Expertise

Appraisals

Simone Klein is an independent publicly sworn expert and appraiser for photographs from the 19th to the 21st century (Chamber of Industry and Commerce Cologne).

In this capacity, she prepares appraisals for private collectors, institutions, insurance companies and at court for individual photographs, groups of works, collections and estates, including

  • Fair market value appraisal

  • Insurance appraisal

  • Damage appraisal

  • Court expert reports

  • Archive appraisal

Art Advisory

With 30 years of experience in the international art market, Simone Klein has developed profound expertise and a well-established global network across both the gallery scene and the auction world. Her clients include renowned German and international private collections and institutions.

  • Collection development

  • Brokerage of individual photographs, groups of works, collections, and estates

  • Advice on auction strategy

  • Authentication expertise

  • Object documentation and cataloguing

  • Authoring scholarly texts on aspects of the photography art market & the history of photography

Education

Workshops & lectures

  • Collecting photography

  • Photography art market

  • History of photography

Jury

Simone Klein holds various jury, curatorial, and nominating roles, including membership of the Curatorial Committee of Photo London, president of the jury at the Felix Schoeller Photo Award (Osnabrück), nominator for the Prix Pictet and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA), jury member at the Hendrik teNeues Photography Award and more.