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May Newsletter:Tough decisions, Small little treasures.

My dear reader,

In May you will be able to visit Museums, and to spend your money you
can go to Sotheby's in New York, Zemanek in Germany, or Serge Reynes in
France.

But in June our agenda will be full of auctions and Fairs, and you will
have to take many planes and train tickets to go from Paris to Brussels,
and London to visit fairs and auctions.

You will have to take tough decisions, choosing to keep your money and
be at the Bruneaf openings to get the best pieces from the best dealers
in the place or will your money already be spend at the auctions in
Paris ?

Some of the auctions taking place at the same moment, it won't be easy
to decide what to go for?

Will you go at auctions, or will you prefer the opening in Brussels,
presented by the dealers, and meet the other collectors ?

David Norden www.african-antiques.com
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AUCTION ALERTS

by Mr. Serge Reynes, expert on May 22, 2005 at 2:30 p.m in the PALAIS DES CONGRES
128 RUE DE PARIS 93100 MONTREUIL France
METRO: ROBESPIERRE

Read more, see the highlights: Serge Reyne

Zemanek Tribal art auctions in Germany.

42nd Tribal-Art-Auction (147th Auction)

May 28th 2005 Sale : 14:00

May 12 Sotheby's New York :
http://search.sothebys.com/search/collArea/BrowseCat.jsp?&source_indicator=E&event_id=27209

May 22, Serge Reynes, Montreuil: http://www.serge-reynes.com/English1024/04.htm

May 28th 2005, Zemanek Münster: http://www.tribal-art-auktion.de/

6 June 2005 Bonhams, San Francisco Native American, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art: http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=Catalogue&iSaleNo=13100

6 June 2005 Valluet-Ferrandin - Fraysse & associés Paris, will sell a very fine Lega ivory head: http://www.fraysse.net/index.jsp

6 June 2005 Sotheby's Paris will sell "The PAOLO MORIGI Collection" http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/paolo_morigi.htm

7 June 2005 2:00 pm Christies Paris. An excusive preview for the African Antiques readers: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/christies_paris.htm

**8 and 9 June Monbrison Paris: Monbrison Calmels-Cohen

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STOLEN ART:

Some Swahili pieces, and an Eket mask

http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/stolen-art.htm

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OPINIONS:

Tribal art dealer species.
Do you know the difference between a WDD a WCD an FTD or a PHD ? A very funny text written by a member of our discussion group: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/dealer_species.htm

If you liked it join our discussion group to discuss African art: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanAntiques

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MUSEUMS:

***14 May 5-8 pm QCC Queensborough opening Gary Schulze collection

African Creativity, More About the Momentary Than the Monumental "Resonance From the Past" at the Museum for African Art is what is known as a collection show, meaning in this case roughly 90 sculptures, along with a few bead and fabric pieces, from the African holdings of the New Orleans Museum of Art... : http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_creativity.htm

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island : http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/haffenreffer-ethnographic.htm

The Speed Art Museum Louisville, Kentucky Museum studies big move Speed hires consultants to consider expansion or downtown site : http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/speed.htm

American diplomat donates his African art collection to
St. Petersburg Kunstkamera Russian museum: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/kunstkamera-petersburg.htm

Muscarelle’s show inspired by ‘African Animals’: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_animals.htm

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde Leiden, Netherland
Dogon - myth and reality
The Dogon live in Mali, on the Plateau, along the Bandiagara escarpment and in the plain of Seno-Gondo, the latter extending into Burkina Faso. Many of the objects in this exhibition come from the Musée National du Mali. http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/leiden-dogon.htm

Texas Museums - the state of art: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/texas_museums.htm

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OTHER:

Go on, sense the African spirit, have the African ethnic look: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/african_spirit.htm

Masks frighten people. After all, many are created to scare away evil spirits or invoke power. A collection of masks old and new on display at the Steynberg Gallery demonstrate the rich history of mask making from around the world in an exhibition that both educates and elicits wonder. Many of the masks are positively spellbinding.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/make_a_mask.htm

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FAIRS:

As every year you will be abe to visit the Hali Fair in London, from 9-19 June 2005 http://www.halifair.com/

The Bruneaf 2005 in Brussels http://www.bruneaf.com/ between 8 and 12 June. It opens this year on Wednesday, and not on Tuesday as the previous years, due to the fact that they open together with the Baaf http://www.baaf.be/

As you know I was not selected as a Bruneaf member, but due to the high demand of my readers the next Fair you will be able to see me is in Brussels between 8 and 12 June at : Gallery J. Geerts in the Rue Lebeau 27.
It is in the street going down from the Sablon.

I will present you "Small Little Treasures" http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/brussels-non-european-art-fair.htm
an exhibition related to miniature masks, statues, heddle pulley and other small little treasures produced in Africa.

These miniatures can be really refined.

All showed objects will be guaranteed 50 years old or more and created in a tribal context. You will see miniatures in wood, metal, terracotta, from the following african tribes: Central Africa (Tschokwe, Luba, Bena Lulua, Bacongo, Songye, ...)
and also the rest of Africa ( Dogon, Baule, Burkina Faso, ...)

The event is free and you are all welcome.

I hope as usual that you enjoyed this edition.

David Norden
www.african-antiques.com
African Art Antiques and discussion group.

Sint Katelijnevest 27 B2000 Antwerpen.
Belgium Tel.: +32 (0)3 227.35.40

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