Why Invest in Art with Masterworks?

Based on Masterworks research, contemporary art prices have increased 12.6% on an annualized basis from 1995-2022

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Masterworks is the first platform to offer investments in securitized blue-chip artworks by artists like Picasso, Basquiat, and Banksy.

More than 745,000 users have already signed up for Masterworks. We are now one of the largest art buyers in the world.

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The comparison between the Art and Real Estate asset classes is provided for illustrative purposes only and should not be used as the basis for an investment decision. There are significant differences between investing in Art and investing in Real Estate, some of which are described above.

Real Estate as an Asset Class

• There are a variety of ways to invest in real estate such as physical assets, real estate investment trusts (REITS), and crowdfunding.
  
  
• Location is fixed and can affect a property’s value.
  
  
• Real estate is typically held for a combination of current income or capital appreciation
  
  
• Historically, real estate has exhibited positive real returns during periods of high-inflation
  
  
• Average real return for real estate of 5%, based on Wilshire US Real Estate Securities Total Market Index from 1985-2020, during periods in which inflation was equal to or higher than 3.0%
  

Contemporary Art as an Asset Class

• As a tangible, mobile store of value, art can be moved and sold across locales and currencies
  
  
• Artwork is held exclusively for capital appreciation.
  
  
• Historically, Contemporary Art has exhibited positive price appreciation rates during periods of high-inflation
  
  
• Average price appreciation for contemporary art of 23.2%, based on repeat-sales from 1985-2020, during periods in which inflation was equal to or higher than 3.0%
  
  
• According to Citi Private Bank, contemporary art has exhibited low correlation to equities historically
  

With its 13 exits, Masterworks has realized net annualized returns of 32%, 39.3%, 36.2% 27.3%, 9.2%, 33.1%, 21.5%, 17.8%, 13.9%, 35%, 10.4%, 325.5%, 4.1%

We’ve compiled what we believe to be the most complete price database of art market returns, consisting of more than 5 million data points.

During periods when inflation was equal to or higher than 3.0%, contemporary art prices had an average real price appreciation of 13.5%.

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