The Educated Collector: Limiting Risk Exposure When Purchasing Fine Art

Before enjoying the reward, understand the risks of buying and collecting art.

Joel S. Lever, Esq., Westchester’s preeminent art law attorney, takes you inside the world of fine art transactions. He will draw on more than 30 years of experience representing leading dealers, artists, galleries, and collectors to show you how to protect yourself from investment risk when purchasing fine art.  In this lecture, Mr. Lever will discuss, among other issues, auction house and art fair practices, insurance pitfalls, authenticity and title warranties, and negotiating the purchase.

About Joel S. Lever, Esq.:

Joel Lever uses his considerable legal and negotiating skills to successfully represent clients in a wide variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including acquisitions, sales, mergers, financing, and other general corporate and commercial matters. Because of his commitment to his clients’ success, Joel has client relationships that have lasted for decades. In addition to his corporate work, Joel also devotes a significant part of his practice to art and entertainment law. He represents visual artists, art collectors, art publishers, entertainment, and advertising executives as well as talent and their management. He is counsel to the Fine Art Publishers Association, a trade organization in the fine art industry.

Joel Lever is the founding partner of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, an AV-rated firm in White Plains, NY. The law firm specializes in providing sophisticated legal services to individuals and organizations. The firm’s 30 lawyers include many highly respected legal minds and veterans of leading New York City firms, who chose to relocate to Westchester in order to keep their rates cost-effect and to enjoy a better quality of life.