Collector

We bring structure to the abstract, helping collectors preserve what they love while building a foundation for the future.

How We
Can Help

At Atlas Meridian Capital, we serve clients who collect with intention—art, design, rare media, and cultural assets that hold meaning beyond market value. Many of these collections grow organically over years, while the infrastructure around them remains informal or fragmented.

Our clients often ask:

  1. How do I protect and insure valuable, illiquid assets without giving up control?
  2. What’s the best way to pass this legacy on—while honoring my intent?
  3. Can I borrow against or derive liquidity from my collection strategically?

We work closely with collectors and their legal, insurance, and appraisal teams to build thoughtful, tax-aware structures around their tangible assets—whether held privately, through trusts, or as part of a foundation. Our role is to support the evolution of a collection into a curated legacy with the right protections, privacy, and optionality.

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The Collector's Balance Sheet™: Estate Planning, Philanthropy & Intergenerational Transfer

For many families, collectibles represent both significant financial assets and deeply personal legacies. Members of the Atlas Meridian team have been obsessively collecting for decades so the topic of intelligent planning around legacy is near and dear. In this think piece, we explore how proper documentation and valuation of collectible assets can dramatically improve estate planning outcomes, reduce family conflicts, minimize tax exposure, and optimize philanthropic impact through the Collector's Intelligence Quotient (CIQ) approach.

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Lessons in Leadership | American Compounding: Starbucks Corporation (NASD:SBUX)

We has the good fortune to get to know a dynamic executive whose vision would change the way America thinks about coffee. Howard Schultz had just begun to evolve a growth strategy that would take his young company from a dozen locations in Seattle and Chicago to over 40,000 stores globally. When we took Starbucks public in June 1992, the Company has only 157 stores and the market value in those early day was around $300 million. Through ups and downs - the stock experienced drawdowns exceeding 50% half a dozen times, Starbucks expanded, maintaining a commitment to quality.