In the 1960s, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who lived in a one-bedroom apartment in New York, started buying art. They acquired works by emerging artists—not well known but making exciting work—and built up a collection of over 4,000 works, including Roy Lichtenstein, Donald Judd and Chuck Close. In 1992, they donated it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Buying work by emerging artists, is a great way to start an art collection with the potential for financial gain. Outstanding emerging artists so that you can be among the first to discover a new art star and acquire works with the potential to rise in value.