"Law-enforcement officers are not trained in art, and that, therefore, they "rely very heavily on accurate descriptions and particularly on distinguishing features to be able to identify property which may be stolen."

A Member of Art and Antiques Focus

"It is no use trying to describe a work of art or antique after it has been stolen. Then, only approximations can be given. Descriptions should be compiled when an object is bought or inherited, some (insurance) companies presume that owners take these precautions as a matter of course but this is rarely the case".

Philip Saunders writing in Trace Publication

ESTATE CONTENTS - COLLECTION CATALOGUING

Fine Art - Antiques - Wines - Automobiles - Publications

"Your collections, as well as the inventory data, is a valuable asset to you..

Your Inventory Solutions data will support asset valuations and insurance quotes, and security against theft." Art of Inventory 2010

ART of INVENTORY :

Designs inventory databases and produces catalogues of collections.

We provide a full range of services to complete or complement the inventory process: database design, photography, data collection, data entry and research..

Specializes in Estate & Collection Inventory Management for private estates, villas, chalets, small organizations, including art galleries and museum collections.

Utilizes the latest international standards, specializing in a service that automates inventories tailored to client requirements.

This service is sort for many reasons, including :

• Collection security & management
• Asset scheduling
• Item location tracking
• Insurance requirements

...'or even a satisfaction in a catalogued presentation of collections'.

MEDIA COMMENTS

"Every work of art is unique and irreplaceable. Archaeological finds (antiquities), medieval manuscripts, paintings and prints, not forgetting furniture and art-and-craft objects such as porcelain and silver, are irreplaceable cultural assets. They should be protected and preserved. Moreover, despite the tendency of prices on the art market to fall in the recent past, works of art constitute great assets. Therefore insurance (inventory) of art means above all: taking precautions to prevent or minimize loss."
Dr. Rolf Wickenkamp Nordstern Allgemeine Versicherungs

"It is no use trying to describe a work of art or antique after it has been stolen. Then, only approximations can be given. Descriptions should be compiled when an object is bought or inherited, some (insurance) companies presume that owners take these precautions as a matter of course but this is rarely the case".
Philip Saunders writing in Trace Publication

"Law-enforcement officers are not trained in art, and that, therefore, they "rely very heavily on accurate descriptions and particularly on distinguishing features to be able to identify property which may be stolen."
A Member of Art and Antiques Focus

ESTATE & COLLECTION INVENTORY SOLUTIONS

Art Objects Inventory is dedicated to your art objects and can contain specialized art fields such as: title, artist, signed name, signature location, size, medium etc.

Wine Collection Inventory is formatted to catalog wine libraries, including: wine name, classification, varietals, label, winemaker, description, reports, publicity, tasting notes, storage, purchase details, valuations, serial numbers.

Household & Antique Inventory is designed with fields necessary for cataloging household furnishings, antiques, decorative arts, ethnographic materials, historic objects and artefacts.

Library Catalog Inventory is formatted with fields for titles, author, subject, publisher, published date, physical description, series, edition, summary, LCCN, ISBN, object ID, object name, status, condition.

Automobile Collection Inventory is a 'specialist' cataloguing and is tailored to client requirements and can include digital photographs (studio style by arrangement) plate and id logging and identification of mechanical components, including addition id photographs.

Map Publications Inventory is formatted to catalog maps, including: publisher, projection, scale, longitude, and latitude, and prime meridian.

also Music Collections; Jewellery, Diamonds, Fashion Collections, Artefacts and Garden Inventories

Art of Inventory is an independent entity, therefore secure from cross agency exchange of information.

The Team at Art of Inventory have academic backgrounds in the arts, with diverse International back grounds within Europe, America, United Kingdom, Asia and Australia.

All reports can be presented in English and/or French; additional languages by quotation.