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Dear
reader,
Your challenge is to find genuine old
pieces that were made
for tribal use, not commercial products
made only to be sold to outsiders.
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NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2003
Dear
,
Many
news this month.
Fairs:
1) Started yesterday: A small Tribal Art Fair
in an old church, in Amsterdam. If you are in the neighborhood, you should
visit it.
TRIBAL ART FAIR
AMSTERDAM
From 30th October to 1 November 2003 there will be in the first Tribal Art
Fair in the Duif at Prinsengracht 754, Amsterdam. The fair will show a
diverse range of ethnographic pieces. The participating Galleries all have
their own specialization.
Participating galleries :
Art Asia, Antwerpen ******* Authentic Tribal Art, Amsterdam ******* De
Ruyter en van Santen, Katlijk ******* Frans Faber, Amsterdam ******* Galerie
Hoogenbosch, Gorredijk ******* Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam ******* Kauri New
Guinea art & Travel, Wormerveer ******* Primitive Art and Books, Amsterdam
******* Rene van der Star Ethnic Jewellery, Rotterdam ******* Tribal Design,
Amsterdam ******* Toguna, Amersfoort.
For more
information : Willem Zwiep +
31 20-3208759,
Finette Lemaire +31 20-6237027
2 ) ART
FAIR ARNHEM (II)
In
Januari ( more information will follow in the next newsletter but you can mark
the date in your agenda):
ART FAIR ARNHEM (II) Netherland. 9 - 18
January 2004, daily from 11.00 am - 5.00 pm
Preview party .
on Saturday 10 January 2004 at 3 pm
and/or preview evening on Friday 9 January
at 7-10 pm
New pages.
I just added the Travel
page to the website, because people must travel if they
wish to build a collection with quality pieces. The Brussels
and Antwerp page
are nearly done. If you are a dealer from these towns you are probably
mentioned. I provide a small, free advertising space to all dealers
guaranteeing that their pieces are old and not made for tourists.
Alternatively you can have your own page on the website if you wish. If you
are a professional dealer or have some related business we would like to
present your collection on

Discussion groups.
TESTIMONIAL: 10/29/03
David,
One benefit to me of my African art collection is that it's a strong reminder
of my personal connection, having grown up there as a result of my parents' more
than thirty years in Nigeria. This is particularly true of my personal and
family items; but is also true of my more recent acquisitions; stone carvings
from the Shona tribe of Zimbabwe, and traditional (ceremonial--artifact quality)
masks and statues.
Our house is full of this kind of art and I take great daily pleasure looking
at it, from room to room. Besides having much pleasure in looking for
"treasure" in antique shops and flea markets, as well as various
web-sites on the internet, I'm convinced that this is one hobby that offers a
significant return on investment (should I ever choose to sell). Meanwhile, I
enjoy researching each item; documenting it; and organizing my materials to pass
on (with the items themselves) as an inheritance to my daughter, herself an
artist.
David's website has been a wonderful place to read, listen and participate in
an exchange of ideas by persons in many places, who share this common interest.
Thanks to all who have contributed, and especially to David who puts forth the
effort to maintain it.
John David McGee
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2) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Marketips/join
I would like to share my knowledge and
resources with others who wants to do the same with their website in the Art
field or similar luxury products. That’s why I set up a new discussion
group.
If you have some ideas you want to discuss
or you need advice, just join.
I am also using some of the ideas from Mark
Joyner who is a great marketeer in networking on the Internet.
You can join now if interested or forward
this message to your friends
Join at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Marketips/join
A few New Pieces.
An old round Hemba monkey mask .
Collected
before 1952. 22cm
Price:
4,500 euros
A very old Tschokwe mask from a Belgian mission house.
Traces from an old label inside. 35cm
Price:
5,200 euros
A fine old Pania Gombe house panel. Old Belgian
collection. 73cm X 24 cm.
6,500
euros.
For more masks visit my Shop in Antwerp
and website.
Statues
A sensitive Baule figure from the '60s with a nice expression, painted
black.
Price: 800 euros.
An
small and very old Yaka Suku with a sensitive expression, incrusted patina. One
oot missing.
Price:1,700
euros.
With over half of the households online and nearly 40% of these consumers
buying goods and services online, www.african-antiques.com is well-positioned to
penetrate the African art market. Consistently ranked among the top African art
sites, african-antiques.com features a wide array of news and products focused
on the needs of African art collectors. Our consumer base seeks to purchase
genuine unique items that cater to their fine taste. They want to buy online if
they feel they can buy with a guarantee that the pieces on offer are genuine and
not produced for tourists. We have been in business online for nearly five years
and have reached hundred fifty thousand unique URL visits, served hundreds of
customers and helped several organizations, auction houses, magazines , fairs,
and dealers launch successful e-commerce ventures, and important sales . We
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Please consider a plain page advertising arrangement with us for just
$10.00/month/page + 150$ setup. I just need some images and explanatory text.
Mailings to the $number opt-in members from this newsletter cost 0.10 euro
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The future of e-commerce continues to brighten and online buying is likely to
increase.
Also African art is fashionable and prices for fine pieces are on the
increase.
African-antiques.com offers a cost-effective solution for Internet
advertising. If you are in the African antiques art market, this is the right
moment to announce you are there!
We look forward to helping you in building your business.
Please email
me or call me at +32
3 2273540 if
you have any questions.

Auctions
1)
Germany:
Tribal
Art auction Nr.35 . Auctioneers
Zemanek-Münster Since
1978
date:
22.11.2003
2)
France:
Auction
of African, Oceanic, and Precolumbian art. Featuring The Bruno Conti Collection.
Expert:
Bernard de Grunne.
date:
Monday 8th December at 16:00.
Art
Tribal Artcurial
- Briest-Poulain-Le Fur
Hôtel Dassault - 7-9 Rond Point des Champs-Elysées - 75008 -
Paris

Donations
Maintaining the website, newsletter and discussion group is a full time
job.
I am gladly accepting donations through PayPal (Visa-MasterCard) to help
offset my tangible and intangible expenses to maintain the
www.african-antiques.com website, the discussion group and this newsletter.
Here are a couple of links for donations:
Special Offer
Two
Madagascan figures, 2,000 euros each. I also have a third one from the same
place.
I
sell the three pieces also together for 2+1 free
Thanks
for reading,
David Norden,
african art antiques and discussion group.
www.african-antiques.com
St Katelijnevest 27
B2000 Antwerpen Belgium
tel +32 3 2273540
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