JEREMY ECKSTEIN
Course:
Art as an Alternative Investment
Course:
Understanding Trends in the Art Market
Jeremy Eckstein is a statistician by training. He started his working
life as a fund manager. In 1979, he joined Sotheby's Auction House as
Head of Research, where he was responsible for developing a range of
statistical, economic and financial tools for use by investors and other
art market professionals with particular responsibility for monitoring
the performance of the British Railways Pension Fund's fine art
investment portfolio. He was appointed Deputy Director in 1987, with
overall responsibility for international research.
In 1990, Mr. Eckstein began to work as an independent consultant in the
art market. He has undertaken a broad range of commissioned research,
carrying out surveys for the art trade and producing a variety of
statistics and economic analyses, including a major survey for TEFAF
Maastricht on the economic impact of art fairs. He is a member of
Sotheby's Institute of Art – London consultant faculty.