Expertise & Valuation

Service

What We Offer

The Assets Agency is partnering with internationally renowned experts and scholars or artists foundations and can count on the support of leading laboratories to perform an objective assessment of any kind of luxury asset, be it for authentication or valuation purposes.

CONTEXTUALISATION

Technique, medium used, provenance fact finding, exhibition, publication history, literature review,…

SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT

Tomography, Infrared Reflectography, X-ray photography, Electronic microscopy, chemical analysis…

VALUATION

Access to most relevant auction databases with more than 800,000 artists and over 30 million auction results and up to 30 years of back data.

Professional Advisers
that work for you

Too many collectors fail to make sufficient returns on their assets in the short term. This results in a significant cash tie-up and missed opportunities to grow their asset portfolio quickly.

The Assets Agency helps owners of luxury assets to maximize their profitability quickly, using tailor-made strategies.

Our team leverages the competence of financial and art experts and a unique network of partners to ensure the best outcome for our clients.

Leendert de Voogd

Leendert de Voogd is the co-founder of The Assets Agency and is responsible for leading the evaluation and valuation of assets that our clients wish to leverage. He also advises them when it comes to acquire new artworks or sell existing assets.

Leendert has been surrounded by art all his life. Being the son of a long-time gallery owner and with two painters in his family, Leendert has a real passion for art and artists. His extensive knowledge of the modern art era makes him a partner of choice to define optimal art-based lending strategies.

Leendert graduated in Political Sciences from the UCL (Belgium) and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris | Sciences Po (France). He is also certified by the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in Art & Finance.

Éric BONAFINI

Eric Bonafini is the co-founder of The Assets Agency and leads our asset management consulting services. He is responsible for the financial analysis of our asset-based lending strategies.

Since 2012, Eric has been a recognized expert in securitization, particularly as applied to fine art, collectible cars, wines and luxury watches. He has been part of art management companies where he set up an art leasing branch and managed the tax and financial advice related to art investments.

Eric has a Master in Political Sciences and a Master in Economics from the UCL (Belgium).