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

info@summitart.net