Buying & owning guides
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Independent, practical guides to buying, owning and eventually passing on exceptional assets. General information to help you ask better questions — never advice.
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Owning exceptional assets: the essentials
The questions that apply whatever you collect — title, structure, insurance, finance, succession and exit — set out so you can brief your advisers well.
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Private Aviation
Buying and owning a private jet
From on-demand charter to whole-aircraft ownership — how each route works, what to check before you commit, and what ownership really involves.
Yachting
Buying and owning a superyacht
Charter, brokerage or new build — the routes into superyacht ownership, the surveys and paperwork that protect you, and the true running costs.
Collectible Motor Assets
Buying and owning a collector car
Blue-chip classics, hypercars and limited editions — how to verify originality, where to buy, and how to care for a car so it keeps its character and its paperwork.
Fine Art
Buying and owning fine art
Auction, gallery or private sale — how the art market works, why provenance matters so much, and how to care for, insure, lend and eventually pass on a collection.
Watches & Jewellery
Buying and owning a fine watch
Independent haute horlogerie, vintage icons and limited editions — authenticity, originality and servicing are what separate a fine watch from a costly mistake.
Watches & Jewellery
Buying and owning high jewellery and important gemstones
Coloured diamonds, rare gems and signed pieces — grading, origin and treatment reports, and how to insure and store what is small, portable and valuable.
Fine Wine & Spirits
Buying and owning fine wine
En primeur, auction or merchant — provenance and storage are everything in fine wine. How to buy well, keep it properly and sell it when the time comes.
Fine Wine & Spirits
Buying and owning rare whisky and spirits
Rare single malts, closed distilleries, cognac and casks — bottle and cask ownership work very differently, and cask schemes need particular care.
Luxury Property
Buying and owning prime and super-prime property
Trophy estates, prime city homes and branded residences — how the prime market works, what to check before you commit, and what ownership involves across borders.
Exceptional Travel & Experiences
Buying exceptional travel: villas, private islands, residence clubs and expeditions
Not every exceptional asset is owned outright. How to buy access well — from villa rentals and private-island buyouts to residence-club memberships and expedition voyages.
Rare Collectibles
Buying and owning rare collectibles
Coins, stamps, rare books and manuscripts, memorabilia and antiques — grading, provenance and conservation for objects whose value often lies in tiny details.
This guide is general information to help you ask better questions. It is not legal, tax, financial, investment or insurance advice, and it does not recommend any asset, firm or transaction. Laws, taxes and market practice differ by jurisdiction and change over time. Take independent professional advice on your own circumstances before you buy, structure, finance, insure or sell any asset. The Luxury Assets News is a trading name of SIFS School of International Financial Services Limited (Jersey, no. 128123).