ABOUT
Morton St. Partners, a curatorial project merging the worlds of contemporary art and collectible cars, premiered their 3,000 square-foot West Village location with a launch exhibition "Unsafe At Any Speed" curated by veteran art-world provocateur Kenny Schachter in March 2022. Their programming will continue to platform artists, designers, institutions, and automobiles from around the globe.
Collectible cars are selling at auction for record-setting prices, art institutions are staging car-centric exhibitions like Automania recently on view at MoMA, and premier car makers are increasingly pursuing artist collaborations, all raising the aesthetic regard for automobile design and setting the stage for Morton St. Partners’ intrepid curatorial project.
Located at 16 Morton Street (between Bleecker Street and 7 Avenue South) at the heart of the West Village, Morton St. Partners has taken over the ground floor of a 19th-century carriage house, a lofted white cube space capable of accommodating two parked cars for every exhibition, and with a working garage door that defines the building’s unique façade.
FOUNDERS
Jake Auerbach was a car specialist at RM Sotheby’s, part of a team behind the 2017 record-setting sale of the Schumacher F2001 Formula 1 car during the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction. He was formerly the head of Collector Car acquisitions at Rally.
Benjamin Tarlow specializes in mid-century sports and competition cars with an academic background in art history and conservation. Formerly an independent broker in the Hudson Valley, he is an avid vintage racer, motorsport organizer, and car builder.
SERVICES
Advisory
Morton St. Partners serves a select group of collectors around the world offering acquisition advisory services for rare and collectible automobiles. We benefit from years of experience operating across all segments of the industry with the utmost confidentiality and discretion. Our team develops strategies for all aspects of collecting, from education and acquisition to asset management. We pride ourself on making the automotive world transparent for its clients, helping them navigate the complex web of relationships and platforms. Our services provide clients access to vehicles from tightly held collections, private dealerships, auctions, OEMs, and other specialty producers- both domestic and abroad.
You’ll find our team in attendance at the industry’s key events, enabling us to provide clientele with knowledge of market developments globally.
Collections Management
Adding automobiles into one’s collecting sphere necessitates a certain level of custodianship and MSP assists in all aspects of a collection's current and future care. From conversation and restoration advisory, through transport, storage, and insurance, Morton St. Partners’ staff will ensure a frictionless process. Morton St. Partners also offers services to manage existing private collections, and advises on strategies involving trusts and estates, financing, title work, and authentication.
Market Data
Collecting automobiles is an aesthetic and experiential endeavor, as well as another form of asset allocation. Morton St. Partners educates new and experienced collectors on assessing value prior to acquisition and reappraises works as they change in value over time, keeping close track of relevant private treaty and public auction sales. Morton St. Partners offers clients the benefit of a rich database of historic pricing and transaction data.