Products
Helm Art Products
Buying Art/ Starting an Artworks Collection/ Buying NFT’s
Examples of this product category:
· Buying artworks in New York, London, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Munich
· Buying artworks in the USA: tax-related considerations
· Buying artworks in the UK: tax-related considerations
· Buying artworks in Europe: tax-related considerations
· Estate Tax/ Inheritance Tax issues when buying artworks in the USA/ UK
· Starting your artworks collection: what we can do to help you
· Buying art: what due diligence should you do before buying art
· Red flag: incomplete provenance
· Buying an NFT: what to be aware of
·Buying art at auction: what to be aware of in a sales agreement
·Buying art by private treaty sale: what to be aware of in a sales agreement
·Dispute relating to authenticity/ attribution of your new artwork
· Dispute relating to title of your new artwork
· Claims made that your new artwork is a looted artwork
· Insuring your new artwork
· Storing your new artwork
· Exporting your new artwork to your home country
· Importing your new artwork to your home country
Buying a stake in an iconic painting: investing in fractional ownership of art
Examples of this product category:
· Buying a stake in blue chip artworks: painting/ structure due diligence overview
· Investing in multimillion-dollar paintings: artwork/ structure due diligence overview
· Building a diversified portfolio of iconic artworks: painting/ structure due diligence overview
Selling Art/ Strategising for a commercially successful sale of your collection/ Selling NFT’s
Examples of this product category:
· Readying your artwork for sale
· Selling artworks in New York London, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Munich
· Selling your artworks collection: what we can do to help you
· Buying art: what due diligence should you do before buying art
· Red flag: incomplete provenance
· Selling an NFT: what to be aware of
· Selling at auction: what to be aware of
· Selling art by private treaty sale: what to be aware of in a sales agreement
· Dispute relating to authenticity/ attribution of your artwork you want to sell
· Dispute relating to title of your artwork you want to sell
· Claims made that your artwork is a looted artwork
· Insuring your artwork
· Storing your artwork
· Exporting your artwork to the country of sale
Valuing Artworks
Examples of this product category:
· Valuing your artwork for insurance purposes
· Valuing your artwork for sales purposes
· Valuing your artwork you want to buy
· Valuing your artwork for estate tax purposes
· Valuing your artwork for Inheritance Tax Purposes
Exporting Artworks
Examples of this product category:
· Exporting artworks from the US.
· Exporting artworks from the EU
· Exporting artworks from Asia
· Exporting artworks from one US State to another
· Exporting artworks from Switzerland
· Exporting artworks from Africa
Importing Artworks
Examples of this product category:
· Importing artworks from the US
· Importing artworks from the EU
· Importing artworks from Asia
· Importing artworks from one US State to another
· Importing artworks from Switzerland
· Importing artworks from Africa
Insuring Art
Examples of this product category:
· Insuring artworks for transportation
· Insuring your collection
· Insurance claims
· Advice relating to Government Indemnity Scheme Covers the
Loaning Artworks to a Museum or Gallery for an Exhibition
Examples of this product category:
· Long term loan agreement
· Short term loan agreement
· Immunity from seizure issues
· Insurance-related issues
Loaning Artworks to a beneficiary of a trust
Examples of this product category:
· Loan Agreements
· Benefit in kind reporting obligations in relation to beneficiaries of trusts
· Valuing artworks for purposes of reporting
Art due diligence, including provenance, attribution, authenticity, valuations
Examples of this product category:
· Assistance in conducting appropriate due diligence checks for purchase or sale of artworks
· Red flags to watch out for
· Whose obligation is it to do checks
· What checks are needed
· Searching registers of missing/stolen works
· Which experts to use
Art finance
Examples of this product category:
· Valuing artworks as collateral
· Which works in your collection you should offer up as collateral to maximise your chance of a loan
· Commercials of art finance
· Finding a lender
· Review of a finance agreement
Export licenses
Examples of this product category:
· Contraints on export: national treasures
· Challenges to export restrictions
· Strategising in anticipation of possible export restrictions: especially in restrictive jurisdictions such as Italy
Artists’ estates
Examples of this product category:
· Planning for Artists Estates: preserving your oeuvre
· Preparation of a catalogue raisonné and archive for your Artworks
· Preparing a framework for conserving or restoring any of your Artworks
· Promoting your Artworks/ your “brand” during your lifetime and after your lifetime including through attracting scholarly and curatorial interest
· Ensuring that all your IP rights (copyright) are protected/ generate the requisite income (from licensing imagery, print production etc) for the duration of your life plus the period of time recognized under applicable copyright laws
· Negotiating and managing any commissions you undertake as an artist
· Planning for authenticating your work after your lifetime
· Putting in place a valid last will and testament to regulate your affairs upon your demise, including in relation to key aspects of your estate as an artist
· Artists Resale rights
Dispute resolution including relating to title, attribution, authenticity, catalogues raisonnés
Examples of this product category:
· Strategising for cost-effective and expeditious resolution of title disputes
· Strategising for cost-effective and expeditious resolution of authenticity disputes
Aspects of art-related taxation
Examples of this product category:
· Determining/setting up a tax efficient art structure
· Tax-related queries for gifting artworks to a trust
· Tax-related queries on death
· Tax-related queries for sales of artworks
· Tax-related queries for purchase of artworks