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Why are more people turning to Passion Investing?
1. Prices driven by passion not greed/fear cycle
2. Supply can only diminish over time
3. Pleasure and pride of ownership
4. Lower liquidity, provides less volatility
5. Low correlation with all other investments
6. Pension/succession planning
7. Tax planning
The areas of strongest demand and rising prices we would recommend for investment in 2023 are:
1. Luxury Watches – up 18% in 2022. Rolex and Patek Philippe cannot keep up with rising demand: creating waiting lists and driving everyone to the secondary market.
2 Coins – up 8% in 2022. Prices at auction constantly rising, driven primarily by passionate collectors and has always been a proven staple of the collectibles market.
The index was up 16% last year, illustrating its investment qualities as a hedge against high inflation. The index also outperformed against most mainstream investment classes, including equities and even gold.

Rising inflation, in particular, has attracted a rising number of wealthy individuals to turn to investments of passion to protect and grow their wealth in the current volatile economic and geo-political environment.
Historically, rare collectibles have delivered the highest returns in periods of high inflation. By way of example, the GB30 Rarities Index, which tracks the value of a basket of the rarest of British stamps, increased in value by over 600% between 1975 and 1980, the last period of high inflation experienced in the UK.
3. Rare Stamps – 50-year growth of c.10% compound per annum with a rising number of HNW collectors and investors attracted by the benefits of portability and long term rising values.
4. Autographs & Memorabilia – 10 year growth of 95%. Rising interest and prices from a new generation of younger buyers entering the market.
Our mission is simple: to help our clients profit from buying and selling rare collectibles. We are the only company, to the best of my knowledge, offering a comprehensive service covering:
• Expert sourcing of the finest authentic collectibles
• Storage and specialist 3rd party insurance
• Ongoing management and advice
• Managing exit to achieve highest realisation in market
Please contact us for a personal, no obligation consultation, by phone on 01534 639998 or email info@paulfrasercollectibles.com. We look forward to meeting you.
Inflation busting rare collectibles 10 year price performance
We specialise in premium quality, fully authenticated:
• Rare postage stamps
• Rare coins
• Rare autographs & memorabilia
• Historic documents
• Luxury watches
We provide you with:
• Our lifetime money-back guarantee of authenticity with every purchase
• Secure storage and specialist insurance for your collection, if you don't want to take possession
• Your own personal portfolio manager, dedicated to maximising your portfolio performance and returns
Visit paulfrasercollectibles.com for more.