Most individual investors don’t have the millions of dollars it takes to invest in fine art as an asset class.

But what if you didn’t need millions of dollars? What if you could own a stake in paintings by Monet, Warhol or KAWS for just $20 per share?

Scott Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Masterworks, a platform that helps individual investors get in on the lucrative fine arts market.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Scott joins me to explain why he built the first platform for trading shares in fine art and describe how art is evaluated as an asset class.

Scott discusses why individual investors should consider adding fine art to their portfolios, weighing in on how real assets serve as a hedge against inflation.

Listen in to understand how fine art correlates with the stock market and find out how Masterworks makes it easy for you to invest in individual shares of paintings by well-known artists like Basquiat and Banksy. 

Key Takeaways 

What inspired Scott to build the first platform for trading shares in fine art

How Masterworks uses data to evaluate art markets

The 2 criteria Scott’s team uses to decide which paintings to buy

How the dwindling supply of an artist’s work influences returns

Why individual investors should consider adding fine art to their portfolios

The benefit of investing in assets uncorrelated to public equities

How the Masterworks platform makes it easy to invest in individual shares of fine art

How real assets like fine art serve as a hedge against inflation

The high correlation between fine art and gold

Why Scott doesn’t believe in NFTs in the context of fine art

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Resources

Masterworks Presentation on Understanding Art as an Investment

Nomura Piece on Investing in Art

Sotheby’s

Christie’s

Basquiat

Monet

Banksy

KAWS

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