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Zemanek-Münster

73rd tribal art auction

Date:
2013, May 25

Start:
2 pm
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Preview:
Wed, May 22 to Fri, May 24 – 10 am to 7 pm
Sat, May 25 – 9 am to 1.30 pm

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Filing deadline this Friday

The filing deadline for absentee bids will close this Friday, May 24 at 2 pm. Therefore you should make your written bid for objects of the upcoming tribal art auction right today.

For this simply use the download bid form - see black information board on the left. Please do not forget to sign it before submitting by
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Objects of the private collection
Walter Hekster

Music was his profession. His other great passion was collecting art. Walter Hekster started as art collector at a very young age more...

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Lot 67, Tanzania, Zigua

Lot 67: Medicine horn

Tanzania, Zigua

Price: 300 - 600 €

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Lot 435, D. R. Congo, Yombe

Lot 435: Titled Lady with small figure

D. R. Congo, Yombe

Price: 7000 - 10000 €

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Lot 56, Burkina Faso, Lobi

Lot 56: Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"

Burkina Faso, Lobi

Price: 300 - 600 €

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Lot 383, D. R. Congo, Lele

Lot 383: Axe

D. R. Congo, Lele

Price: 1000 - 2000 €

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Lot 162, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Lot 162: Seated figure

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Price: 5000 - 10000 €

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Lot 258, Nigeria, Koro

Lot 258: Mallet

Nigeria, Koro

Price: 600 - 1000 €

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Lot 231, Nigeria, Ibibio

Lot 231: Deformation mask "idiok ekpo"

Nigeria, Ibibio

Price: 30000 - 50000 €

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Lot 432, D. R. Congo, Teke

Lot 432: Collar "onlua"

D. R. Congo, Teke

Price: 900 - 1800 €

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Lot 101, Tanzania, Zigua

Lot 101: Pair of figures

Tanzania, Zigua

Price: 450 - 900 €

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Lot 340, Angola, Lunda

Lot 340: Head sculpture

Angola, Lunda

Price: 1500 - 3000 €

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Lot 373, D. R. Congo, Hemba

Lot 373: Ape mask "soko mutu"

D. R. Congo, Hemba

Price: 4000 - 8000 €

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Lot 406, D. R. Congo, Pende

Lot 406: Mask "phumbu"

D. R. Congo, Pende

Price: 1200 - 2500 €

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African Art – objects of great expressivness

The tribal art auction house Zemanek-Münster in Würzburg (est. 1978) specializes in fine tribal art. They have been involved in African art since the beginning of the nineties and have become Europe's only auction house specializing exclusively in non-European art. Serious collectors of high-quality, non-European tribal art from Africa, Australia, Oceania, and Asia as well as for Pre-Columbian, masks, sculptures, ritual objects, ceramics and textiles should start and end their search here.

The fascination – especially for African masks and sculptures - arises from their extraordinary and remarkable expressiveness. While ethnologists appreciate their ritual function, the art collector is focused on their aesthetic qualities. For both, the tribal art auction house holds auctions four times a year, featuring a variety of tribal art objects, especially works of the Luba, Baule, Lobi, Senufo, Songye, Fang and Punu tribes, as well as works from Oceania for the international market.

Since January 2011 Zemanek-Münster’s Pre-Columbian and Classical Art Department is now also based in New York. With expert Howard Nowes at the Upper East Side a long-desired co-operation is become perfect.

The company is now widely regarded for its professional qualifications, integrity, reliability and fairness in dealing with collectors and consignors in Europe and the United States over the past 20 years. Zemanek-Münster is the only auction house in tribal art that guarantee the authenticity and originality of their objects. These standards have qualified the auction house for admission to the Association of German Art Auctioneers (Bundesverband deutscher Kunstversteigerer or BDK) in April 2007.

For several years Zemanek-Münster has been represented with its associated Gallery for non-European Art at international tribal art shows, like the Tribal & Textile Art Shows in San Francisco and New York. Zemanek-Münster is also present in Maastricht at the tribal art exhibition "Art from another world" – a brand-new and prosperous show for non-European tribal art, that started for the first time in March 2011.