Munich (kk) - The new year has also ushered in Art Services, an art consultancy launched by Ketterer Kunst Network. Art Services provides professional services for art collectors and those handling estates. Its focus will be on providing clients with expert advice on how to build up their collections or restructure them as well as competent appraisal to optimize investment return.

How does one not only enjoy collecting but also succeed at it? Which works are seminal? Which works promise good returns on investment? And not least: which artists are important and which are right for me? - Those are the questions with which aspiring art collectors are confronted. To enable them to find the right answers while they are building up their collections, Art Services provides leading-edge services. With contacts to museums, galleries, auction houses and private art collections worldwide, the consultancy will find customised and personalised solutions by deploying competence, style and a sharp eye for the current market situation - and for enlarging or restructuring art collections.

Liquidating an art collection sensibly is just as important as building one up and maintaining it professionally. Art Services will find the most profitable ways of selling works. Many artists are not as marketable in one place as they may be in another. A leading exponent of Pop Art tends to fetch more in New York, for instance, whereas a German Expressionist painter can be expected to be more in demand in Germany. Art Services will show our clientele where a particular work has the best chances and how it can fetch the highest prices. The range of services provided by the consultancy will encompass Old Masters, the Moderns and Contemporary Art as well as Philately, Jugendstil/Art Nouveau objects, Asian Art and rare books. Thus Art Services will offer our clientele comprehensive and cutting-edge services.

Contact for Art Services:
Gudrun Ketterer
Phone: +49 89 55 244 244
g.ketterer@kettererkunst.de

Art Services is alongside Ketterer Kunst Auktionen, Ketterer Kunst Verlage and Ketterer Kunst Galerie as well as Experts Art Service a business in the Ketterer Kunst Network which has grown out of the auction trade. Since it was founded in 1954, Ketterer Kunst has been firmly established as a leading auction house dealing in art and rare books. Now two annual auctions are held in Munich and four in Hamburg. In addition, themed auctions and benefit auctions are regular events at Ketterer Kunst.

Munich, 11 January 2006