Some works are never meant for the gavel.
A small register of pieces released to us under strict terms, by makers, custodians and estates who would rather a single committed home than an open room of bidders. Introductions are private, the conversation is slow, and the work is shown only after we know it is the right one.
Four conversations, no catalogue.
- 01
Letter of intent
A private note: what you collect, the room a piece would live in, the ground you would not cross. We respond within ten days, by hand.
- 02
Register opened
If there is alignment, we share two or three works currently held in the private register. No images leave the studio, no PDFs circulate.
- 03
Viewing in studio
You see the piece in our London room, or we crate it for a viewing at yours. The maker's statement and the community release are read aloud together.
- 04
Acquisition and care
Deposit on agreement, balance on receipt. Climate notes, conservator referral and the annual royalty letter follow you for the life of the work.
The terms we will not move on.
Discretion
No public listing, no price index, no resale catalogue. Your name appears only in the bound dossier the work travels with.
Provenance
Every piece arrives with a signed community release, a lineage note from the maker and an independent conservator's condition report.
Community royalty
Forty per cent of the agreed price is paid forward to the originating community trust, audited annually and reported to you in writing.
If a work is right for you, it will wait.
We would rather a piece stay another season in the studio than enter a room that does not understand it. Write to us when you are ready. There is no list to join, only a conversation to begin.