Services

Collection Management

Full stewardship of a collection, from acquisition to legacy. We manage every logistical, administrative, and financial concern.

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Robert Adams — Out a Front Window, Longmont, Colorado, 1968–71

Owning works of significance brings a continuous set of obligations, from cataloguing and conservation to storage, insurance, and estate planning. Collection management is the infrastructure that handles all of it, so a collection stays properly documented, protected, and positioned.

What We Do

Cataloguing, Provenance & Inventory

We develop and maintain comprehensive catalogues, documenting provenance, exhibition history, condition, and current market value for each work.

Conservation

We coordinate all aspects of conservation and restoration, drawing on a trusted network of specialist conservators across photography, painting, and sculpture.

Storage, Shipping & Logistics

Climate-controlled storage, specialist art handling, domestic and international shipping, customs clearance, and installation.

Insurance & Coverage Coordination

We coordinate with specialist art insurers and keep valuations current so coverage always reflects the collection’s true value and condition.

Estate Planning

Valuation for estate and gift tax purposes, succession planning, and guidance on disposition, coordinated with lawyers, accountants, and family offices.

Charitable Donations & Gift Planning

Identifying institutional recipients, managing IRS-compliant appraisals for donation purposes, and coordinating the transfer process.

Our Approach

We begin every engagement by developing a thorough understanding of a collection. Our service is shaped by the client’s objectives, the scale of their collection, and the level of involvement they require, coordinating with a trusted network of specialists, conservators, shippers, and institutions on your behalf.

Why Ithaca

We approach collection management as collectors ourselves. That means understanding what it means to care for works of genuine significance, not as inventory to be administered but as objects of cultural and personal importance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about collection management

Every aspect of the ongoing care, administration, and strategic oversight of an art collection, cataloguing, conservation, storage and logistics, insurance coordination, estate planning, and advisory support, tailored to each client.

Private collectors, family offices, estates, and institutions at every level of collection size and complexity, from a focused dozen works to a major holding spanning multiple categories and locations.

Yes. We manage collections across multiple locations and jurisdictions, coordinating storage, shipping, customs, and insurance internationally through a global network of trusted specialists.

All conservation work is undertaken in close consultation with the collector. We coordinate with specialist conservators and manage the full process from assessment through completion.

We coordinate with the collector’s legal and financial advisors, providing USPAP-compliant appraisals for estate and gift tax purposes, succession planning, and disposition guidance.

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Every advisory relationship begins with a private conversation about your collection and your ambitions.

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