Corridor briefs
What it costs to move the money, what it takes to move the work, and what could stop it. Free to read, and free to stay free.
Published
United Arab Emirates to India
You can win the lot and still not be allowed to take it home.
Export restrictions, the nine Navratna artists, custody if you buy one anyway.
Published
Buying inside India
The route with no corridor cost at all.
No remittance, no customs, no export licence. What you actually pay instead.
Published
Materials that cannot cross any border
The works that get seized at customs are rarely the expensive ones.
Ivory, tortoiseshell and rosewood. Applies in every corridor, both directions.
Not your corridor?
Three routes are researched so far, and the list grows as briefs are published. If you are bidding on a route we have not covered, we will research your specific pair of countries and write it up.