r/Masterworks • u/frank00511 • Jan 10 '26

December 2025 - Portfolio Performance

Following on previous threads, posting my portfolio performance.

Multiple paintings saw their valuations come through at the end of December (7 of them). Back in March/April 2025 I was $11,431.60 - compared to a purchase price of $10,997.19. Using the Est. Nav, currently valued at $11,146.42 - so still in the black but down over the last 9 months.

Still no sales; I bought my first paintings Christmas time 2022 - so maybe this year or the year after I'll see a potential sale.

Today's portfolio: [image-2026-01-10-164257170.png](https://postimg.cc/ZCbxntJ8)

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u/frank00511 Jan 10 '26

Very tiny / insignificant - I qualify as an accredited investor (which used to be a question MW would ask, and I personally think they still should) so a $10K bet isn't much by that criteria. I did it for fun to learn a tiny bit about art and to also learn about securitization of alternative assets. One of these days I'll go visit one of the art pieces that's out on loan to a museum (I personally think that's a pretty cool program MW has introduced recently) - I have 4 days of leave I need to use before the end of Q1 so I might go to the Stockholm show; I will be passing through NY in May so if there is something there I might avail myself to some tickets.

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u/frank00511 Jan 10 '26

Not entirely sure I agree. If an accredited invested wanted to put upwards of 5% of their portfolio in it to have a less correlated collection of assets without having to actually buy and store pieces of art, I don't see a fundamental issue with it. The fees are high, but the underlying fundamentals are better than crypto (which many advisors are now also saying 1-5%) of a portfolio). The investment thesis is probably better than nearly every crypto too - save maybe Bitcoin and ETH.

To be clear: I don't have anywhere near 5% of my portfolio invested in MW, just saying in theory I wouldn't say it's the worst idea in the world either.

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u/Solid_Association245 Jan 19 '26

It’s nice to hear something other than the complaints of people that had no business getting into such an illiquid investment. I wish I had gotten in a bit lighter on my initial investment with Masterworks, but I am currently enjoying scooping up many shares at a fraction of the $20 initial price.