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Four up-and-coming artists to watch in 2016
Visual art has been one of the most evocative forms of expression since we inhabited caves. As Fine Art happens to be amongst the asset categories we…
What gives high-end musical instruments their value? Part II
Last time, we noted that expert valuers assess how close to the original condition a classic guitar remains. A 1950s solid-body electric guitar in ex…
What gives high-end musical instruments their value? Part I
As musical instruments are amongst the high-value possessions we use as collateral for our secured asset loans at peer-to-peer lender Unbolted, we th…
Using Art Deco jewellery to buy a new business laptop
What do you do when your child pours a bottleful of fizzy soda into your laptop - the laptop where you store all of your business accounts and client…
From minority to mainstream: a brief history of p2p lending
What a difference a decade or so makes. When peer-to-peer lending first appeared in 2005 (the UK was its birthplace), it was regarded as distinctly “…
The art of valuing diamonds
Diamonds are included in the asset categories we use as collateral for our low-cost secured asset loans at peer-to-peer lender Unbolted. If you’re co…
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.