Ten Years of Butera Art Advisory

For over 10 years, Butera Art Advisory and Management has served as trusted appraisers and strategic sales partners to hundreds of clients around the world. Whether working with a client’s single item or with multi-national, multifaceted collections, our team has consistently offered expertise and exceptional customer service, artfully guiding our clients through the complex and ever-changing worlds of the art and collectibles market and trusts and estates.

Thank you for being part of our ten-year journey! Our team is proud to serve our clients with dedication and gratitude. We look forward to continuing to work together in the years to come.

In the recent years, our team has:

• Appraised over one billion dollars of art and collectibles
• Regularly appraised and brokered sales for art and collectibles across twenty-seven categories
• Appraised collections in more than 25 states and countries
• Partnered with international, national, and regional auction houses and industry-leading art dealers and galleries
• Brokered the sale of over $10 million in art and collectibles privately and at auction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beyond Appraisals:
Butera Art Advisory’s Continued Growth

Since its inception, Butera Art Advisory has been dedicated to its clients, continually expanding our offerings to meet their needs. Our veteran team of specialists has grown to include experts from across the fine art, luxury, and collectibles markets, reflecting the growing shift in our clients’ collections and the broader market. Our offerings have broadened as well, encompassing every type of appraisal – including insurance, estate, donation, damage loss, and even art rental – alongside sales advisory and collection management.

We look forward to our continued evolution as we continue to provide the highest level of service to our clients.

 

Market Spotlight: Jewelry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butera Art Advisory has been tracking the considerable growth in the jewelry auction market over the past five years. In the face of an explosive expansion into the luxury sector at auction, jewelry has remained a resilient and reliable category, with demand surging especially for colored stones and historical and heritage pieces. Records were set for various colors of diamonds – including deep blue and orange-pink – while younger bidders at lower price points drove demand for heritage pieces crafted by houses including Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Hermès, Bulgari, and Chanel.

 

Standout sales from the last year include:

• The Ethereal Jadeite Necklace, whose 61 perfectly matched jadeite beads achieved $25.5 million at Christie’s Hong Kong last month
• The “Ocean Dream,” a 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond, considered the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist, achieved $17.3 million at Christie’s New York last month
• The 9.51-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, internally flawless diamond formerly owned by Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, which achieved $25.6 million at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels, in Geneva in November 2025
• The kite-shaped,10.38-carat, fancy-purple-pink diamond, possibly once owned by Marie Antoinette, which achieved $14 million at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York in June 2025

The overall auction market for jewelry is expected to continue to experience robust growth through 2035, with some analytics firms predicting the market will nearly double.

Butera Art Advisory has successfully leveraged this hot market into multiple six-figure sales of jewelry collections for our clients at national and international auction houses.