but then you do not get the tax benefits discussed above. The market for "investment art" I huge and everyone involved has an upside by art appreciating in va

but then you do not get the tax benefits discussed above. The market for "investment art" I huge and everyone involved has an upside by art appreciating in value. > The artist may get more money (since the artist only gets paid in the initial transaction the artist may only get a fraction of the value as it increases. The artist may find that later work will become more valuable as other investors want more of his art. >The gallery gets more money, and it may attract more art investors > and the auction house gets more money if it ends up there. How much art is worth is difficult to estimate on its own. I mean a white canvas painted uniformly white is worh a lot of money if a famous artist does it. It is worth entirely nothing if I do it. I expect then that the market decides the value. All investors want art to get more valuable and are in on it. As an art lover, this is such a tragic scheme. Unknown amount of art that will never been seen by the public. Locked up inside a storage facility in a big box Often the investor has no interest in the art at all, just an investment made by some form of a broker.