Visual arts collectors are driven by variety of forces: passion, status, curiosity, financial gain, tax relief. Acquiring, selling or donating works of visual art requires extensive knowledge and attention to detail.

Laurence C. Zale Associates, Inc. provides independent guidance and expert information for collectors, public charitable organizations, private foundations and corporations who wish to move through the intricate world of auction houses, visual arts dealers, galleries, artists and museums. We will assist with the necessities and implications of appraisals, tax, restoration, insurance, moving and storage.

Unlike auction houses, visual art dealers, galleries, artists and museums, Laurence C. Zale Associates, Inc. does not maintain an inventory of art and thus has no fixed interest in a particular work of visual art or an artist. Our sole purpose is to find and help collectors or recipients evaluate the work of visual art that is most appropriate to acquire, sell or donate.

Laurence C. Zale Associates, Inc. believes in building a unique relationship with its clients, providing a customized range of visual arts advisory services including:

• A confidential analysis of a single work of visual art, a group of works or a collection based on an oral valuation or a written appraisal
  
• Recommendations on acquiring, selling or donating a single work of visual art, a group of works or a collection
  
• Suggestions on visual art values, market conditions, and their financial implications
  
• A competitive fee schedule that offers the highest standards of service.

We specialize in the following areas of collecting:

• 19th and 20th Century European Paintings, Drawings, Prints & Sculpture
• 19th and 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Prints & Sculpture
• Photography
• Decorative Arts
• Collectibles
  

Laurence C. Zale has been a visual arts collector, and has successfully managed the business affairs of individuals, corporations and charities, for over twenty years. His interests and experience have shaped his understanding of all three cultures. He was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, New York University, and The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He has written for the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates, the Journal of Financial Planning,  the Planned Giving Design Center, Merrill Lynch Nonprofit News and Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, among other publications. In addition to being a visual arts advisor, he serves as a trustee at the Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.