TCG was founded in Geneva in 2005 and it was incorporated in London in 2016.
We find clients through peer-to-peer networks, referrals from consulting firms, through private banks, and at auctions. Clients tend to be individuals or families with a high net worth. We offer these clients an investment product that allows them to participate alternative assets investments in an unregulated market.
We identify and monitor trends in the art market and prepare investment projects to conform to the client´s needs and desires.
We believe in a short market focus, take advantage of emerging-markets and we look to identify opportunities, in the benefit our the clients. As advisers we have to know the alternative investment market inside out. For this reason we are alert to market movements and we understand the negative attributes of art as an investment asset, namely that it lacks short-term liquidity. Taking this into consideration, we draw up an investment proposal for a client with a long-term outlook.
At TCG, we are the link between the art market and buyers and collectors who wish to build on exclusive or limited collections that are museum quality. We advise clients on what and when to buy while taking mandates to conduct specific searches for specific works of art.
At our mainstream, we arrange for private sales while advising clients about auctions and their process. We also focus on collection sale strategies by timing the current art sales trends and determining what exit strategy best suits our clients.
While we develop, execute and monitor investment proposals, we continuously advise our clients involved in these investment proposals and will tailor memoranda according to the needs of each specific client; that is amount available to invest, duration of investment, liquidity risk, and expected return.
Our experts source and acquire items on behalf of clients, both at auction and in private transactions. Our experts advise on the quality, condition, provenance, rarity and value of each piece, ensuring our clients achieve best possible value with every purchase.
We advise clients wishing to sell pieces from their collections, determining market value and selecting the appropriate method of sale, whether by private treaty or at auction. As a major consignor to auctions, we are able to negotiate extremely competitive rates of commission in the major salerooms, and our experts identify the most suitable sale at the very best time. With access to a broad network of private buyers and institutions, we conduct negotiations with individual collectors as well as major museums and art galleries around the world.
In certain circumstances, the range of our clients allows us to match the requirements of buyers with whose of sellers whom we also advise.