Stefanos Moschopoulos
Founder & Editorial Director

Stefanos Moschopoulos

Stefanos Moschopoulos founded The Luxury Playbook in Athens and has spent the better part of a decade following the auction calendar, the en primeur releases, and the watchmakers, gallerists, and shipyards the magazine covers. He writes the field guides and listicles that anchor the Connoisseur section — pieces built on Phillips and Christie's results, Liv-ex movements, and conversations with collectors he has met across Geneva, Bordeaux, Basel, and Monaco. His own collecting habits sit closer to watches and wine than art, and it shows in the level of detail in the magazine's coverage of those categories. Under his direction, The Luxury Playbook now publishes long-form field guides, market-defining year-end listicles, and the Voices interview series with the founders behind the houses and the brands.

Specialisms
Fine AssetsFine Art InvestingWatchesFine WineYachtingAlternative InvestmentsPrivate Wealth

Background & credentials

  • Bachelor in International, European & Area Studies — Panteion University
  • Certified Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA)
  • CFA Investment Foundations
  • Advanced SEO & Data Analytics Certification
  • Google Ads Certification (Search & Display)
  • Google Analytics Certification
  • HubSpot Content Marketing Certification

Recent stories

Editorial illustration showing trust connecting a regulated financial institution with a forex trader.Investors' Lounge

Why Forex Broker Trust Is No Longer Built by Regulation Alone

Regulation establishes the minimum standard for a forex broker. Execution evidence, transparent pricing and credible communication now determine whether traders actually trust one.

Editorial illustration showing the structured path of modern trading education.Investors' Lounge

What Is Trading Education, and What Should a Modern Trader Actually Learn?

A modern trading education should connect market mechanics, analysis, risk, execution and psychology into one repeatable decision process.

Editorial illustration about discipline, emotion and decision making in trading.Investors' Lounge

Trading Psychology: Why Discipline Can Matter as Much as Market Knowledge

Fear, greed and overconfidence can overwhelm sound analysis. Discipline gives traders a process they can repeat under uncertainty.

Editorial illustration comparing stocks, options, forex, futures and crypto markets.Investors' Lounge

Stocks, Options, Forex, Futures or Crypto: Understanding the Different Markets

Stocks, options, forex, futures and crypto differ in ownership, leverage, liquidity, market hours and risk. Here is what beginners should understand.

Luxury residences under construction beside completed waterfront property on the turquoise Grand Cayman coastline.Investors' Lounge

Why Smart Buyers Are Investing Early in Cayman: Frank Schilling on the Pre-Construction Opportunity

Frank Schilling explains why early buyers are examining Grand Cayman preconstruction property and what investors should understand before committing capital.

A dark hulled superyacht anchored in calm turquoise water off a palm fringed shoreYachting

How to Charter Your Own Yacht and Turn It Into Income

Putting your yacht into charter can offset the cost of owning it. See realistic weekly rates, how many weeks you can book and why charter rarely pays for itself.

A crewed superyacht anchored in a quiet cove at sunset with a helicopter on the upper deckYachting

What It Really Costs to Crew a Superyacht in 2026

Crew is the single biggest cost of owning a superyacht. See what captains earn, how many crew you need, and what rotation, training and tips really add.

A white superyacht at anchor in clear turquoise water beside a tropical islandYachting

The Sea Trial and Survey Checklist Every Yacht Buyer Needs Before Signing

A survey and sea trial are your last chance to find problems before you buy a yacht. See what each covers, what it costs and how findings reshape the price.

A Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 in steel with the Tiffany and Co. turquoise dial, an embossed horizontal pattern, applied baton markers and a date window at three o clock.Watch Collecting

The Patek Philippe 5711, the Reference That Defined an Era

One steel watch on a bracelet came to stand for an entire decade of collecting. Here is how the Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 earned that place, and what its retirement left behind.

An auctioneer on the rostrum at a Phillips Bacs and Russo watch sale gesturing to bidders, with an F.P. Journe tourbillon shown on the screen alongside.Watch Collecting

How Phillips Reshaped the Auction Market

One auction house turned watch sales into theatre and made provenance, not just the brand, the headline. Here is how Phillips reshaped the vintage market.

A Philippe Dufour Simplicity in white gold on a grey strap, its grey guilloche dial with rose gold Breguet numerals and a small seconds subdial.Watch Collecting

Philippe Dufour, the Last True Watchmaker

A watchmaker who makes almost nothing became the benchmark every other maker is measured against. This is how Philippe Dufour earned that quiet authority.

The F.P. Journe Astronomic Souveraine on a black alligator strap, its silver guilloche dial showing twin subdials, a moon phase and a power reserve, signed Invenit et Fecit.Watch Collecting

F.P. Journe: The Watchmaker Collectors Wait For

A living independent who produces almost nothing has built the most intense waitlist and saleroom following in modern watchmaking. This is how F.P. Journe did it.

Six vintages of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti grand cru lined up, each with the Monopole capsule and a year from 2009 to 2020.Wine Collecting

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: Burgundy's Defining Estate

Two monopoles, a handful of grand cru parcels, and the most expensive bottle in the world. We look at how Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, a single Vosne-Romanee estate, came to define the absolute summit of fine wine collecting.

A visitor walking through a Gagosian gallery, large gestural abstract canvases on the white walls reflected in the polished concrete floor.Art Collecting

Gagosian, the Largest Dealer in Art

One dealer industrialised the blue chip gallery. We trace how Larry Gagosian built nineteen spaces and reshaped the way the most important art is sold.

A bottle of Grand Vin de Château Latour Premier Grand Cru Classe from Pauillac lying on its side, its cream label showing the estate lion and tower crest in deep red.Wine Collecting

Château Latour: The First Growth Most Collectors Cellar Deepest

Powerful, structured and famously slow to open, Château Latour is the first growth collectors lay down for decades. We look at the walled Enclos, the Cabernet that drives the Grand Vin, and the 2012 decision to leave en primeur.

A bottle of Krug Grande Cuvee Brut Champagne with gold foil and label, standing against a pale background scattered with gilded leaves.Wine Collecting

Krug: The Cornerstone Prestige Cuvée

Most houses treat the blend as the entry rung and save their seriousness for vintage. Krug Champagne inverted the whole pyramid. We trace how the Grande Cuvee, reblended every year from a vast reserve library, became the most considered wine the house makes.

Visitors inside an immersive David Hockney installation, the walls and floor tiled with his blue swimming pool paintings of swimmers.Art Collecting

David Hockney, the Living Cornerstone, Up Close

A career built on light, water and unembarrassed delight made David Hockney a cornerstone of the living market. We trace how reinvention kept him there.

A Gerhard Richter squeegee abstraction in red, blue, green and grey, the paint dragged into broad horizontal striations across the canvas.Art Collecting

Gerhard Richter, the Most Auctioned Living Painter

Most painters pick a lane and defend it. Gerhard Richter refused, working blurred photo realism and pure squeegee abstraction at once, and became the benchmark against which the entire living market is measured. We trace how one artist held both.

A superyacht with a helicopter on its deck cruising blue water near MonacoYachting

Why the Ultra Wealthy Are Buying Shadow Vessels to Follow Their Yachts

Shadow vessels carry the helicopter, submarine and tenders a superyacht cannot. See why owners buy a second boat and the economics that make it add up.

A large white superyacht cruising past a mountainous Mediterranean coastlineYachting

Inside Lürssen, Feadship and Oceanco, the Shipyards Behind the Biggest Superyachts

Three northern European yards build most of the world’s largest superyachts. See what sets Lürssen, Feadship and Oceanco apart and what the name does for resale.

A row of Barolo bottles from Mascarello Giuseppe e Figlio, including the Monprivato and Villero crus.Wine Collecting

Giuseppe Mascarello vs Bruno Giacosa: Two Barolo Houses

Two benchmark traditionalists, two ways of reading Nebbiolo. We compare Giuseppe Mascarello's Monprivato against Bruno Giacosa's Falletto, and the styles that made each a cult.

A lineup of 1982 Bordeaux first growths, including Haut-Brion, Mouton Rothschild and Latour.Wine Collecting

Bordeaux 1982: The Vintage That Made Robert Parker

A warm, opulent harvest split the wine world in two. The Bordeaux establishment hesitated; a young Robert Parker did not. We revisit the 1982 vintage that aged superbly, made a critic's name and changed how the world buys Bordeaux.

Three bottles of Chateau Petrus with the estate wooden case, lit by window light on a marble surface.Wine Collecting

Why Pétrus Stays the Most Coveted Pomerol

No classification ranks it, yet Pétrus commands prices at or above the Médoc first growths. We look at the blue clay, the scarcity and the collector demand that keep this small Pomerol estate the most coveted name on the right bank.

A gallery installation view of two minimalist works, evoking the spatial concerns of Lucio Fontana and Spazialismo.Art Collecting

Lucio Fontana and Spazialismo

Lucio Fontana cut a hole in the history of painting. We trace how Spazialismo turned a slashed canvas into one of the most legible collecting categories in postwar art.