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Carl Ferdinand Schaedler auction results

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

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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

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.

Female Kifwebe Mask. Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, pigments and raffia. The grooved concave face with a protruding un-pierced mouth beneath a broad nose and slit-like crescent eyes. The blackened triangular nose continuing as a band at the centre of the convex forehead, the face carved all over with curving parallel grooves painted and repainted with different colours. The original raffia costume is attached to the pierced rim of the mask. Height 44cm. Cf. Dunja Hersak: Songye Masks and Figure Sculpture. 1985.

Preise

Schätzpreis: 13.000 – 15.000 € Limitpreis:   Verkaufspreis: 105.000 € Datum: 06/2009

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