Protecting what cannot be replaced.
We design custom security systems for high-value art and cultural property in private settings. Too often, priceless paintings and rare cultural property sit in insecure homes and private collections — and when they are stolen, they are rarely recovered. Drawing on years of experience designing security for prominent art museums, we assess the security of the location itself and build an individual protection programme around the items and the collector.
High Value Property enquiries
Securing a collection, or considering a significant acquisition? Please contact us in confidence.
Why this matters
Most art is not stolen from museums.
Location
95%
of art theft happens in private homes and collections, not museums
Recovery
<10%
of stolen art is ever recovered once it is gone missing
Scale
4th
highest-grossing criminal trade worldwide, behind only drugs, arms and human trafficking
Black market
7–10%
of its true value is typically all stolen art is worth once it is resold
Sources: FBI Art Crime programme (theft location, recovery rates, black-market resale value); INTERPOL / United States Department of Justice (criminal-trade ranking). Publicly reported figures, not Praesidio’s own data — see build notes.
The offering
How we help protect a collection
We assess the security level of the location itself, then design an individual protection programme around the items and the collector.
Custom security system design
We assess the security level of the location itself, then design an individual protection programme that suits the items and the collector — not an off-the-shelf alarm package.
Private residences and collections
Museum-grade security design experience
What a protection programme typically covers
- Site and threat assessment of the property
- Item-specific protection design, not just perimeter alarms
- Integration with existing household security and staff
- Ongoing review as the collection changes
Museum-grade experience
Security design proven on the world's most valuable walls, applied to yours.
Praesidio Group offers security systems for prominent art museums — experience most private security providers simply do not have. That same standard of threat assessment and item-specific protection is what shapes every private engagement, scaled to a home or private collection rather than a public institution.
Who is behind it
An art investigative specialist, not a generic security consultant.
Authenticity and provenance questions rarely have obvious answers — even specialists disagree sharply on how much of the market is affected. That is exactly why a dedicated investigative eye matters before a significant purchase completes.
Background
Art crime investigation and authentication experience
Focus
Provenance research and red-flag detection before a purchase completes
Standards
Familiar with how black-market and forged-art schemes actually operate
Considering a significant acquisition, or securing a collection?
Please contact for more information.