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AUCTION news
Top 10 Auction Results
January 2017 – June 2017
1) 2,370,500 euros (2,532,168 dollars)
Dogon mask
Mali
Lot 82, Christie’s, Paris, 4 April 2017, Collection Laprugne et à divers
amateurs : Arts d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord
Est. 2,500,000–3,500,000 euros
2) 1,812,500 dollars (1,651,360 euros)
Chokwe female statue
Angola
Lot 20, Sotheby’s, New York, 15 May 2017, Art of Africa, Oceania,
and the Americas
Est. 1,500,000–2,500,000 dollars
3) 1,207,500 dollars (1,081,676 euros)
Dogon, N’Duleri, maternity group
Mali
Lot 6, Christie’s, New York, 19 May 2017, Timeless: Masterpieces
of African Art
Est. 1,500,000–2,500,000 dollars
4) 938,500 euros (1,002,506 dollars)
Ondumbo or Sango reliquary fi gure
Gabon
Lot 64, Christie’s, Paris, 4 April 2017, Collection Laprugne et à divers
amateurs : Arts d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord
Est. 400,000–600,000 euros
5) 847,500 dollars (759,189 euros)
Unique Baule ancestral janiform male & female fi gure
Bouake Region, Côte d’Ivoire
Lot 4, Christie’s, New York, 19 May 2017, Timeless: Masterpieces
of African Art
Est. 1,500,000–2,500,000 dollars
6) 583,500 dollars (522,698 euros)
Fang Ngumba fi gure for a reliquary
Southern Cameroon
Lot 8, Christie’s, New York, 19 May 2017, Tmeless: Masterpieces
of African Art
Est. 500,000–800,000 dollars
7) 511,500 dollars (458,201 euros)
Grebo mask
Maryland County, Area of Nyaake, Liberia
Lot 1, Christie’s, New York, 19 May 2017, Timeless: Masterpieces
of African Art
Est. 250,000–350,000 dollars
8) 509,800 euros (594,173 dollars)
Kuyu female statue
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lot 74, Binoche et Giquello, Paris, 22 June 2017, Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie
Est. 300,000–400,000 euros
9) 432,500 dollars (394,049 euros)
Tsimshian grease bowl
Northern Northwest Coast, British Columbia
Lot 26, Sotheby’s, New York, 15 May 2017, Art of Africa, Oceania,
and the Americas
Est. 150,00–250,000 dollars
10a) 427,500 euros (473,337 dollars)
Hemba statue
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lot 30, Sotheby’s, Paris, 21 June 2017, Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie
Est. 280,000–350,000 euros
10b) 427,500 euros (473,337 dollars)
Ngbaka mask
Ubangi Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lot 36, Sotheby’s, Paris, 21 June 2017, Arts d’Afrique
et d’Océanie
Est. 200,000–300,000 euros
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