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		<title>Bloomberg: Purloined Picassos Chased by FBI Art Sleuths for Wealthy (5/17/13)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Over the last 10 years, you’ve seen an explosion to new levels in the art space,” Jeff Rabin, principal and co-founder of Artvest Partners LLC, an art investment advisory firm based in New York City. ]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times: As Money Props Up Art World, Prospects Are Mixed (4/29/13)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Rabin, a principal and co-founder of Artvest Partners, a New York advisory service, warns that the market this year could shape up to be more like the past months than the past few years.
He contends that the market hit a sweet spot and has begun to veer away from it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAM News: The power of art lending: what it means for your collection and your financial portfolio (March, 2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Artvest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a panel sponsored by artnet, Thomas Galbraith (artnet), Michael Plummer (Artvest Partners), Marissa Tracey (Citi Private Bank), and Shelley Fischer (Medallion Fine Art, Inc) explored the topic of art lending and its rise in popularity among wealthy individuals. ]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Times: In with the new (03/08/2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an observation not lost on Michael Plummer of Artvest Partners, a New York-based group that advises collectors. Plummer has pinpointed a “sea- change” in buying in the late 1990s, when art and design prior to the advent of modernism began to look outdated to new collectors entering the market. But he is optimistic, stressing that fresh blood could bolster vulnerable areas of the market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal: The Ways Art Investors Blow It (02/25/2013)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/wall-street-journal-the-ways-art-investors-blow-it-02252013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For one recent example, look at Damien Hirst, says Jeff Rabin, principal and co-founder of Artvest Partners&#8230;In September 2008, Sotheby&#8217;s held a much-ballyhooed sale of the artist&#8217;s work, with prices ranging as high as $18.6 million. But the market for Mr. Hirst&#8217;s work has cooled, and those who bought at the sale &#8220;would have, on [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="View Three Mistakes Novice Art Investors Fall Prey to - WSJ.com on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/127161863/Three-Mistakes-Novice-Art-Investors-Fall-Prey-to-WSJ-com">For one recent example, look at Damien Hirst, says Jeff Rabin, principal and co-founder of Artvest Partners&#8230;In September 2008, </a><a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=BID" data-ls-seen="1">Sotheby&#8217;s</a> held a much-ballyhooed sale of the artist&#8217;s work, with prices ranging as high as $18.6 million. But the market for Mr. Hirst&#8217;s work has cooled, and those who bought at the sale &#8220;would have, on average, paid significantly more than those works are currently commanding.&#8221;  Mr. Rabin recommends that collectors &#8220;love what they&#8217;re buying,&#8221; because there&#8217;s no guarantee of a secondary market, and they may be stuck with it.</p>
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		<title>New York Times: As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight (01/28/2013)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/new-york-times-as-art-values-rise-so-do-concerns-about-markets-oversight-01282013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Ideally any tightening of the rules would be self-imposed,” said Michael Plummer, a former Christie’s executive who is now a principal in Artvest Partners, an art advisory company. “Unfortunately I don’t think the markets are going to have the discipline to do that.”]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Latin Investor: Latin American Auction Recap (December 2012)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/alternative-latin-investor-latin-american-auction-recap-december-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://artvest.com/alternative-latin-investor-latin-american-auction-recap-december-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artvest provides a recap of New York's November Latin American art auctions. ]]></description>
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<p><em>This article was originally published in the December 2012 Issue of Alternative Latin Investor.</em></p>
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		<title>Reuters: Miami art fair attracts growing Latin American market (12/06/12)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/reuters-miami-art-fair-attracts-growing-latin-american-market-120612/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Artvest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Miami is in their own backyard," said Michael Plummer, principal of ArtVest Partners LLC, a New York investment advisory firm for art collectors. "I have a good friend who lives in Rio (de Janeiro) who makes a point of coming to the fair in Miami, but he would never go to the one in Switzerland, it's a different mindset."]]></description>
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		<title>Forbes: Art Funds Follow Up (11/30/12)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/forbes-art-funds-follow-up-113012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I have tremendous hesitation saying that any firm offering art derivative products can make a go of it. You need a more developed art fund industry before you can even think about art derivatives and you’re not going to get there without institutional support,” says Jeff Rabin. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Business: Seven Masterful Tips for Investing in Art (11/29/12)</title>
		<link>http://artvest.com/fox-business-seven-masterful-tips-for-investing-in-art-112912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because art comes with so many investment risks, most likely you'll need specific advice from an expert. "Investing in art is much more complicated than people realize," Rabin says. "Just because you're talented in other areas of investing doesn't mean you'll excel in art."
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