((( TRIBAL ART NEWS )))

WRITTEN REVIEWS OF TRIBAL SHOWS, EXHIBITS, EVENTS AND MORE! 

Newly Added

THE MAY 2008 NEW YORK TRIBAL ARTS SHOW

THE FEB. 2008 SAN FRANCISCO TRIBAL ARTS SHOW

LOS ANGELES ASIAN TRIBAL SHOW NOVEMBER 07

THE SEPTEMBER PARCOURS DES MONDES SHOW IN PARIS 2007

EDITORIAL REVIEW OF THE GINZBERG AUCTION IN PARIS

REVIEW OF SF TRIBAL'S "PRIMAL ARTS AT THE PRESIDIO" OCT. 07

THE JUNE TRIBAL EVENTS IN BRUSSELS 2007

THE NEW YORK TRIBAL & TEXTILE ARTS SHOW 2007

Small auction house "Fairfield" sets record for Northwest Coast Tlingit Warrior's Helmet Mask at 2,185,000-- Exceeds previous record set at Sotheby's Dundas sale!

The FBI busts four Southern California Museums and two dealers for looted art!  Los Angeles Times January 25th.

Sotheby's continues to focus on the highest end of the market choosing single-owner sales only for New York (May & November), paving the way for Bonhams success with various-owner sales at the same time

BUYER BEWARE:  High-end OCEANIC reproductions have been emerging on major internet auction sites...  Skilled craftsman in Australia and to a lesser extent Germany are making convincing fakes to intentionally fool collectors.  These objects include: Marquesas Island U'U clubs, Easter Island Figures, Solomon Island canoe prow ornaments, New Guinea Torres Strait Turtle Shell masks, New Guinea Papuan Gulf shields etc.  Unsuspecting buyers have paid close to $20,000 for such pieces!  There is next to ZERO probability of an important cultural artwork being "authentic" where the seller claims they have no clue what the object is.  Stick with the old adage and play it safe: "If it looks too good to be true it probably is"!  

TRIBAL MAGAZINE BUYS  "KAOS- PARCOURS DES MONDES" SHOW IN PARIS

THE STANOFF SALE AT SOTHEBY'S BRINGS 11.9 MILLION! 

IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTOR "BILL ZIFF" DIED IN SEPTEMBER 2006.  HIS SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF AFRICAN, OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN MATERIAL IS BELIEVED TO BE VALUED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!