Auctions: January 2014

1. 

   Art of the South Seas at Bonhams, San Francisco

   January 29, 2014

   Bonhams Art of the South Seas auction in San Francisco on Sunday 9 February 2014 features an array of masks, shields, clubs, paddles and other South Seas artefacts. Amongst them, an incredible headband from Papua New Guinea constructed from multiple exoskeletons of the native Flower Beetle and woven plaited orchid stem, some decorated tapa bark-cloths,… Read more »

2. 

   World record for African figure seals a good year for African and Oceanic Art at Sotheby’s, Paris

   January 6, 2014

   Sotheby’s Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie sale in Paris on 11 December 2013 confirmed the saleroom’s position as the past year’s top venue for African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art.