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Startup Insider: How to Invest in Works of Art

By Early Investing on March 1, 2023

Have you ever looked at a beautiful painting and wondered what it would be like to invest in it? Scott Lynn, founder and CEO of Masterworks, has given that idea a lot of thought. Masterworks is a platform that lets people invest in multimillion-dollar pieces by artists like Picasso, Banksy, Basquiat, and others. It’s the first company to offer art investment products to retail investors. In this…

It’s Easier Than Ever to Invest in Works of Art

By Andy Gordon on May 25, 2022

I was in the fifth grade when Andy Warhol held his first solo painting exhibit in 1962. He was showing his set of 32 Campbell’s soup cans. The exhibit bombed. Pop art was just getting started in the early ‘60s. Art critics didn’t get him or his art. …

The Fun and Profitable World of Collectibles

By Vin Narayanan on April 29, 2022

Before crypto, before startups, before I even knew what the stock market was, I was into collectibles. Baseball cards. Garbage Pail Kids cards. Cabbage Patch Kids. Action figures (especially “Star Wars”). I loved them all. And I collected them all. I didn’t know the…