Media Kit

At a glance

Founded

2015as a private access newsletter

Format

Quarterly reviewdigital, one printed edition a year

Access

The Carnet Listthe members’ access newsletter

Departments

Sevenmotoring to fine art

Subscribers

~5,000engaged, opt-in

Monthly readers

~10,000newsletter and website

The publication

The Collector’s Review is an independent, digital, quarterly title on collecting, access, and the finer things, founded in 2015 as a private access newsletter and now a photography-led review with a members’ access newsletter, The Carnet List.

We publish considered long-form writing and original photography across seven departments, for readers who buy at auction, hold cellars, and choose on substance. We are independent, we pay our own way, and we report access honestly. We are sustainability-first, like the houses we admire: the magazine is digital, and we print a single special edition once a year, to reduce waste.

Departments

• Motoring Cars worth keeping, the auctions that set their worth, and the case for driving them. Concours, marques, provenance, and patina.
• Wine The cellar as a long game. Second wines, vintages worth the wait, and the pleasure of holding your nerve.
• Spirits Cask over age statement, distillery over marketing. What the label does not tell you, and what it should.
• Cigars Aging, scarcity, and the humidor as a portfolio held at the right humidity. Releases worth the room, and the resale opportunities most collectors never see.
• Watches Understatement as taste. In-house substance, vintage provenance, and the quiet complications that signal it.
• Aviation Private flight read clearly: fractions, charters, empty legs, and the arithmetic that decides which one is sense.
• Fine Art Collecting with an eye rather than an ear: provenance, the work worth living with, and the patience a collection asks.

Audience

Our readers are collectors, allocators, serious enthusiasts, and the trade: the people who buy at auction, hold cellars, choose watches on substance, and weigh how to fly privately with sense. They read for a point of view and for access, not for an introduction to the subject.

Figures are approximate and given honestly. We report subscribers and readers, and we do not publish open rates or a social following, which an off-social, self-selected audience makes meaningless in any case. Around ~5,000 engaged newsletter subscribers and around ~10,000 monthly readers, across the newsletter and the website.

How we cover

Photography and written editorial, not video. We attend, report, and feature:

• Concours and collector-car auctions
• Marque launches, drives, and track days
• Watch fairs and new-release previews
• Wine and spirits releases and tastings
• Private aviation gatherings and static displays

For accreditation we ask only for media access to carry out photography and written editorial coverage. There is no film crew and no video, so there is no insurance or logistics burden on your side.

Editorial

The Carnet List

The Carnet List is the access side of the publication: the season’s events as they come up, preferred and often off-list access to the ones we choose to stand behind, the annual printed edition, and the full archive. It is how coverage in The Collector’s Review turns into access for our members.

Working with us

For accreditation, we ask only for media access. A featured placement in The Carnet List is a paid promotional opportunity, arranged case by case; where an event has the standing we stand behind, we are glad to provide the coverage complimentary in exchange for access. For accreditation, partnership, or promotional enquiries, write to press@collectorsreview.com.