Summit Art
Advisory, LLC
Summit Art Advisory, LLC (SAA) provides consulting
services to art collectors, institutions and estates and works closely with
artists, dealers, auction houses, galleries and fine art cultural institutions.
Services include collection management, art
acquisitions, curatorial expertise and appraisal coordination and charitable
donation assistance.
Specializing in the management of private art
collections for over twenty-five years, Ray Merritt founded the company and
serves as C.E.O. Ray and his team have provided clients with invaluable
expertise in the field. By overseeing and negotiating the acquisition, sale,
insurance, charitable donation, appraisal and public exhibition of works of
art, they have provided best-in-class service to scores of individual private
collectors or institutional clients.
SAA helps build museum collections by working
closely with curatorial teams to arrange charitable donations to various
institutions.
SAA provides service to both experienced and
beginning art collectors and buyers. Through education and exposure to a broad
range of artists, galleries, museums, art fairs and events, SAA provides
clients an insider's entree to the art world, tailored to their particular
interests.
FINE ART ADVISORY
á Consultation,
evaluation and advice on vintage and contemporary art photography
based on the interests and goals of the collector
for building a fine art collection
á Research
and acquisition of fine art photography by mid-career to established artists,
whose works are included in major museums worldwide
á Evaluation
of price history and current Fair Market Value of fine artworks
á Coordination
of appraisals from industry-leading appraisers
á Comprehensive
archiving of fine art collections through an industry-standard,
database-management software system
á Documentation
of artworks in a written standardized form with digital images
FINE ART HANDLING AND INSTALLATION
á Museum-quality,
fine-art framing and installation for both private and institutional fine art
collections
á Exhibition
mounting services
& professional packing and shipping for fine art
á Company-managed
climate and non-climate controlled storage facilities
Summit Art Advisory, LLC
164 Main Street, Ste. 201
Chatham, NJ 07928
908-517-5897