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Stewardship Across Generations: Estate Planning for Art, Collectibles, and Assets

Stewardship Across Generations: Estate Planning for Art, Collectibles, and Assets

Overview: Estate planning for art and collectibles requires more than legal and financial structures. It also demands early coordination around appraisals, provenance, insurance, storage, and succession. As the Great Wealth Transfer accelerates, collectors and their advisors can reduce risk by…

The Art of Storing Luxury Fashion

The Art of Storing Luxury Fashion

Overview: Luxury fashion — couture, vintage handbags, bespoke tailoring, archival pieces — receives the same climate-controlled storage standards long used for fine art: 68–72°F, 50–55% relative humidity, in windowless, UV-free private vaults. Fortress has applied these standards to fashion collections…

Beyond the Dock: Protecting Collections Across Yacht Seasons

Beyond the Dock: Protecting Collections Across Yacht Seasons

Overview: Fortress provides museum-quality storage, transportation, and handling for fine art, furnishings, and collectibles aboard yachts during refits, dry docking, and seasonal transitions. Services include packing/removal during refits, secure vessel-to-storage transport, climate-controlled private storage, custom crating, condition documentation, and reinstallation.…

Setting New England’s Standard: Collection Stewardship

Setting New England’s Standard: Collection Stewardship

Overview: Fortress provides museum-quality fine art storage, art handling, and collection care for seasonal homeowners across New England, including Boston, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Services cover seasonal art rotation, transport between residences, storage during renovations, and coordination for…

As Collectibles Go Mainstream, Care Becomes Critical

As Collectibles Go Mainstream, Care Becomes Critical

Overview: Collectibles (trading cards, comics, sneakers, watches, memorabilia) degrade gradually in typical home storage: leather cracks, rubber oxidizes, paper yellows and warps, adhesives fail over time. Fortress facilities offer museum-grade, HPR-rated conditions: above-ground construction (no flood risk), windowless design (no…

Preparing for Hurricane Season: A Structured Approach to Collection Protection

Preparing for Hurricane Season: A Structured Approach to Collection Protection

Overview: Fortress’s South Florida facilities are built above-ground, roughly 12.83 feet above sea level, and are located outside flood zones, protecting against storm surge, the leading cause of hurricane-related claims. Facilities include full-capacity backup generators to maintain climate control through…

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We have been very pleased with the assistance your staff has provided to us. Their help has saved me a great deal of time. We have been using the facilities at the Fortress for approximately 17 years and will continue to do so.

– Law Firm, Miami, FL