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Unlocking art assets to buy new works for collectors
Small independent art dealers don’t need to be reminded that giant auction houses such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips have the financial clout…
Introducing the most complicated wristwatch in the world
Luxury watches constitute one of the categories of high-value assets we collateralise as security for our unique secured asset loans at peer-to-peer …
Luxury handbags: a fashion statement and a sound investment (Part Two)
Last time, we suggested that if you’ve got some pressing borrowing requirements, it might be worth sifting through your attic (or anywhere else you s…
Luxury handbags: a fashion statement and a sound investment (Part One)
Luxury handbags stand among the many categories of high-value possessions we collateralise as security for our low-interest secured asset loans at pe…
What are the luxury watches to watch in 2016?
Luxury watches are amongst the broad range of asset categories we use as collateral for our unique, low-interest secured asset loans at peer-to-peer …
George Orwell, a home improvement and Unbolted
What’s a George Orwell-loving agency nurse with a low credit rating to do when he’s between contracts and urgently needs £10,000? Meet Harley, who’…
How to Buy It
Expert Tips on Watches
All watch brands with a very few exceptions will depreciate immediately after purchase. There are a few such as the grand complication Patek Philippes which are in such short supply and high demand that they can immmediately be sold for a profit.
Reissued retro - the new cool!
On the 25th December 1969, the mechanical watch became obsolete when Seiko launched their first commercial quartz wrist watch. Nearly 50 years on and that obsolete technology is in remarkably rude health, and new watch launches are stepping back in time.
Cash, Cheque or Rolex..?
Urban legend is that British special forces members travel to remote parts of the world with steel Rolexes as emergency 'tradable community', but a more modern take on the "Rolex as currency" is the practise of buying a sought-after model to take abroad instead of carrying cash.