That's the recipe for a million € Can art history make you a quick million? Apparently history likes to repeat itself... let's see if this applies to art history, and my recipe is to invest relatively small amounts in paintings. I'm writing about spending about €400 per month on buying works of art for two years, which would give you €10,000. This should allow you to multiply your wealth to a million in five or seven years at most. This is neither a fairy tale nor an artistic figure of ice skating. This is supported by knowledge and statistics. And yes, I saw it with my own eyes. It was about ten years ago. I'll start by saying that I have a friend, and he has a brother. A younger brother. His dream was to study art history, but since he came from a family of entrepreneurs, he was given a condition, first business studies, and additionally, as a second field, the dreamed-of art history. And so it happened. Eventually, he finished his fields. The final work at the university was to prepare an exhibition of the best artists in their thirties. Together with the curator of this exhibition, he made a plan for it. It happened a few times that an important painting for the exhibition was missing, some author, or a time-defining caesura of the achievements of one of the exhibited artists. Not all the necessary works were available in the museum preparing the exhibition. A few times the boy took out his phone and showed the photos to his superior, asking, is such a painting missing? Finally, the curator asked: Where do you have it?! In the attic apartment where he lived, there were several hundred paintings around the walls. They were works of young artists bought at a bargain price. The family home he came from was so wealthy and demanding that although he had to work during the holidays, he could spend all the money he earned on his own pleasures. This fascinated man therefore bought young art, his peers who were just finishing art school. After viewing the entire collection, the curator invited my friend's brother to prepare an exhibition of his collection. He sold 20%, earning around 3 million euros. He is now a valued authority, indicating artists of the future. What was the basis of his success? On the one hand, knowledge and passion. The second issue, however, was statistical regularity. There is no doubt that buying paintings representing a year will inevitably also buy those who will achieve success. Local art markets are very focused on themselves, representing national art. In small countries, where every year 20-40 promising artists appear, it is easy to buy entire years. So it is enough to buy one painting from each year to achieve financial success for the collection. Statistically, one of these artists of his year must achieve spectacular success. Two or three will be at an average level, obtaining good valuations, and the collection along with him. As you can see, statistics can be one of the most beautiful sciences. Art history, following it, is a forge of young millionaires. That's the recipe for a million. Sławek Stawarczyk
