Recent Acquisitions
Private Buying Advisory · San Francisco
Tell us what you're drawn to and we handle the hunting, the bidding, and the delivery, with every fee agreed before we start. We work for buyers only, and we'd rather help start a lifelong collection than chase a quick fee. The best painting is the one on your wall. The best watch is the one on your wrist.
The Record So Far
Sourced across art and watches
Countries, sourced from Zurich to Tokyo
Price range covered
Taken from sellers. You pay us, nobody else.
Recent Acquisitions
A Note From the Founder
I collect art and watches for one reason: I love them. I spent the last decade working at startups here in San Francisco, and collecting was the thing I did on the side, purely for the joy of it. I learned the market the slow, expensive way: auction jargon, dealer waitlists, grey market pricing, provenance homework nobody explains. Eventually I got good at it, and friends started asking me to handle their purchases too. That became this firm.
The goal is bigger than any single purchase, though. Collecting has brought me more joy than almost anything else I spend time on, and I want as many people as possible to find that for themselves. So expect some education along the way. I'd rather teach you to trust your own eye than have you rely on mine forever.
There is no objectively best watch and no right way to love a painting. So my job starts before the search: figuring out what you're actually drawn to and why. Then I go get it, at a price that makes sense, and see it safely to your door.
If that sounds useful, the first conversation is free and there's no pressure to go further.
Our Process
Buying a serious piece of art or a fine watch shouldn't require learning a new language. Our process is simple: figure out what you love and why, agree on a plan, and then we handle the hunting, vetting, and buying so you end up with something you're genuinely excited to live with.
We start with a conversation about what you’re drawn to and why. What catches your eye, what you already own, and what you want a piece to do for the space it lives in.
Then we get concrete: budget, timeline, and a short list of pieces or references that actually fit. You sign off on everything before we go hunting.
We track the piece down across auction houses and vetted secondary markets, checking condition, provenance, and price history so you know exactly what you’re bidding on.
We handle the bidding, the paperwork, and the logistics, and see the piece safely to your door. Your name stays out of the market the whole way.
Every step above runs on the same set of rules. We work for buyers only, we take one fee from one source and that source is you, and nothing gets recommended that we haven't checked. We wrote all of it down.
Read Our Standards of PracticeWhere to Begin
Fair question, and most people who write to us are asking it. We put together an honest answer: what different budgets actually get you, anchored to real purchases at real prices, plus the questions everyone asks first. And if it's your first piece and it's under $3,000, our work is free.
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