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Someone just spent $236,000,000 on a painting. Here’s why it matters for your wallet.
Late last year, a Klimt sold for the highest price ever paid for modern art at auction.
An outlier sure, but it wasn't a fluke. U.S. auction sales grew 23.1% in 2025. The $1-5mm segment even grew 40.8% YoY.
When the S&P 500 finished its worst quarter since 2022 last month, diversifiers like bonds and bitcoin fell too.
Even with the turnaround in mid-April, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Vanguard have projected low-single-digit annualized returns from 2024-2034.
So, what kind of investment is largely indifferent to the forces driving everything else?
Masterworks lets you invest in shares of artworks featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso.
Access to an asset class with historically low correlation and attractive appreciation (‘95-’25).*
Net annualized returns on 28 sold works held 12 months+ like 14.6%, 17.6%, and 17.8%.
$1.3 billion invested across over 500 artworks.
Shares can sell quickly, but my subscribers can skip the waitlist:
*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
It’s Monday again. And what a weekend it was!
The first sub-2 hour marathon was run in London by Sabastian Sawe. Feel sorry for Yomif Kejelcha who also broke the 2 hour barrier, but was 11 second slower than Sawe.
And now on to the maps:
Map of The Shortest Passenger Flight In The World
The yellow states in the map below are the states in which it is legal to own a RACCOON
How Many Years Each African Country Spent Under European Rule
Map of Urk In 1930 vs 2020
Armenians in the Borders of Modern Turkey
How The American Electoral College Would Look If It Was Used In Europe
Brazilian Flags Used Throughout History
Fun Fact: Uruguay is Probably Bigger Than You Think
Another Fun Fact: Bratislava Borders 2 Other European Countries
More Potential EU Leaving Names
The Funniest Geography Meme From Each AI Model
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