Tiki Central / General Tiki / a $36,000 tiki pendant
Post #162913 by ikitnrev on Wed, Jun 1, 2005 6:54 PM
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A few weeks ago, the Sotheby's Auction House (sort of like ebay for high rollers) featured a sale of various museum quality Oceanic art pieces. Among the items sold was this cool Maori pendant, which sold for $36,000. Even more impressive, from the historical standpoint, was this Hawaiian lei, most likely collected in the 1700's, which sold for $72,000. Also very cool was this mask carving... Items 1-22 of this auction, which I encourage you to browse through, featured Oceanic items - the higher numbers were for African and Pre-Columbian art. And for those of you who feel like you missed out on a grand opportunity to bid on these pieces, there is another Oceanic auction happening in Paris on June 6th. To view these items, go to the following link and click the 'browse catalog' link on the right-hand side. http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/event/EventDetail.jsp?event_id=27129 Have a fun time bidding!! Vern |