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Comment on login by ptriart

ptriart — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:20:22 +0000

David, activez mon compte.

Merci.

Comment on Closing by Frans Wanders

Frans Wanders — Fri, 31 May 2013 10:29:18 +0000

Thank ‘s so much for your invitation, but I wil decide to join after I paid my visit to you and see where we can meet on mutual interest, in baying or selling?? See you than. Regards Frans Wanders

Comment on AAC Yearly Membership by Hawaiipawn

Hawaiipawn — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:11:36 +0000

David,
I am not sure of my membership level as a monthly subscriber but I am interested in the best rate available to me.
Thank you,
Phyllis

Comment on login by Giuseppe

Giuseppe — Tue, 28 May 2013 22:56:33 +0000

Hello David,
– I too have today paid my african art club membership by paypal but members login does not accept either my user name or my password or both. please help. I have choosen “kichala” as my username in the Africanartclub Thanks.
Giuseppe Favaro

Comment on African Art Auction and catalogs downloads May-June 2013 by nordend

nordend — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:18 +0000

Wow Dick this is very good news for you, I am glad to hear it. Can you ask Emily to send me the press release with pictures to david.norden@telenet.be so I can promote this to the members ? If needed I can even do more promotion

Comment on African Art Auction and catalogs downloads May-June 2013 by richard jemison

richard jemison — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:02:20 +0000

David did you get the information on the birmingham museum of art acquiring my collection of 420 pots to make it the largest permanent gallery of african pottery in the united states?The collection will be shared with other museums, universities and the first show of borrowed objects will be the galleries at the San Francisco International Air port in the coming months.Emily Hanna curator of tribal art at the birmingham museum will be glad to supply you with any information for your members……
Dick Jemison

Comment on V&A Explore Africa’s Hidden Histories In New Exhibition by Nicholas

Nicholas — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:05:33 +0000

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Comment on Gwan African Art Sculpture sold for one million dollar by richard jemison

richard jemison — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:43:40 +0000

Again I keep going to the art of Mali to fine things that inspire me.This is a beautiful,beautiful piece.They were very right in getting it..

Comment on New Curator at the BMA Baltimore Museum by Cassandra

Cassandra — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:22:15 +0000

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Comment on Merton Simpson finally buried three weeks after by AP

AP — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:31:06 +0000

Dealing with crooked people and buying stolen African art pieces always have bad endings.
All of those stealing from Africans, buying stolen pieces, making up provenance and stories, TAKE NOTE.
Beware David.

Comment on Merton Simpson finally buried three weeks after by Chandan Sehgal

Chandan Sehgal — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:09:07 +0000

Wow that was strange. I just wrote an really long comment but after I clicked submit my
comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyway, just wanted to say great blog!

Comment on Estate auction New York by Roy

Roy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:39:04 +0000

I thought your job was to sell items?

When one tries to negotiate prices once doesn’t expect your salesperson to start removing items from my pile at her own desecration and return them to the shelf because she doesn’t want to negotiate?

Or to hear them bad mouth customers who just left the sale, because of their poor English? Luckily they were white eastern Europeans, and didn’t hear what she said. But I’m pretty shocked to hear comments like that given that you have many different ethnicities shopping at your sales.

Comment on Merton Simpson finally buried three weeks after by nordend

nordend — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:44:23 +0000

Thanks David,

I did hear this news from Mert, Jr. this morning. I hope you saw my article in IRAA.

Best wishes,

Belinda

http://iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu/page/Merton-Daniel-Simpson,-September-20,-1928—-March-9,-2013

Belinda A. Tate
Director, Diggs Gallery
Winston-Salem State University

Comment on Merton Simpson family has No Cash for Burial by John shoman

John shoman — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:57:56 +0000

Very doubtful a million dollars, the AFrican Art collection is plagued with fakes, majority of the great objects are long gone, unqualified people have been running that gallery for the last five years and especially recently because they do not know what is real or fake. Maybe after fifteen years of working hard to place the material could they get a million. And his son obviously is shameless, he seems to have a good job, why cant he pay, does he expect to have everyone pay for his own father, create a bury Merton foundation. Merton was a great Artist and Dealer, the best, but his ability to discern was lost at an old age like so many, and the african dealers descended on him and sold him junk. Sorry but the truth is the truth, nothing much left there, except his paintings, there lies the value.

Comment on Merton Simpson family has No Cash for Burial by nordend

nordend — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:44:46 +0000

Some more reactions I received by email :

From Jas Bos :

Well David Morton was a pioneer the first blackmail commercial. Artist. And collector with the economic. Situation. In the states many people have become. Victim let us not focus on the pain the family is feeling and expressing this article could have been in the jet magazine gossip. Section mert. He is up their looking down with a big smile saying y’all will work it. yes you can l know you can !!! David give some exposure with my comment on some site so l can rally some people see we
Can arrange some help for mert it ks a iinsult. Hrs is sitting in a store room. Pack away like a art piece for safe keeping. There has to be resolution. So
Mert spirit can continue his journal David if you were the true master you could rally among your European collectors. Could arrange the burial
To a proud blacks who made a large contrubution. To a industry. That has given a good life to many of you some
Of you could write this off your taxes
Mert legend could live on and inspire other people to be like mert you know
What within Two years their will be a movie about mert tar way the script. Reads know id mert family have no money for burial. Comrades and David let us tell the real story

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Leon from Israel wrote me:
ainsi va la vie….

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Alvah Beander wrote:
Hi David,

Happy Spring!

This is so sad.

Regards,

Alvah
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Alaina Simone wrote me a few months back (november 2012):
Dear David,

I am the new director of Merton Simpson Gallery in New York.
As you know, Merton Simpson is one of the foremost dealers of Tribal Art in North America.

The gallery has made it through the storm — but we are still struggling to keep up with not only the regular upkeep of the gallery but also Merton’s health bills.

Below is a link to an online auction that we are offering on LiveAuctioneers.com.
This auction of traditional African art will take place on November 17 at 1pm.
I hope that you are able to post this on your website.
(…) All my best,
Alaina
Alaina Simone, Inc
Director of Development
3-D Foundation
New York, NY
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