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Matthias Knab, Opalesque: VIOLIN ASSETS, based in Bedburg, Germany, facilitates investments in premium stringed instruments, granting investors access to the finest musical instruments especially eligible for sustainable investment. Investors can also support some of today’s outstanding musicians in a meaningful way by making rare top instruments available to them.
Christian Reister, co-owner of Violin Assets GmbH, says that quality string instruments can be an attractive and stable asset. "Top instruments are extremely stable in value," says Reister. The young company is based at Schloss Bedburg near Cologne and has specialized in trading high-quality string instruments.
He added, "The value of stringed instruments decoupled from other asset classes such as stocks, bonds, gold or real estate." In addition, the instrument market is largely dominated by long-term investors. "This is certainly a reason for the tendency of top instruments to increase in value." Christian Reister continues. According to the Fuchs-Taxe benchmark, quality string instruments have over the past hundred years registered an annual value growth of between 5-8 per cent per annum, and some instruments even significantly higher.
Investment and patronage
With Violin Assets, it’s only a small step from investor to patron, as many highly talented young artists or already established virtuosos have demand for top instruments. Many owners of master viol...................... To view our full article Click here
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