But more typical are collectors in need of storage and tax relief because they never intended to display what they had bought.
As the market has expanded, so has the collecting infrastructure, including consultants who can help collectors make better decisions — "there are more advisers than I can count; there's more of everything and everybody in the art world," Ms. Westreich Wagner said — along with experts on appraisal, conservation, insurance, shipping, lighting, storage and tax issues.
If you buy physical gold, you have to worry about the cost of storage, wealth tax, etc.
The most important factors to consider, however, are wealth, time horizon, portfolio diversification, the type of account the metal will be held in and the willingness to deal with potential storage and tax issues.
Windows like the originals and a more classic distribution of space are featured in the second apartment, which totals 140 square meters and is listed at €900,000, also including parking, storage and taxes.
But as quickly as one playing field is levelled, the politician's urge to pick winners looms once more, with favoured industries exempted from the climate change levy and sackloads of money to be thrown at carbon-capture and storage projects and tax incentives for low-carbon vehicles.
Gold mining companies are an option for investors who want exposure to gold, but wish to avoid the storage and potential tax consequences associated with the precious metal.
Taxes on gasoline vary between states, but are generally quite high because in addition to the federal and state governments excise taxes, there could state sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, underground storage tank fees and other miscellaneous environmental fees.
It is listed at €1.15 million, including a parking space, storage unit and taxes.
With the global art market suffering in the economic downturn, the projects, privately financed and state supported, seek to bolster art markets by combining traditional notions of storage, exhibition and tax-free trading.
