Pergamon Art Group brings together over 40 independent art specialists

who provide valuation and collection management counsel

to distinguished private collectors and their advisors,

as well as curators and the museum community. 

MUSEUMS

We have provided collection management reviews for dozens of institutions across North America, from house museums to the largest encyclopedic museums.

PRIVATE COLLECTORS

Our mission is to provide valuation and advisory services for the entire life cycle
of private collections – from inception and growth to refinement and rotation.

APPRAISERS

Each of our 40 art market categories is overseen by at least one former Senior Specialist or Department Head from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams or Phillips.

News, Publications & Events

Here are some recent publications, news stories and events in which Pergamon Art Group has participated.

deaccessioning and its discontents: A critical history, MIT PRESS

The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice. Martin Gammon has assembled many episodes from the historical record in order to place this controversial practice in proper perspective, and guide the museum community forward with best practices derived from this rich chronicle of past events.

University of Miami School of Law’s Hoffman Forum

Martin Gammon joins a thought-provoking panel discussion on deaccessioning, the inaugural “Civil Conversations Program” of the University of Miami School of Law’s Hoffman Forum.

Thursday, November 19, 2020
Location: Zoom
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

‘Uniquely egregious’: The disturbing precedent of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s deaccessioning plan

Martin Gammon examines the curatorial rationale behind the proposed deaccession of three works from the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art in the Art Newspaper.