Don’t risk your art through poor transport, experts warn.
An increasing number of amateur collectors are bidding to become the next Charles Saatchi – but a lack of caution is repeatedly putting their art at risk.
Fine art movement and storage specialist Cadogan Tate today warns young collectors that securing the winning bid for a piece of art is only half the job of a true collector.
Graham Enser, Cadogan Tate Fine Art’s Managing Director, says: “Art is fast becoming the fashionable investment of choice for successful young businesspeople.
“However many put all of their efforts into buying the piece that they want – be it at auction, from a catalogue or through an online gallery.
They then put everything at risk by paying little attention to how their new investment is transported and stored.
Fine art does not just look good – it is a serious financial investment, and it is important to take every possible care with it.“

“An expensive piece of artwork is not something to wrap in brown paper and thrust into a post box.”
Cadogan Tate recently unveiled its PicturePack service, which allows collectors to see instantly and online the cost of packing and transporting their work of art.
PicturePack allows dealers to provide clients with a price for shipping in seconds and for an art dealer eliminates the waiting time between closing the sale and knowing the shipping cost for certain.
The online service has already been lauded by auction houses and professional dealers for making the purchase and transport of art easier than ever before.
Mr Enser says: “We have won plaudits in the professional world for the service, but we want to make sure that private collectors know that we are there.
“That way, they can be safe in the knowledge that their investment is in safe, and specially trained, hands.”
To use this new, instant quotation, picture-packing and shipping service log onto www.picturepack.net.