COLLECT
Beauty is personal. You may find it while traveling, in a museum, in nature, or in a memory. Our role is to help you identify that inspiration and translate it into a collection that is genuinely yours.
With direct studio access, we source exclusive originals and curated prints, and manage the entire bespoke commission process on your behalf. As your gallerist, we choose only work that is aesthetically compelling and a strategic fit for your collection.
Our international roster of full time, professional artists is always creating. Some collectors prefer to choose from what already exists, so we present originals, limited edition giclees, and prints ready to acquire. For collectors who have watched the right piece slip away, we offer something better, a bespoke commission made for them alone.
APPRAISE
Appraisals are generally sought for reasons like fair market value, insurance coverage, gifting, estate planning, or financial and tax reporting, and every engagement is approached according to the specific needs of the client. Once the scope of your project is defined, we provide a formal Engagement Agreement outlining the methodology, timeline, required documentation, and cost.
Our fee structure reflects the rigor, market research, and specialized documentation each engagement requires. To maintain the highest professional standards, we do not provide complimentary evaluations or informal verbal estimates.
Projects are quoted as a flat fee or hourly rate, covering artwork inspection, market analysis, and a comprehensive, USPAP compliant report.
Melissa Hamilton is a Member of the International Society of Appraisers, the leading professional personal property appraisal association, representing the most highly trained and rigorously tested independent appraisers in the United States and Canada.
CONSULT
To us, art is a dialogue. At MHAC, building a collection is a creative partnership. Together we bring nearly 25 years of formal artist education, studio, museum, gallery, and appraisal experience directly to your space, ensuring every piece is as strategically sound as it is aesthetically inspired.
We are an untethered consultancy, built to move faster than a traditional gallery ever could. We do not wait for the right client or piece to walk through the door. We go find it, sourcing, vetting, and securing work directly. We are not a consultancy that stops at advice. We do the work ourselves. Whatever the challenge, bring it to us. We have built our practice to solve exactly this.