The idea is to turn freeports into “places the end-customer wants to be seen in, the best alternative to owning your own museum,” says David Arendt, managing director of the Luxembourg freeport. The newest facilities are dotted with private showrooms, where art can be shown to potential buyers. To help expand its private-client business, Christie’s, an auction house, has leased space in Singapore’s freeport (which also houses a diamond exchange). The wealthy are increasingly using freeports as a place where they can rub shoulders and trade fine objects with each other. It is not uncommon for a painting to be swapped for, say, a sculpture and some cases of wine, with all the goods remaining in the freeport after the deal and merely being shifted between the storage rooms of the buyer’s and seller’s handling agents.
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Sinon, effectivement, dans la vidéo de Geneva FreePort, on voit des caisses de pinard (Petrus, Château l’Évangile 3000 € la caisse en première recherche…)
▻http://www.geneva-freeports.ch/index.php?video=1
Luxembourg, c’est encore en projet. Ça a du avancer, mais le site n’a pas l’air très à jour.
▻http://www.luxfreeport.lu/site
À Singapour, il y a des spécialistes de l’or et de l’argent
▻http://goldsilver.com/news/singapore-silver-and-gold-vault-gst-free
Switzerland may have been a sanctuary for high net worth capital last century, today’s affluent are flocking to Singapore and Hong Kong, which now offer some of the most exclusive gold and silver vault options in the world.
▻http://vimeo.com/35176453
Designed by Swiss architects, Swiss engineers and Swiss security experts, the 270,000-square-foot facility is part bunker, part gallery. Unlike the free-port facilities in Switzerland, which are staid yet secure warehouses, the Singapore FreePort sought to combine security and style.
The lobby, showrooms and furniture were designed by contemporary designers Ron Arad and Johanna Grawunder. A gigantic arcing sculpture by Mr. Arad, titled “Cage sans Frontières,” (Cage Without Borders) spans the entire lobby. Paintings that line the exposed concrete walls lend the facility the air of a gallery.
Private rooms and vaults, barricaded by seven-ton doors, line the corridors. Near the lobby, private galleries give collectors a chance to view or show potential buyers their art under museum-quality spotlights. A planned second phase will double the size of the facility to 538,000 square feet.
(Extrait d’un article de mai 2010 du WSJ : Singapore Bling — ▻http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703691804575255551995870746 )
