CURATING EXCELLENCE
WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE AND $100 BILLION IN TRANSACTIONS, NEST COLLECTIONS IS YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER IN ACQUIRING, MANAGING, AND SHOWCASING THE WORLD’S MOST EXQUISITE TREASURES. FROM FINE ART AND PRECIOUS GEMS TO CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES.
OUR DISCERNING CLIENTS ENTRUST THEIR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS WITH US WHEN SEEKING TO TRADE OR MANAGE THEIR FINEST ART, PRECIOUS GEMS, OR ANTIQUE COLLECTIONS. THE NEST ORGANIZATION NETWORK CONNECTS BUYERS AND SELLERS OF HIGH NET WORTH WHO SEEK TO ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY VALUABLE HARD ASSET IN THEIR PORTFOLIO.
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PRECIOUS GEMS
CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES
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ADVISORY TEAM
JOSH KASPER
JOSH KASPER BRINGS A DYNAMIC, WALL STREET-DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE ART WORLD. WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SCALING BUSINESS UNITS AT SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HE GREW HIS DIVISION AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS FROM $800M TO NEARLY $1.5B, AT S&P GLOBAL FROM $1B TO $3B, AND AT GOLDMAN SACHS FROM $3B TO $9B. THIS FINANCIAL ACUMEN AND BUSINESS KNOW-HOW TRANSLATES SEAMLESSLY INTO HIS ART EXPERTISE, WHERE HE HAS GUIDED CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE 5X RETURNS ON ART. HE HAS BUILT A REPUTATION FOR DISRUPTING THE ART MARKET OUTPACING HIS PEERS AND REDEFINING THE INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE.
MELISSA ALONSO
MELISSA CANN-EVANS ALONSO IS A SENIOR ART ADVISOR, CONSULTANT, AND CURATOR SPECIALIZING IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. AT NEST COLLECTIONS, SHE VETS AUTHENTICITY, PROVENANCE, AND VALUE FOR ART RESALE, ADVISES CLIENTS ON PRIVATE SALES VERSUS AUCTIONS, AND SOURCES BLUE-CHIP ARTWORKS FOR COLLECTORS. MELISSA ALSO CURATES EXHIBITIONS FEATURING ESTABLISHED ARTISTS WITH MUSEUM TRACTION. PREVIOUSLY, SHE SERVED AS EUROPEAN DIRECTOR AT ARTNEWS FOR 17 YEARS, WORKING WITH LEADING GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, ARTIST FOUNDATIONS, AND ART FAIRS. SHE FOUNDED CANN-EVANS & ASSOCIATES IN 1997 AND BEGAN HER CAREER AS A GALLERY DIRECTOR IN NYC AND BOSTON. MELISSA HOLDS A B.A. IN ART HISTORY FROM TUFTS UNIVERSITY WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING FROM SOTHEBY’S INSTITUTE, LONDON.
PHILIP CORRADINI
PHILIP CORRADINI IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED EXPERT IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, WITH A B.A. FROM COLUMBIA COLLEGE AND AN M.ARCH FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HIS EDUCATION INCLUDES INTENSIVE STUDIES IN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENTS FROM THE 16TH TO 20TH CENTURIES, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF LEADING HISTORIANS AND THEORISTS. HE ALSO TRAINED WITH ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST MILTON RESNICK AND HONED HIS ARTISTIC SKILLS AT THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE. PHILIP’S EXPERTISE IS FURTHER ENRICHED BY HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH AND FREQUENT VISITS TO WORLD-RENOWNED MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS ACROSS THE U.S. AND EUROPE. FLUENT IN ENGLISH, ITALIAN, AND FRENCH, HE PROVIDES BESPOKE ART HISTORICAL RESEARCH, ACQUISITION ADVICE, AND CURATED EXPERIENCES FOR DISCERNING CLIENTS.
THOMAS WATKISS
THOMAS IS A PRACTICING ARTIST AND ADVISOR. HE HAS SERVED WITH CURATORIAL TEAMS FOR UNESCO-RECOGNIZED EXHIBITIONS AND IN 2024 PRODUCED AN EXHIBITION OF SCANDINAVIAN ARTISTS HERE IN NEW YORK. HE ANNUALLY SERVES AS A JUDGE WITH SCHOLASTIC AND FORMERLY EMIRATES AIRLINES. AS A BUYERS BROKER, HE EVOLVES PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND VOLUNTEERS AS THE REGIONAL AMBASSADOR TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO'S SUMMER SCHOOL - WHERE HE STUDIED EDVARD MUNCH.
WHEN NOT IN MANHATTAN, THOMAS WORKS ON INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES PERFORMING AND EXHIBITING ACROSS THE US AND EUROPE - INCLUDING ELEKTRONMUSIKSTUDION IN SWEDEN (2023, 2019), LISTHUS ICELAND (2016) AND USF NORWAY (2008). HE HOLDS AN MA FROM KONSTFACK IN STOCKHOLM AND BAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
CAROLINE JEANSON
AFTER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS PURCHASING AND SALES MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, NOTABLY WITHIN THE RICHEMONT GROUP (CARTIER), LAGARDÈRE DUTY FREE SERVICES (AELIA- AÉROPORT DE PARIS) AND THEN THE LVMH GROUP (CHRISTIAN DIOR COUTURE, BULGARI), CAROLINEJEANSON HAS BUILT UP A POWERFUL NETWORK IN THE JEWELRY AND FINE JEWELRY BUSINESS. WITH A DOUBLE DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GEMOLOGY (ING PARIS), CAROLINE HAS DEVELOPED EXPERTISE IN EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIPS BY CO-MANAGING BULGARI'S EUROPEAN FLAGSHIP IN PARIS. PASSIONATE ABOUT COLORED STONES AND ESPECIALLY FANCY COLOR DIAMONDS, SHE WILL BE ABLE TO GUIDE YOUR CHOICE TOWARDS THE MOST PRECIOUS GEM. HER EXPERIENCE AND PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE ARE NOW COMBINED TO DEVELOP THE NEST SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP IN FRANCE.
ISABEL BIDERMAN
WITH A BFA IN FINE ARTS FROM HUNTER COLLEGE AND A MFA IN ART HISTORY FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; ISABEL BECAME AN ART DEALER BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO BUILD THEIR ART COLLECTIONS, SPECIALIZING IN LATIN AMERICAN ART. ISABELWORKED AT SHEARSON, LEMAN AMERICAN EXPRESS IN CHARGE OF BLUE CHIP ART ACQUISITIONS, AND ORGANIZED GALLERY AND MUSEUM SHOWS FOR THEIR COLLECTION. SHE HAS OWNED GALLERIES INCLUDING, BARNARD BIDERMAN FINE ART IN SOHO AND THE UPPER EAST SIDE, AND AMAZONI GALLERY AT TRUMP TOWER. PRIOR TO THESE VENTURES SHE WAS AN ART ASSOCIATE AT VORPAL GALLERY AND GALLERY DIRECTOR AT KERR GALLERY BOTH IN SOHO. HER MISSION IS TO SHARE HER PASSION FOR ART AND GUIDE CLIENTS TO ACQUIRE INVEST GRADE AND EMERGING ARTWORKS.
EDDIE SHAPIRO
WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN THE LUXURY INDUSTRY, MR. SHAPIRO HAS REDEFINED GLOBAL MARKETS, CONNECTING DISCERNING CLIENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL ASSETS. AS THE VISIONARY BEHIND NEST SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL, HE HAS BUILT A VAST NETWORK SPANNING THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, ASIA, AND BEYOND, SEAMLESSLY UNITING REAL ESTATE, FINE ART, YACHTS, AND JETS UNDER ONE PRESTIGIOUS UMBRELLA. MR. SHAPIRO’S UNPARALLELED UNDERSTANDING OF HIGH-VALUE MARKETS AND HIS COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION HAVE POSITIONED HIM AS A LEADER IN LUXURY BRANDING, MARKETING, AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
A DYNAMIC POWERHOUSE
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS NEST SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS ONE OF THE MOST FOLLOWED BROKERAGE BRANDS IN THE WORLD. WITH OVER 2000 AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES SPREAD BETWEEN 30 OFFICES AND STOREFRONT IN THE WORLD'S MOST SOUGHT LOCATIONS. NEST IS A GLOBAL BRAND AND ATTRACTS HIGH NET WORTH BUYERS AND SELLERS FROM MARKETS SUCH AS NEW YORK CITY, LONDON, THE HAMPTONS, MIAMI, PALM BEACH, LOS ANGLES, NEWPORT BEACH, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, FRANCE, ITALY AND MORE.
DURING THESE TWO DECADES, NEST SEEKERS HAS REPRESENTED AND OR COMPLETED TRANSACTIONS IN EXCESS OF OVER $100B ACROSS THE VARIOUS MARKETS AND ASSET CLASS AND HAS NOW EMERGING AS A LUXURY BROKERAGE FOR ALL MAJOR HARD ASSETS INCLUDING YACHTS. FOUNDED BY INDUSTRY VETERAN AND VISIONARY EDDIE SHAPIRO THE NEST ORGANIZATION IS ALSO A CREATIVE AGENCY, A PRODUCTION AND MEDIA COMPANY WITH SHOWS DISTRIBUTING ON NETFLIX, DISCOVERY/HBO, BBC AND MORE.
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