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Life Is Short, Art Is Long: Maximizing Estate Planning Strategies for Collectors of Art, Antiques, and Collectibles, 2nd Edition

By Michael Mendelsohn, founder and president of The Briddge Group

Michael Mendelsohn’s book on Art Succession Planning is the definitive resource for both collectors and for professional advisors planning for the disposition of art, antiques, and collectibles assets. Michael describes innovative approaches that involve layering and phasing of conventional estate planning tools that offer advisors and collectors an array of creative alternatives to accomplish the collector's intentions. The strategies and techniques detailed in this book will show collectors and advisors how to optimize the value of art and antique assets, reclaiming as much as 70% of the asset value over conventional planning approaches.

Mendelsohn assembled a team of expert contributors from the legal, financial, insurance, and art worlds to offer a broad range of lifetime and postmortem planning options using the techniques that professional advisors work with every day.

Mendelsohn shares his incredible insight into the mindset of world-class collectors (and everyday people who simply find something beautiful) through entertaining stories from his own experiences and the headlines that demonstrate the passion, joy, and obsession of collecting.

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