About the African-Antiques Newsletter, December 15, 2006
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African-Antiques Newsletter, December 15, 2006
By David Norden
Dear African Art Lover,
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Enjoy the mid-December edition.
COMING UP IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER:
A REPORT FROM THE AUCTIONS;
MUSEUM AND COLLECTORS NEWS.
HIGH PRICES ARE NOT EVERYDAY'S LIFE.
Over the past few weeks, I had some serious trouble with a kind of pre-Christmas blues, and felt quite
desperate because my business was not going in the right direction.
I discussed the current market conditions with many people and took some decisions to revamp my websites and activities.
The past few years, I focused too much on high-end prices.
This is quite depressing, since most of us simply cannot afford those prices
and feel that the market was going in a direction that makes it impossible to collect anymore.
For that reason, many of the smaller collectors disappeared from the market.
I will prove to you that it is still possible today to find GENUINE and fine African Art items around 1,500 euros.
You don't need a six digit wallet to collect genuine African Art.
I will also show you in the future some auction results proving this statement.
I have also decided not to put the prices of the items on my website any more
(but I will mention these in the newsletters when I show things) so that I can establish a more personal communication with you.
Tell me the kind of items you like, the price range you bought for in the past,
and how I can advise you on building up your collection.
If you buy at www.buyafricanantiques.com
the shipping costs will be on me.
Thanks,
David Norden
A few items you could have bought in Paris during the 4 December Calmels Cohen for a not too high a fee during the Monbrison sale:
Masque Eskimo, Alaska
Collection Isabelle Waldberg
11,6 x 16,8 cm
Estimated : 400 / 600 €
Result price: 245 €
Statuette sur un piquet de fer Koutine
Nigeria-Cameroun
Provenance : Musée Barbier-Mueller, n° d'inventaire 1015-150
Estimated : 1 000 / 1 500 €
Result price: 1841 €
Coiffe Ty-wara Bambara
Provenance : Charles Ratton (n° 3294)
Ancienne collection Josef Mueller, acquise avant 1939, n° d'inventaire BMG 1004-56
Estimated : 5,000 / 7,000 €
Result price: 4,295€
Sceptre
Tschokwé Angola
Estimated : 1,000 / 1,500 €
Result price: 2,577 €
Some results from the Sothebys auction in Paris on 5 December 2006
THREE LADLES (IVORY COAST, PROBABLY SENUFO) AND TWO RATTLES (WEST AFRICA)
Estimate: 750—1,500 EUR
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,680 EUR
TWO LULUWA FIGURES, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Estimate: 1,500—2,500 EUR
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,680 EUR
A LEGA IVORY HEAD, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
2,000—3,000 EUR
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 2,160 EUR
AN EKOI/EJAGHAM HEADRESS, NIGERIA
1,500—2,500 EUR
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,680 EUR
Of course there where also some high prices paid, but I am sure you can find the results lists if you need
them:
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/auction-news.htm
NEW BOOKS ON AFRICAN ART IN THE BOOKSTORE
The Amazon bookshop is the best place to find African Art related books, music CD's, and DVD's. I have added many new books that I found interesting reading, most of them are also on my bookshelves in Antwerp. You are always welcome :
http://astore.amazon.com/africanantiqu-20
MUSEUMS NEWS
Kahn Yale Opening University Art Gallery's Main Building Reopens
The numerous new acquisitions that will be on view throughout the Gallery include selections from one of the largest and most significant single gifts of art in the Gallery’s history - the exceptional Charles B. Benenson collection of African art. Read Kahn Yale opening
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/kahn_yale_opening.htm
UCLA Fowler
Museum presents
Fowler Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives
"Spanning centuries of multicultural creativity, this exhibition is the kind of art experience that might restore your faith in the sad old human comedy. How nice that the exhibition is on long-term view."
The New York Times
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/fowler_intersections.htm
This exhibition highlights an exciting new direction for The Newark Museum’s African collection. It features work produced between the late 1960s and 2006 by eight artists of diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds.
All are recent acquisitions. Viewed together, they expand our understanding of Africa and its artists, providing a window onto the ongoing artistic creativity of this dynamic continent.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/expanding_africa.htm
African Postcards Still Send A Message
At the Museum of African Art, Images Deliver Reminder of
Innocence Found, and Exploited
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_postcards.htm
Experts
Hans Hamers African Ceramics &
restoration.
Hans Hamers (1949) has the largest African Ceramics Archive in the World.
He started as an art teacher, later becoming a consultant on visual arts and literature and more recently consultant on art education.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_ceramics1.htm
place an ad - the message board
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/place_an_ad.htm
This is a new section on my site. If you want to publish a non commercial ad, have a request, or if you would like to contribute an article your ad will be free, if it is a commercial announcement for a quality piece you will have to pay a fee.
I have two requests this month:
One is from a bookseller, Kevin Connerton Alwyn, Book Scouts, Kingston, NY, who needs for one of his clients the representation of the 18 (or more) N'Dop kings or a book illustrating them.
Email:alwynbooksATearthlink.net
The other request is from Anna, a student at SUNY, Geneseo - who is writing a research paper on African art and its relation to the United States - who needs some statistics research about the African Art Fair Trades in the US.
Email: amp1
AT geneseo.edu
She wrote a paper on African-Antiques:
African Art Work in the Developing World:
Emerging Appreciation through Americanization and Exploitation
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_art_dealers_statistics.htm
OBITUARY:
Jos Quodbach (1956-2006) father of Isa, and friend of many
African Art dealers and collectors, died after a sudden illness at the age of
50. He was an African Art lover and started his last journey. Those who knew him
will miss him.
Pieces for sale:
December selection: http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/tm_collection.htm
African masks: http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/african-masks.htm
African statues: http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/african-statues.htm
African objects: http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/african-statues.htm
A Benin Ivory Armlet: http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/benin_ivory_armlet.htm
Calendar of Events:
To have your event listed for free, just send me your information. We now offer logo links on each page to the event's web site and/or special extended event listings and/or a dedicated page as a paid option for galleries, museums, exhibits managers, auction houses, etc.
Contact me at +32 3 227 35 40 for details.
Past Newsletters
If you wish to see and search my past newsletters, you can now go to:
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african-news-archive.htm
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Hope you enjoyed this edition,
David Norden
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