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Market Reports

Quarterly intelligence on the alternative-asset markets, grounded in our proprietary auction and private-sale data. Read the public summary of each report, free.

Collector Cars · Q1 2026

The Secondary Market for Collector Cars

$702.5M across 7,535 lots, up 44% like-for-like. Ferrari scarcity, and a widening gap between the saleroom and the showroom.

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Luxury Handbags · Q1 2026

The Secondary Market for Luxury Handbags

A value repricing, not a volume collapse. Hermès holds as a store of value while the speculative middle of the market thins.

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Luxury Watches · Q1 2026

The Secondary Market for Luxury Watches

The bottom is in. Swiss exports turn positive and the listed watch majors begin to recover, led by Swatch.

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Jewelry & Gems · Q1 2026

The Secondary Market for Fine Jewelry & Gems

Jewelry held its hard value through the luxury selloff, the resilient core of the complex. Historic colored stones and the jewellery maisons led the year.

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Market Analysis

Timely, data-led reads on the alternative-asset markets, between the quarterly reports. The public summary of each is free; the full analysis is part of ALT/FNDATA Membership.

Market Analysis · H1 2026

Why One in Five Collector-Car Dollars Now Goes to a Ferrari

One marque took 21 percent of every dollar spent at collector-car auctions in H1 2026, a series high, two of every five million-dollar results, and…

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Market Analysis · H1 2026

Why White Diamonds Are Losing the Top of the Jewelry Market

The four most expensive jewels of H1 2026 in our record are a $25.6 million jadeite necklace and three colored diamonds. Beneath the trophies, white…

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Market Analysis · H1 2026

Why Luxury Stocks Fell 25 Percent While the Saleroom Set Records

LVMH and Hermes each lost roughly a quarter of their value in a half where the S&P 500 rose 9.6 percent. The saleroom answered with a $1.12 billion…

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Market Analysis · July 2026

Why the $63.9M Modigliani Returned Less Than an Index Fund

Bought for $12.4 million in 1995 and sold for $63.9 million in 2026, the picture compounded at 5.4 percent a year. The index did nearly twice that. The…

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Market Analysis · July 2026

Why the Same Week Produced Seven Art Records and a Half-Unsold Sale

In one London week, Christie's set seven world records in its Classic Week evening sales and failed to sell more than half of an online contemporary…

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Market Analysis · June 2026

How Christie's Sold €5.8M of Handbags Without a Saleroom

Christie's June online handbag sale totaled €5,836,666, a world record for the format, with 85 percent of sold lots beating their high estimate and a…

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Market Analysis · Mid-2026

Equity vs. Object: A Brand-Level Correlation Analysis

A share price values the company; an auction values the object. For Hermès they diverge; for Ferrari and Richemont they align. The gap is the signal.

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Special Report · H1 2025

Category and Price-Band Analysis: The H1 2025 Rotation

The auction market traded down and broadened. Jewelry and watches held their value while fine art and handbags cooled. A read on where demand rotated.

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Special Report · H1 2025

Auction-House Market-Share Analysis: Value vs. Volume

Sotheby's extended its lead and Christie's slipped; Phillips owns watches; and the value and volume tables tell two different stories.

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Market Analysis · Mid-2026

The Watch Market Decomposed: Auction Prices vs. Listed Equities

The secondary market for the best watches keeps setting records while the listed watch names trade on rates and the high street. A mid-2026 read.

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Market Analysis · Mid-2026

Signal vs. Noise: Coverage Bias in Auction Market Totals

Headline market-size numbers swing on which houses get captured. The named marquee results are the clean read, and the top of the market is strong.

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Market Analysis · Mid-2026

Luxury Equities vs. Auction Prices: A Decoupling Analysis

The listed luxury names swing on rates and risk appetite; the saleroom's top end keeps setting records. A mid-2026 read on the gap.

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