The greatest art gallery
The greatest art gallery There's a collection of art in Geneva valued at more than $10B. It's thought there are over a million paintings , and the facility is the size of 30 football fields. There are similar sites in Luxembourg, Monaco, Singapore, Zurich, Beijing, and ... Delaware. The home of billions worth of priceless art. These sites are called free ports, and they're a remarkable economic invention. A free port facilitates “the temporary exemption of taxes for an unlimited quantity of time.” Put another way, it's a giant warehouse used to stash art, antiquities, wine, gold, jewels, and other priceless artifacts and never pay tax on them. They exist outside the formal jurisdiction of any country; the clients remain anonymous and the assets are kept a secret. And though you may have never heard of free ports, they're a big deal in the art world: 28% of artists and collectors have used a free port; 42% of dealers and brokers say their clients use ...