Institutional-grade transaction data across 9 luxury and collectible asset classes. Over 1 million verified auction results from 200+ global auction houses, updated daily. Built for quantitative research, portfolio analytics, and alternative allocation strategies.
Alternative assets — watches, fine art, jewelry, classic cars, wine — represent over $2 trillion in global value, yet remain one of the least transparent markets in finance. Alt/Finance bridges that gap with structured, institutional-grade data.
9 asset categories in one unified API. Track wealth effects and allocation shifts across watches, art, gems, cars, handbags, wine, aircraft, motorcycles, and collectibles — something no single-vertical provider can offer.
Every auction result is linked to its parent company — LVMH, Richemont, Kering, Hermès, Sotheby's, Ferrari. Correlate secondary market transaction volumes and pricing trends directly with public equity positions.
Daily updates. FX-normalized pricing across 27 currencies. REST API with JSON. Bulk Parquet exports. Historical depth to 1889. Designed for time-series analysis, backtesting, and production data pipelines — not casual browsing.
Auction hammer rates and sell-through percentages at Christie's and Sotheby's are leading indicators of luxury conglomerate earnings. When Rolex sell-through rates decline at Phillips, it can signal softening demand before LVMH reports quarterly results. Alt/Finance gives you the structured data to build and backtest these signals.
Build quantitative return and volatility models for collectibles as an asset class. Analyze risk-adjusted returns across watch, art, and car indices. Study correlation with S&P 500, CPI, and real interest rates to evaluate collectibles as an inflation hedge or diversifier.
High-net-worth spending at auction is a real-time barometer of wealth confidence. Rising hammer-to-estimate ratios signal exuberance; rising bought-in rates signal caution. Alt/Finance captures these dynamics daily across 200+ auction houses worldwide.
Asset-backed lenders extending credit against watches, art, jewelry, and classic cars need reliable pricing benchmarks. Alt/Finance provides verified comparable transaction data — the equivalent of “comps” in real estate — with full provenance, condition, and market context.
Family offices and wealth advisors managing clients who own collectible assets need performance benchmarking and reporting. Alt/Finance provides the market data layer — price histories, category indices, and asset-level return calculations — that powers portfolio analytics for non-traditional assets.
| Watches | Art | Jewelry | Cars | Handbags | Wine | Aircraft | Motorcycles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Records | 1M+ | 500K+ | 1.2M+ | 300K+ | 200K+ | 200K+ | 50K+ | 50K+ |
| Brands / Artists | 640+ | 10,000+ | 560+ | 200+ | 322+ | 3,000+ types | 2,000+ | 1,500+ |
| History | 137 yrs | 25+ yrs | 130 yrs | 50+ yrs | 20 yrs | 30+ yrs | 15+ yrs | 20 yrs |
| Market Coverage | 95% | 70% | 88% | 94% | 95% | 95% | 85% | 80% |
| Update Frequency | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily |
JSON responses. Filter by category, date range, brand, auction house, price range, geography, and sale status. Rate-limited for fair use; enterprise tiers available. Full docs at docs.altfndata.com.
Full dataset exports in CSV, JSON, or Apache Parquet. Delivered via S3 or direct download. Parquet recommended for analytics workloads (Spark, Athena, BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks).
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Query Alt/Finance data conversationally inside Anthropic's Claude using the Model Context Protocol. Natural language questions, structured data-backed answers. Ideal for ad-hoc research and analyst workflows.
Free evaluation environment at sandbox.altfndata.com. Includes complete schemas, data dictionaries, sample datasets, and an interactive SQL editor. No credit card required.
“We use Alt/Finance's watch pricing data to backtest allocation strategies for our alternative asset portfolios. The depth of historical Rolex and Patek Philippe data has been invaluable for understanding vintage sports watch returns and volatility.”— Senior Portfolio Manager, $3.5B Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund
“Alt/Finance is the only provider that maps auction data to parent companies. This lets us correlate secondary market watch demand with Richemont and LVMH equity positions in real time.”— Quantitative Analyst, Global Macro Fund