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arttrade lets you invest from just €1,000 in fractional shares of curated Blue-Chip masterpieces, by artists like Richter, Baselitz and Uecker through fully regulated electronic securities with their own ISIN, backed by 30+ years of art market expertise and complete full-service management including storage, insurance and exhibition placement, all the way to exit.

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arttrade - Risk and return review

Risk Level i

High

The offered product is high risk investment, and given no data on actual performance, we consider the risk high.

Return Level i

Medium

Provided data suggests that platfrom aiming for average returns close to 10%. No data on actual performance.

Risk Return Level i

Bad

Target returns are medium, and risk is high, thus we consider risk return level as bad.

arttrade - Returns and loss rates

Returns

capital_gains: 9.00% Top 100 artists averaged ~7.8% p.a. value appreciation since 2000 per artprice/artnet data; individual works may vary significantly

Investment maturity

Platform offering investments from 12 months till 60 months.

arttrade – Pros & Cons

PROS

Fully regulated investments as electronic securities with ISIN/WKN – custodian-eligible, legally secure and BaFin-supervised via Effecta GmbH

Transparent fee structure: single 2% issuance fee + 10% performance fee only on realised gains (no hidden charges)

CONS

Relatively high minimum investment of EUR 1,000 compared to some competing fractional art platforms

No data on actual portfolio performance.

About arttrade

arttrade is a German fractional art investment platform (arttrade GmbH, Dusseldorf, founded 2021) that enables private and institutional investors to co-invest in curated individual artworks and diversified art portfolios from EUR 1,000. Investments are issued as fully regulated electronic securities (with ISIN and WKN) via tied-agent status under Effecta GmbH (BaFin-supervised), making them custodian-eligible and legally secure. The platform focuses on Blue-Chip art from the Top 100 artists worldwide. Full-service management (insurance, storage, exhibition placement) is included. Average holding period is ~5 years, after which proceeds are distributed pro-rata to investors. A secondary market is planned but not yet available.

Regulation

License / Regulation: Tied investment intermediary (gebundener Vermittler) pursuant to Section 3(2) WpIG (German Securities Institutions Act), acting exclusively for account and under liability of Effecta GmbH, Florstadt (BaFin-regulated); BaFin Register No. 80175757