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Buying a piece of art for the special man or woman in your life is a really exciting and unusual present - and one that could actually increase in value over the years!
Now might be the time to start investing in art ....
Investing in art
Should art be regarded as "a viable asset class"? asks Hugh Clayton in the Financial Times. Two new funds are making the case that it should. "We think art as an investment can produce a 10% to 15% compound return," says Philip Hoffman of the UK-based Fine Art Fund, which is busily buying up 'blue-chip paintings' to tempt wealthy Investors in. Rival Bruce Taub of US-based Fernwood Art insists that any 7 well-balanced portfolio should now feature as much as a 5% art weighting.
Both claim the relative inefficiency of the market offers opportunities to well-advised investors. "I am always amazed at how many millions go into art on a whim," says Hoffman.
The funds may struggle to persuade investors that the 1987-1991 boom and bust in the art market will not be repeated. Yet - for all its volatility - there are signs the market is growing up. Art indices have brought "much-needed objectivity" to a market that used to rely on "anecdotal and tendentious accounts", says Robin Duthy of Art Market Research, who predicts that UK demand will be boosted from April 2006, when new rules allow self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) to invest in art. And, as an added bonus, the Fine Art Fund will allow investors to rent some of its paintings for display in their own homes.
(The Week, December 2004)
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Should art be regarded as "a viable asset class"? asks Hugh Clayton in the Financial Times. Two new funds are making the case that it should. "We think art as an investment can produce a 10% to 15% compound return," says Philip Hoffman of the UK-based Fine Art Fund, which is busily buying up 'blue-chip paintings' to tempt wealthy Investors in. Rival Bruce Taub of US-based Fernwood Art insists that any 7 well-balanced portfolio should now feature as much as a 5% art weighting.
Both claim the relative inefficiency of the market offers opportunities to well-advised investors. "I am always amazed at how many millions go into art on a whim," says Hoffman.
The funds may struggle to persuade investors that the 1987-1991 boom and bust in the art market will not be repeated. Yet - for all its volatility - there are signs the market is growing up. Art indices have brought "much-needed objectivity" to a market that used to rely on "anecdotal and tendentious accounts", says Robin Duthy of Art Market Research, who predicts that UK demand will be boosted from April 2006, when new rules allow self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) to invest in art. And, as an added bonus, the Fine Art Fund will allow investors to rent some of its paintings for display in their own homes.
(The Week, December 2004)
The artists whose work we will be showing on LovefromMe are all people who we know and whose work we've seen - and selected because of its high quality.
In many cases, we have sold their work in our own gallery in Dorset.
We are currently selecting artists and building their special LovefromMe pages.
So ... watch this space!
This is the whole point about LovefromMe and what we had always intended - right from the start - to accomplish. We do the work finding the best suppliers, looking into what they offer and telling you about them ... so that you can just order that special present, with no hassle and no worry.
But, don't forget that if you need any help on choosing a piece of art for your wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend .. or any other special friend, just to email us. We're here to help ... and that's the LovefromMe difference.
Our first artist is LovefromMe's own Mary-Clare Buckle - feltmaker and textile artist ...
Textile artist Mary-Clare Buckle - signed, limited-edition giclée prints of her contemporary abstract textile art
All Mary-Clare's prints are in a limited, individually-numbered edition of 200.
These are guaranteed lightfast, 'giclée' prints, signed by the artist and printed on heavyweight matt paper, which brings out the texture of the fibres.
In the artist's own words:
"My aim, in producing these print editions, was to make some of my most popular work affordable in a high-quality format.
"I should emphasise here that, in no way, are these a poor substitute for the original. Giclée printing techniques give the highest quality print and each image has been digitally remastered and colour matched to the original.
"The 'giclée' process lays the ink on the surface of the paper, giving an almost three-dimensional look to the print. Catching sight of one of my prints, I often have to think twice as to whether I am looking at the original!"
These beautiful prints cost from only £40, with FREE UK delivery. more>>
... more art and pictures for romantic gifts coming soon!
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