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• Bonham\'s Lot No: 4105Y

  Posted on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 at 12:23 pm in auction new zealand maori bonhams whalebone club

  A Maori whalebone club, wahaika, Rotorua area, North Island, New Zealand with haliotis shell inlaid eyes. Length 15.5 inches.Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 ...

• Bonham\'s Lot No: 4049

  Posted on Sunday February 7th, 2010 at 12:12 pm in auction Solomon Islands bonhams santa cruz island currency roll

  A Santa Cruz Island currency roll, tevau, Solomon Islands. Height 15inches, width 33inches.Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000...

• Bonham\'s Lot No: 4259

  Posted on Saturday February 6th, 2010 at 12:24 pm in congo auction mask bonhams mbangu

  A Pende deformation mask, mbangu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Height 14 inches.Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000For a discussion of this type of mask, see Stother, Z.S., "Pende (Visions of Africa)", 1998, pp. 139-53: "Mbangu, the bewitched is one of the...

• Bonham\'s Lot No: 4073

  Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 12:09 pm in hawaii auction canoe bonhams

  A Hawaiian koa wood canoe constructed of koa wood except for outrigger; signed with engraved "P" on the hull.length. 25 feet, 3 inches.Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Footnote: Originally made in Kona in the early 20th century, this canoe was one of seven ...

• Bonham’s Lot No: 4005

  Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 at 12:02 pm in borneo auction shield bonhams oceanic art

  A Dayak Kenyah/Kayan shield, klau or kliau, Borneo with painted decorations on both sides and inset human hair on the front. Height 49 inches. Old British Colonial Collection.Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000 ...

• Marc & Denyse Ginzberg Collection Offered at Jacaranda Tribal

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 04:41 pm in auction hats exhibition weapons african art

  Two years ago, in September 2007, the Marc & Denyse Ginzberg Collection of African Forms went on sale at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris. The auction was unlike anything that had ever been offered before at Sotheby’s – there was no fig...

• Zemanek Tribal Art Auction Results

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm in auction auction results zemanek-munster collecting tribal art

  Zemanek held its tribal art auction last week in Würzburg, Germany. The auction had a disappointing turn out in terms of persons bidding and also the lots available for sale. The sale fared just slightly worse than their last auction in March 2009 -...

• Christie's and Sotheby's Tribal Art Sale Results

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 08:12 am in auction tribal art sotheby's christie's auction results

  Christie's tribal art auction had a lackluster performance last week. While 196 lots sold (around 64% of all lots offered), the sale garnered just €1,017,787. This is a trifle, considering that Sotheby's pulled in nearly the same amount of money fr...

• Sotheby's African and Oceanic Art Auction Preview

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am in auction sotheby's african art auction 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

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 11:37 am in auction christie's african art auction auction 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

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 11:45 am in interview auction christie's collecting tribal art african art auction

  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

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 05:23 pm in auction tribal art auction results collecting african art african art auction

  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 Tribal Art Auction Preview

  Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 02:05 pm in auction sotheby's collecting tribal art african art auction 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

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 03:49 pm in auction african art tribal art african art auction 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

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 05:14 pm in auction african art collecting tribal art collecting african art african 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

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 09:29 pm in auction african art auction results zemanek-munster african art auction

  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

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 08:11 pm in auction african art auction results african art auction rago arts

  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

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 08:11 pm in auction african art tribal art zemanek-munster collecting tribal art

  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 November 13, 2007

  Posted on Wednesday November 7th, 2007 at 03:47 pm in auction african art bonhams oceanic art gelbard

  Bonhams, New York holds its inaugural New York African and Oceanic auction on November 13, 2007.Session 1 is a various owner sale comprising 269 lots. Of interest to the Southern African collector are lots 2267, 2268 and 2269. Lot 2268, estimated a...

• Zemanek-Munster Auction results - Sept. 22, 2007

  Posted on Saturday September 22nd, 2007 at 02:27 pm in auction tribal art fang zemanek-munster zemanek

  The 51st Zemanek-Munster Tribal art auction was held today in Wurzburg, Germany. Below are some noteworthy results :Lot 114 - Ashanti comb - 3,500 EURLot 155 - Senufo staff ex...

• Upcoming Exhibitions and Auctions

  Posted on Tuesday September 18th, 2007 at 11:39 am in auction african art skinner tribal art metropolitan museum

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited show Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary opens October 2, 2007 and runs through March 2, 2008. Curated by Alisa LaGamma, the shows features over 150 works from European and Americ...

• Marc & Denyse Ginzberg auction at Sotheby's Paris - September 2007

  Posted on Saturday September 15th, 2007 at 12:47 pm in auction african art tribal art zulu sotheby's

  On Monday September 10, 2007 the much anticipated sale of Marc & Denyse Ginzberg's African Art collection took place at Sotheby's Paris.Unfortunately I was unable to attend but I am told the attendance was very good. The auction was well promote...