AI-Powered Art Advisory for Discerning Collectors

The Art Market Feels Impenetrable.
It Doesn't Have To.

Egon combines institutional-grade market intelligence with AI-powered preference discovery to help you build an investment-worthy collection—with the confidence of a seasoned advisor at a fraction of the cost.

70+ Factors Per Analysis
Tailored To Your Unique Vision
Unparalleled Market Access
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Three Barriers Block Entry to the Art Market

Passionate museum-goers walk into galleries, feel out of place, and walk right back out. They never return. Here's why.

The Articulation Barrier

"Tell me about your collection."

This question separates serious collectors from browsers. Galleries and auction houses invest in relationships with collectors who can articulate a coherent vision. "Buy what you love" offers no framework for discovering or expressing what that actually means.

The Information Asymmetry

95% of gallery art has no ROI potential

Gallery pricing is unpublished. Career trajectories are invisible. Provenance is fragmented. Identifying the investment-grade 5% requires expertise that traditional advisors only provide to clients with $10M+ net worth.

The Gatekeeping Barrier

Allocations go to established collectors

Primary market allocations go to collectors with gallery relationships. Navigating etiquette, negotiation tactics, and auction strategy requires insider knowledge. No playbook exists for building relationships that unlock waitlists.

Egon Solves All Three Barriers Simultaneously

Through AI-powered preference discovery, institutional-grade market analysis, and personalized acquisition guidance, we transform the impenetrable into the accessible—without requiring you to become an insider first.

Meet Egon

Your Personal Art Investment Advisor

Think of Egon as your trusted guide through the art world—a thoughtful advisor who combines institutional knowledge with genuine care for your collecting journey.

Egon brings together decades of market data, aesthetic theory, and collecting wisdom. Through natural conversation, it learns not just what you like, but why—and uses that understanding to surface artists, opportunities, and strategies that no search engine can replicate. No other platform attempts this.

Egon gets smarter about you over time. Every analysis enriches your taste profile, every acquisition sharpens future recommendations, and every signal tracked makes the next verdict more precise. Between acquisitions, daily market intelligence and updated portfolio valuations keep you engaged year-round. Unlike traditional advisors, Egon is always available, never judges your questions, and remembers every detail of your collecting vision.

Egon's Promise

"I'm here to help you discover art that speaks to your soul, understand its place in the world, and build lasting connections—with the work, with artists, and with a community that shares your passion for beauty and meaning."

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Vision Analysis

Upload images of art you love. Egon identifies the aesthetic DNA—movement, technique, emotional resonance—and discovers artists who align with your vision.

Deep Artist Research

Every analysis processes 50+ sources: auction results, gallery pricing, museum holdings, critical reviews, and institutional validation. 600+ pages of research synthesized in minutes.

Auction Intelligence

Real-time tracking across Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips, and Bonhams. Price discovery, bought-in rates, and arbitrage opportunities between auction and gallery markets.

Gallery Scripts

Personalized introduction emails, negotiation frameworks, and relationship-building tactics. Sound like a serious collector because you are one.

Professional Reports

Tax documentation, insurance appraisals, and curatorial manifests. Institutional-quality documentation for your collection.

A Note on AI & Art: Egon exists to deepen human connections with human-made art. Every recommendation leads you to real artists creating real work. Technology serves creativity—it never replaces it.

Converse with Egon

Ask anything. Get institutional-grade answers in seconds.

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Ask Egon Your Art Investment Advisor
Should I bid on this Julie Mehretu coming up at Phillips?
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Yes—Mehretu would be a strong addition to your collection. She's a blue-chip artist with consistent secondary demand, and this lot's $80–120K estimate sits below her recent auction average of $147K for comparable works on paper. Her layered abstractions align well with your collection's gestural focus.

  • Institutional Validation: 9.2/10
  • Liquidity Score: 8.5/10
  • Aesthetic Alignment: 8.7/10
  • Portfolio Fit: High (fills abstract gap)

Bid Strategy: Comparables suggest this sells above estimate. Set your ceiling at $135K—competitive but with margin built in. Factor in Phillips' 26% buyer's premium.

Condition report looks clean and provenance is gallery-direct.

Works on paper are how informed collectors build blue-chip positions without seven-figure competition. For Mehretu, this is a smart entry point.

Ask about any artist, artwork, or strategy...
Investment Analysis
  • "Is Gerhard Richter a good investment at $500K?"
  • "What's the investment grade for emerging artist X?"
  • "Analyze my portfolio for diversification gaps"
Auction Intelligence
  • "What are upcoming auctions matching my interests?"
  • "Show me auction history for Agnes Martin"
  • "Find price comparables for this Basquiat print"
Discovery & Strategy
  • "Find artists similar to Julie Mehretu who are rising in value with works under $50K"
  • "Which artists have momentum signals right now?"
  • "Create an acquisition strategy for my budget"
Market Intelligence
  • "What's the latest market news for photography?"
  • "Show trending artists this month"
  • "What signals indicate rising demand?"

Egon synthesizes live auction data from major houses, real-time market signals, institutional holdings, your collection and preferences, and momentum indicators that detect opportunities before the broader market—all accessible through natural conversation, 24/7.

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Egon's Verdict

Every artist analyzed across 50+ data sources. 600+ pages of research synthesized into actionable intelligence.

Egon's Verdict
STRONG BUY Immediate Action Strong institutional momentum and rising secondary market support an attractive entry point for your collection focus.
Blue-chip
Confidence
92%
Research Depth
0 Sources Analyzed
0 Pages of Research
0 Exhibitions Tracked

8-Point Investment Framework

Comprehensive scoring across all market dimensions

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Liquidity
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Institutional
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Momentum
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Discovery
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Risk
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Aesthetic Fit
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Investment
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Appreciation

"Strong institutional backing with MoMA, Tate, and Centre Pompidou holdings. Primary market pricing stable with 12% YoY appreciation. Excellent liquidity through established gallery network."

Portfolio Intelligence

Professional analytics for risk-adjusted collection building.

Portfolio Allocation by Tier

Blue-chip 30%
Value 25%
Growth 30%
Discovery 15%
Collection Coherence 0 /10
Thematic Unity 8.5
Period Balance 7.8
Medium Diversity 8.4
Gap Analysis
Tier Diversification

Add mid-career representation to balance allocation toward established names.

Geographic Expansion

Consider Latin American or African artists to broaden market exposure.

Medium Diversity

Photography underrepresented; emerging opportunities in this category.

Mid-career artists Photography Latin American

Professional Documentation

Institutional-quality reports at a fraction of traditional advisory costs.

Artist Investment Analysis
Generated February 2026
STRONG BUY
Immediate Action

Rising secondary market and growing institutional interest indicate an attractive acquisition window

Market Position
Investment Scores
8.5 Liquidity
9.2 Institutional
7.8 Momentum
3.2 Risk
Institutional Holdings
MoMA Tate Pompidou Whitney Guggenheim +12 more
Price Analysis
Key Insights
Collection Manifest
Portfolio Summary
$127,500 Total Value
12 Works
+18.3% YTD Return
8.2 Coherence
Collection Inventory
ArtistTitleValueStatus
Owned
Watching
Tier Allocation
Blue-chip 30%
Growth 45%
Discovery 25%
Collection Thesis
Tax Documentation
Tax Year 2025
Capital Gains Summary
Short-term Gains $4,200
Long-term Gains $12,800
Total Reportable $17,000
Holding Period Analysis
< 1 Year 3 works
1-3 Years 5 works
3+ Years 4 works
Transaction History
DateWorkTypeAmount
Sale
Purchase
Cost Basis Documentation

How Egon Works

Start onboarding on Tuesday, walk away with a personalized collecting plan. By Thursday, three artist discoveries tailored to your taste and budget. That weekend, walk into a show opening prepared. Within a month, your first acquisition.

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Collector Onboarding

15-20 minutes

A guided conversation that builds your collector profile: investment goals, risk tolerance, budget parameters, and collecting timeline. Egon asks about artists you admire, exhibitions that moved you, and the emotional responses you seek from art.

Collection thesis Aesthetic profile Investment framework
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Artist & Market Research

3-5 minutes per artist

Search any artist and receive comprehensive analysis: auction history, gallery representation, museum holdings, critical reception, and market trajectory. Each report includes a clear verdict (from Strong Buy to Avoid), liquidity scores, and personalized fit assessment against your profile.

Investment grade Price benchmarks Aesthetic alignment
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Acquisition Guidance

Per opportunity

When you're ready to acquire, Egon provides actionable support: gallery approach scripts personalized to your profile, auction bidding strategies with price ceilings, negotiation frameworks, and timing recommendations based on market conditions.

Gallery scripts Price guidance Negotiation tactics
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Portfolio Management

Ongoing

Track your collection's performance with professional analytics: allocation by tier, style concentration, liquidity assessment, and gap analysis. Generate tax documentation, insurance appraisals, and curatorial reports as your collection grows.

Performance tracking Professional reports Rebalancing alerts

Why Existing Solutions Fall Short

Marketplaces let you browse. Fractional platforms let you speculate. Advisors serve the ultra-wealthy. Egon is the only platform built to guide your entire collecting journey.

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Artsy & Artnet

Marketplaces and databases with no personalized investment advisory. You browse, you buy, you hope.
Egon provides institutional-grade analysis of every artist you're considering, tailored to your portfolio and aesthetic vision.
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Masterworks

Fractional shares in blue-chip art. You never see the work, develop connoisseurship, or engage with artists.
Egon helps you own actual art you live with. Build real relationships with galleries and artists while your investment appreciates.
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Traditional Advisors

Serve UHNW clients with $10M+ net worth. No infrastructure exists for the mass affluent collector.
Egon delivers advisory quality at a fraction of traditional advisor cost. See the comparison below.
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"Buy What You Love"

Well-meaning but incomplete. Offers no framework for discovering or articulating what you actually love.
Egon helps you discover and articulate your vision through AI-guided dialogue, so you can answer "What are you collecting?" with confidence.

Is Egon Right For You?

From first-time collectors to family offices—we provide the intelligence layer for informed art investment.

The Aspiring Collector

You appreciate art and have the means to collect, but lack the framework. You want to build a coherent collection with investment potential—not just buy randomly.

The Serious Collector

You've been collecting but want institutional-grade market intelligence. You need portfolio analytics, auction tracking, and strategic acquisition guidance to optimize your holdings.

The Wealth Advisor

Your clients ask about art allocation but you lack specialized expertise. You need reliable market data and analysis to guide conversations about this alternative asset class.

The Family Office

Managing multi-generational art assets requires sophisticated intelligence: provenance research, market timing, tax optimization, and succession planning across significant holdings.

Compare Your Options

See how Egon delivers institutional-grade advisory at a fraction of traditional costs.

$10K $1M
Your Investment: $25,000
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Traditional Advisor

$1,250 – $3,750 /year
  • 5–15% of acquisition value
  • $2,500+ minimum engagement
  • Incentivized toward expensive works
  • Limited hours, single perspective
  • Broadly unregulated industry

Egon Art Intelligence Platform

For $10–25K/yr collectors

$499 /year

Less than 2.0% of your annual spend

  • Taste profiling & collecting plan
  • Artist analysis & opportunity discovery
  • Portfolio tracking & valuation
  • AI advisor for artist research & market questions
  • Zero commissions, zero conflicts
Your average savings: $2,001 · 5.0× better value
Why I Built Egon

From $20K Budget to $200K Collection

I spent a decade in fintech—joining an early-stage startup and helping scale it to a $95B valuation—but I'm not from the art world. When I received proceeds from selling company stock, I thought: instead of the S&P 500, could I deploy capital into art I love and that could appreciate?

I bought every book on collecting. Learned that 95% of gallery art has no ROI, but frameworks exist to identify the investment-grade 5%. The problem? No book could help me articulate what I actually liked—and without answering "What are you collecting?", I'd never get past the gatekeepers.

I built Egon to solve both problems: developing a coherent aesthetic vision and applying rigorous investment analysis. The platform combines deep market research with AI that learns your preferences over time.

Armed with data-driven frameworks and a clear collection thesis, the barriers dissolved. What seemed intimidating became accessible—and genuinely fun.

What Egon Enabled

  • Studio visits with artists whose work hangs at MoMA
  • Personal relationships with emerging artists
  • VIP invitations to art fair events
  • Museum board memberships
  • Gallery opening invitations
  • Connections with prominent collectors

You don't need millions to have these experiences. Knowledge, connoisseurship, and passion open locked doors.

Start Your Journey Join the beta and discover what's possible

Stop Walking Past Galleries.
Start Walking In.

Knowledge opens doors that wealth alone cannot. Egon gives you the knowledge. Join collectors who've transformed their relationship with art.

15-minute discovery conversation
Personalized collection thesis
Institutional-grade analysis
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