Security considerations when consignment stock piles up

A Flinders Lane dealer rang me in March with what she thought was a good problem. Three estates had come to her at once, all wanting to consign through her gallery before a spring auction cycle, and suddenly she had 40 more works on her walls and in her back room than she’d budgeted floor […]

Why Most Gallery Break-Ins Aren’t What You Think

I’ve walked into more galleries after a break-in than I care to count, back when I was running operations for a mid-size Melbourne gallery. The thing that always surprised the owner was never the thing they’d been worried about. They’d spent money on an alarm. They’d spent money on cameras pointed at the front door. […]