Art consultancy services
Valuation
Bailey Heaven provide a professional art and chattels valuation service for private clients, trustees and professional advisors.
With many years of experience in the art market, our combined expertise gives us a sharp eye for valuations and allows us to bring a uniquely informed perspective to artworks and collections. Our specialists undertake probate, insurance and sale valuations depending on the circumstances and client requirements.
Financial Planning
With an understanding of both the intrinsic value of an artwork and the complex financial implications it can carry, Bailey Heaven advise on planning for the future of a collection or estate. We can assess the potential of any immediate or long-term effects of tax charges that may be applicable when selling or moving a work of art in the current market. We also negotiate sales to the nation in lieu of Inheritance Tax.
Sales Management
We work closely with a wide variety of clients with a diverse range of artworks – each of them seeking strategic sale advice and expert sale management. Based on our knowledge and experience of the auction market, and access to the private sale market, we provide a transparent and independent assessment of the different strategies available for the sale of single artworks, groups, or collections of art.
We will negotiate private and auction sale transactions, and manage the entire sale process providing regular reports on the progress of consignments through to their completion, in order to keep you fully informed at every step.
Collecting
For collectors looking to buy a particular painting or work of art, Bailey Heaven can provide access to experienced specialist advice across all categories of the art market, thanks to an unrivalled network of contacts built up across decades in the industry. We can help assess a potential acquisition and also negotiate a purchase on your behalf, bringing our wide-ranging knowledge and judgement to the table.
Collection Management
Even if you are not looking to sell or move an artwork in the near future, the experts at Bailey Heaven can provide advice on the administrative and curatorial aspects of managing a collection of any size. Bringing a refined understanding of art to your pieces, we ensure that our service is based on the specific needs of our clients, tailoring it to the contents of the collection in question. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your requirements.
About
Trust, transparency and independence are essential in the work we undertake for our clients across the art market.
George Bailey
George Bailey has over 40 years’ experience in the art market. He spent most of this time at Sotheby’s where he held a number of client-facing and senior management roles, namely as Managing Director Sotheby’s Europe from 1993 to 2005 and then as Chairman, European Business Development, Sotheby’s Europe.
In his role as Chairman of Business Development, George led teams advising UK clients on the strategic planning of the long-term future of collections, particularly with relation to collection management, tax planning, finance and sales.
Tom Heaven
Tom Heaven joined Sotheby’s in 2007 as part of the UK Business Development team and progressed to become Director of Business Development, Sotheby’s Europe.
Tom worked across all the specialist and support areas of the company and managed a number of important client relationships. He was instrumental in coordinating the Sotheby’s teams in providing short and longer-term advice to clients, and in managing private and auction sales for UK and international clients.
