthetic taste, and budget requirements. The works of art we help find and vet for our clients must fit the parameters they have established. Each collection we help build speaks solely with the voice of the collector.

The Market

There are more international art fairs, gallery shows, auctions and museum exhibitions today than ever before. With our experienced, professional and independent advice, we extend the collector's reach and market coverage and thereby increase their access to the best works of art works that are in high demand and rare to the market.

Research and Analysis

Our firm brings the highest levels of expertise and connoisseurship to vetting works of art. The complex matrix of factors that determines the desirability and value of a work of art, such as provenance ,condition, global supply and demand, critical importance and historic significance, is the focus of our research and analysis.

Assessing Value

Our private archive on market valuations enables us to provide collectors with thorough pricing analysis on each potential acquisition, thus minimizing the potential for risk and increasing the potential for gain.

FSCA also undertakes valuations and Insurance of collections.

Objective Advice

Our position of neutrality is distinct from the conflicted interests of dealers, auction house personnel and museum curators: The selling strategy of gallery owners and dealers is driven by the artists they represent and their inventory while the advice provided by auction house personnel is determined by what is in their upcoming sales.

Our only agenda is our client's agenda.

Discretion and Confidentiality

While our firm's position in the art world is public and prominent, many of our clients prefer to go about their collecting activities in private, with little visibility and utmost discretion and confidentiality.

We are experienced in serving the collector, who prefers anonymity, as well as the collector who chooses to take on a more public profile.

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