Our International Private & Corporate Collections Team
At Lyon & Turnbull, our dedicated Private & Corporate Collections Team brings together deep specialist expertise and extensive market knowledge to support clients in the sale of significant collections. Every collection is unique and requires a tailored, flexible strategy. Our service begins with a confidential consultation, allowing us to understand the collection, its history and context, as well as your objectives.
Our specialists provide informed valuations and strategic advice, identifying the most appropriate route to market and ensuring every element of the collection is positioned to achieve its full potential. From initial assessment through to sale, we manage the entire process seamlessly, offering guidance at every stage.
Through our partnership with Freeman’s, our US partner and the largest auction house in America, we offer clients genuine international reach. Together, we have successfully handled and sold collections ranging from the contents of historic houses to carefully curated private and corporate holdings.
Our specialists work across a broad spectrum of fields, including contemporary art, fine and decorative arts, jewellery, books and rare objects - bringing the experience and expertise required to present even the most complex collections with care, insight and authority.
Expertise Across Private & Corporate Collections
We regularly advise on:
- Private collections built over a lifetime
- Estate and probate sales
- Corporate and institutional collections
- Trusts, foundations, clubs and societies
- Partial sales, refinements or complete dispersals
For corporate clients, we understand the governance, reporting and reputational considerations involved in selling works from a collection and we work sensitively within these frameworks.
