Masterworks

Invest in the world’s most valuable paintings.

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5 followers

Invest in the world’s most valuable paintings.

1.0•1 review•

5 followers

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Masterworks.io is the first art investment platform that lets you to invest in iconic, multi-million dollar artwork. Adding art to your portfolio isn’t just for billionaires anymore. With Masterworks, you can now invest in this ultra-exclusive asset class.

Launch tags:

Art•Fintech•Investing

Launch Team

Richard McBeath

Hunter

Hi everyone, great to be here and to bring you Masterworks.io! We launched Masterworks in September 2017 to democratize ownership of high-end artwork, an asset class that has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 (gross returns of around 12%) with very low volatility. However, investment-grade art typically costs more than $2 million per painting, which almost everyone cannot afford. For the first time ever, we're filing paintings with the SEC so we can sell shares in them, and then building-out a trading platform for investors to trade shares in these great works of art. Our first two offerings are an Andy Warhol "Marilyn" painting (we paid $1.815mm) and a Claude Monet paining (we paid $6.3mm). Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

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7yr ago

Ian Greene

@rmcbeath Have you found that art dealing world is receptive to this sort of thing? Or are they against it?

7yr ago

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7yr ago

@rmcbeath @jamesstewart Unlike Arthena, we are not a fund. You purchase shares in individual artworks. In today's world, most investment-grade artwork costs at least $2mm per painting. In terms of future roadmap, we plan to open trading markets next year.

7yr ago

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7yr ago

@jamesstewart Thanks!

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7yr ago

Will Holley

@jamesg_oca Former Arthena engineer here – You are correct in your contrast: Arthena builds and sells B2B financial products for and to the art market whereas MW is firmly B2C (and closer to @onrallyrd).

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4yr ago