Our Services
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services advises private collectors, estates, and institutions on the acquisition, sale, and long-term stewardship of significant art collections. Drawing on over 40 years of experience across Impressionist and Modern, Postwar, and American markets, we bring a global network of auction specialists, dealers, conservators, and scholars to every engagement. We also maintain an active art dealing business and carry inventory of our own.
We always place our clients’ interests first, work discreetly, and disclose any direct interest we hold in a transaction before it proceeds.
Acquisition and Deaccession
Strategic representation at every stage of buying and selling, across both private and public markets. We regularly advise estates on the deaccession of collections, working alongside executors, trustees, and counsel to manage timing, tax considerations, and equitable distribution.
- Client representation in private sales and at public auctions
- Long-term collecting and deaccession strategy
- Estate and trust deaccession
- Market analysis across historical and contemporary categories
- Appraisal services
Collection Management
Real-time inventory management and administration that keeps our clients' collections organized, properly insured, and current with scholarship.
- Strategies for insurance and inventory management
- Framing and pedestal consultation and fabrication
- Identifying and placing strategic short- and long-term loans
- Professional, publication-quality photography
- Conservation and restoration referrals
Shipping and Handling Logistics
We handle projects of every scale, from a single work to the relocation of an entire collection. Our in-house team manages smaller engagements directly, and we partner with museum-quality art handlers on larger and more complex projects.
- Art handling, packing, storage, and installation for domestic and international shipments
- Home staging
- Artwork lighting consultations and installations
- Offsite artwork storage management
Research and Scholarship
Rigorous research and reporting on potential acquisitions and the collections we represent, backed by dedicated in-house staff and institutional access.
- Authentication research and referrals, including foundation and catalogue raisonné registration
- Confirmation of artwork provenance and exhibition history
- Tailored art historical scholarship and critical analysis
- Access to publication databases and institutional archives
Discuss Your Collection
To discuss a work, a collection, or how we might be of service, we invite you to reach out directly.