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Jacaranda Tribal Art Blog is a blog for collectors of traditional African art with a focus on art from southeast Africa. We review auctions, books and other current events.
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Sotheby's African and Oceanic Art Auction Preview
Hot off the heels of yesterday's Christie's sale in Paris, Sotheby's sale happens today. There are some interesting contrasts between the two sales from the top two auction houses in the world. Whereas Christie's had only two objects for sale above ...
Christie's Tribal Art Sale in Paris Preview
The Christie's Art Africain et Oceanien sale is going on at this very moment. The auction, comprised of 227 lots total, has some very fine pieces in the sale. A few we'd like profile include Lot 236, a Rare and Magnificent Maori Statue that is estima...
A Talk With Susan Kloman
A few weeks ago we had the privilege to sit down and speak with Susan Kloman of Christie’s about tomorrow’s Art Africain et Océanien auction in Paris and other relevant topics. Susan is the International Specialist Head of Christie’s African a...
Lempertz Tribal Art Auction Results
It's been quite a while since we wrote about the tribal art auction at the Lempertz Auction House and they took quite some time getting the results of the auction processed and up on the web. They're now available and so we wanted to do a quick rundo...
Sotheby's African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbia Auction Results
Sotheby's offered 94 Lots for sale in its African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Auction on May 15. For a preview of the auction, check out Jacaranda Tribal's blog preview post here. The auction sold just 67% of all lots - or 63 of the 94 lots - for a...
Sotheby's Chaim Gross Auction Results
On May 15, Sotheby's held an auction of art from the collectors Chaim and Renee Gross to fund the support of their foundation. We wrote a post on the auction that you can check out here. Even in dire financial times, auctions with fine, museum-qualit...
Sotheby's Tribal Art Auction Preview
Sotheby’s is offering a second tribal arts auction in addition to the Chaim Gross auction on 15 May. This sale will focus on African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art – though a majority of the best pieces are Oceanic. The sale is slated to fetch mo...
Sotheby's Chaim Gross Tribal Art Auction Preview
Sotheby’s is offering a sale of tribal art from the collection of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. Chaim Gross, well known Modernist sculptor, and his wife Renee collected African and Oceanic tribal art during the 1940s and 1950s. They were so...
Lempertz Tribal Art Auction
25 April 2009 marks the annual Lempertz Tribal Art Auction in Cologne, Germany. Lempertz is one of the most well recognized art auction houses in Europe and the oldest family-owned one in the world. It has a rich history in the tribal arts field. 18...
Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts Auction Results
The bi-annual Zemanek-Münster tribal arts auction failed to attract the attention it has become accustomed to. Despite a few major pieces, the quality of objects up for auction this March was generally weaker than we have seen at this auction house ...
Rago Arts Auction Results
Rago Arts is a Philadelphia based auction house that has been in operation since 1994. They began specializing in 20th century design and have since expanded their reach far beyond that. In fact, on 1 March, 2009, the auction house debuted their firs...
Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts Auction Preview
The 56th Zemanek-Münster Tribal Arts auction will be held on Saturday 14 March, 2009 in Würzburg, Germany. The auction house specializes in African and Oceanic tribal arts from private collection. Bidders can preview the collection from Wednesday 1...
Bonhams African and Oceanic Auction - May 15, 2008
Today I visited Bonhams at their new New York location. Located in the IBM building, the auction house occupies the old Dahesh Museum space. Clearly Bonhams is committed to growing their US operations by taking such a highly visible and expensive ...
