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AUCTION news
Top 10 Auction Results
July 2017 – December 2017
1) 6,345,000 euros (7,487,100 dollars)
Figure representing the god of war, Ku-ka’ili-moku
Hawaii
Lot 153, Christie’s, Paris, 21 November 2017 (Collection Vérité : Arts
d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord)
Estimate on request
2) 3,876,700 euros (4,557,138 dollars)
Pair of rapas
Easter Island
Lot 7, Sotheby’s, Paris, 12 December 2017 (Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie)
Est. 1,000,000–1,500,000 euros
3) 2,970,000 euros (3,504,600 dollars)
Ancestor fi gure, uli
New Ireland
Lot 145, Christie’s, Paris, 21 November 2017 (Collection Vérité : Arts
d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord)
Est. 200,000–300,000 euros
4) 2,634,800 euros (3,097,260 dollars)
Fang head
Gabon
Lot 24, Sotheby’s, Paris, 12 December 2017 (Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie)
Est. 1,500,000–2,500,000 euros
5) 1,869,000 euros (2,197,047 dollars)
Edo head
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Lot 67, Sotheby’s, Paris, 12 December 2017 (Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie)
Est. 600,000–900,000 euros
6) 1,215,000 dollars (1,042,247 euros)
Kota-Obamba reliquary fi gure by the Sebe River
Master of the Skull Head
Gabon
Lot 51, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 2017 (Collection of Edwin &
Cherie Silver)
Est. 1,200,000–1,800,000 dollars
7) 975,000 dollars (836,371 euros)
Kota-Ndassa reliquary fi gure
Republic of the Congo
Lot 24, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 2017 (Collection of Edwin &
Cherie Silver)
Est. 1,000,000–1,500,000 dollars
8) 895,500 euros (1,056,690 dollars)
God staff, akua ka’ai
Hawaii
Lot 32, Christie’s, Paris, 22 November 2017 (Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie)
Est. 300,000–500,000 euros
9) 847,500 euros (1,000,050 dollars)
Tiki fi gure, tiki akau/katina
Marquesas Islands
Lot 163, Christie’s, Paris, 21 November 2017 (Collection Vérité : Arts
d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord)
Est. 150,000–200,000 euros
10) 703,500 euros (830,130 dollars)
Kota-Ndassa reliquary fi gure
Gabon
Lot 94, Christie’s, Paris, 21 November 2017 (Collection Vérité : Arts
d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord)
Est. 200,000–300,000 euros
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