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Important Ethnographic Art at
Auction
on March 25 in San Francisco and Via the Internet
Native
American, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Works of Art
PRICES REALISED
13 March, 2002, San Francisco… Butterfields
Auctioneers, the West Coast’s leading auction house, will bring to
the block an extensive sale of Native American, Pre-Columbian and
Tribal Arts on Monday, March 25, 2002 in San Francisco as well as on
the Internet. Several important and spectacular lots should interest
collectors of pre-Columbian works.
The property will preview in San Francisco March
22-25 (during Butterfields’ Arts of the West Week). The illustrated
catalog is available for purchase and review at www.butterfields.com.
During the March 25 sale, clients may cast their bids from
Butterfields’ San Francisco salesrooms and in real-time via the
Internet, powered eBay’s Live Auctions capability.
Native
American, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Works of Art
PRICES REALISED
This sale features the finest and largest
offering of pre-Columbian art every seen on Butterfields’ auction
block. A Veracruz double-faced head, 550-950 AD, is a one of a kind
example of the distinguished lots available. Jim Haas, Butterfields’
Director of Native American, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Arts Dept.,
comments, "This is a remarkable art object regardless of
culture." The 10.5-inch high pottery mask appears as the cover
illustration of a notable resource book The Face of Ancient America:
The Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection of pre-Columbian Art and
should bring $50,000 to $75,000.
Highlighting the more than 400-lots to be sold to
the highest bidders are these four rare and exotic pieces from the
Zollman Collection, much of which had been on display at the
Indianapolis Museum of Art in the 1980s. They have also been published
in The Face of Ancient America, the catalogue of the exhibition.
Another work from the Zollman Collection is a remarkable Teotihuacan
stone mask, 250-650 AD, which stands at 7.5-inches high. Says Haas,
"This is one of the most sensitively carved and sophisticated
examples known." The mask may bring as much as $60,000.
More than simply an intriguing art object, a
Mayan Codex plate with celestial scene, 250-950 AD, 12.5-inch diameter,
documents history through its glyphic text relating Mayan legend. It is
estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. An intricately designed Huari
featherwork poncho, 600-1000 AD, measuring 30x24-inches, depicts an
anthropomorphic Sun figure and is expected to shine brightly during the
auction, potentially bringing $15,000 to $20,000.
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