Art Market Research, the UK’s leading company providing an established methodology for analysing the value of art, antiques and collectibles has appointed Maria Boyle Communications Ltd to handle its PR.

Based in London, Art Market Research measures market sentiment in the art, antiques, and collectibles markets. It produces a suite of indexes – ranging from contemporary art to classic cars – which are regarded as the most reliable in the world given the rigorous data methodology the company undertakes. Recent clients include HM Revenue & Customs, Knight Frank, auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s, British Art Fair and media companies such as Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Art Newspaper and the FT.

One of the first projects Maria Boyle Communications Ltd will be tasked with is to launch its newest index: luxury handbags. This will be the world’s first index tracking the performance of collectible designer handbags at auction which gives detailed analysis of total sales and averages prices.

The index[1] will feature in AMR’s debut Luxury Handbag Report, which takes a closer look at the burgeoning market for collectible handbags, a category that is doing so well it outperformed contemporary art, classic cars and even knocked rare whisky off its number one position as an investment of passion this year[2].