Elliot Riley Walsh

Elliot is the Founder and CEO of Valart. Valart is a collector’s best friend – helping collectors know what they have, and what’s it’s worth.

We give collectors order and pride in what they do – and we help financial and professional service providers serve this too often ignored, but highly lucrative, market.

As an avid collector, who built his collection after a degenerative medical condition which forced him to abandon a youth national-level sports career. Thanks to collecting, I overcame a difficult and potentially destructive time in my life. Yet I faced increasing problems. I couldn’t get my collection insured. What’s more, if something happened to me, it would be very hard for my family to understand or value what I would be passing on. And, as an everyday concern, I was losing track of what I owned – and at risk of buying doubles.

That’s why Elliot founded Valart – because it wasn’t just him facing these problems. The collectibles market is projected to be worth £386bn by 2028, yet it’s entirely underserved. From the outside, collecting can seem confusing. Collections are hard to value. Collectors are ignored and, worse, too often belittled.

Valart exists not only so collectors can track, value and keep order across what they collect, but also so their collections can be valued and properly served by banks, insurers, probate lawyers, wealth managers and a whole array of professional and financial services.

We help collectors take pride in what they value – and we open up their world to the businesses that should serve them. That’s why we’re a collector’s best friend.