



Drouot just created a new kind of auctions, the online auctions, where you can bid online.
These objects can only be bought online
Rossini is doing the first one that will close on februari 1, 2010.
ART D’AMERIQUE DU NORD,D’AFRIQUE, D’ASIE, ET D’OCEANIE
COLLECTION DE COIFFURES MILITAIRES MINIATURES PAR SANDRE
COLLECTION DE BRONZES DE VIENNES COLLECTION D’EVENTAILS
The quality of the pictures and small selection of pieces is quite weak, but it is an interesting concept
Details about this auction for the members inside









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Une figure d’ancêtre royal masculin Bangwa du Cameroun s’est vendue aux enchères à Paris 1.017.000 euros avec les frais, tandis qu’un masque Songye (RD du Congo) a atteint 793.000 euros, a annoncé vendredi la maison Christie’s.
La figure camerounaise “est généralement considérée comme le compagnon de la célèbre Reine Bangwa ayant appartenue à Helena Rubinstein et aujourd’hui dans les collections du





Some quite good pieces and interesting collections of African and Oceanic art at christies, sotheby’s, rive gauche , etc…




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Small mask «kifwebe» – Songe, D.R. Kongo Adjugé : 44 000 €
19 septembre 2009 – Zemanek-Münster
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the auction of Carl Ferdinand Schaedler held at NEUMEISTER Münchener Kunstauktionshaus 14 Oktober 2009
total of the sold lots: 423,200 € without costs
14% of sold lots: 47 lots sold from the 663 offered.
average price of the sold lots is 9004 €
I liked the quality of this auction
You can download the price result list
Carl Ferdinand Schaedler Auction Results
I guess that Mr Schaedler will be happy with the amount of money he will receive, but I guess it was not his ideato go back home with 86 % of his pieces.
Some of the top quality pieces found a new home, and also the cheapest priced items (that probably where sold without a limit price)
see some images from the highest results and auction house details, and a link to the online catalog with images from all the lots, below in the members section




September was a quite good month with a successfull show in Paris and I have seen back many of my old friends , and learned to know new customers.
October has some new auction s going on, you can find the details below, like the one on thursday 29 october 2009 selling this big beautiful Yoruba 52 cm high (click the image to enlarge) with only an estimate of (€ 3,350). If you want the details you’ll need to be a member of this club. You can give it a try for only 1 €.




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Important Cameroon Royal Commemorative Male Figure
On the occasion of the 8th annual Parcours des Mondes, Christie’s Paris invites you to preview highlights from our 4 December 2009 sale: African Art: A Private Collection.
Among the works exhibited, an important Cameroon Royal Commemorative Male Figure will be on view.
Champagne Reception and Book Signing for the reprint edition of Provenance by Hermione Waterfield and J.C.H. King





John Perry Cabinet
John Perry is recognized as one of New Zealand’s leading authorities on ethnographica, social history, folk art and plenty else besides. John has held senior roles as a director of a public museum to his world famous in New Zealand Helensville emporium Global Village Antiques. A+O is delighted to be able to offer a selection from his vast collection as a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’. These are in the main rare and unusual smaller gems of folk art, NZ ceramics, photography, Pacificana, artefacts, Oriental pieces and the hard to explain. This will be a catalogue and auction to remember.
Members of this group can read the details see more images and links to the pdf catalog below




During on of the last auction in Paris this Dan spoon with a perfect provenance caught my eye:
So why does this spoon have a perfect provenance ?




Lot 54 at Van Ham in Germany auctions sold for 105,000 € in June 2009 on an a high estimate of 15,000 €Most items did not sold, but this one was a good exception.
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Complete result list:




Dear African Art Club Members,
I updated the auction list with 12 auctions going on in the month of June and give you some of the key events at the Bruneaf that is opening next wednesday at 3 pm





Fang Mask, Gabon. Estimate: 70,000—100,000 EUR. Photo: Sotheby’s.
see also the coming african art auctions agenda
PARIS.- The success of the sales of African & Oceanic Art in New York on May 15 shows that collectors’ interest in rare objects in this field remains strong whatever the price-level. The two auctions




I think you will find the article below interesting. Iam curious to see if the high estimates will bring high bidders ? Let see the results of the auction tomorrow. For those interested in meeting me, I …
newsletter for members. May 14, 2009


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