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Buying African Art for InvestmentNah, you must be kidding! Buying art "for investment" doesn't make much sense, generally speaking. Art is routinely outperformed by dozens of other "investments." Even wine does better. If you want to double your money, buy oil shares. One main problem is that unlike other commodities, Art with a capital A is hard to sell. You need to send it to auction (where you are at the mercy of bidders, and will shell out anything up to 25% in commission to the auctioneer) give it to a gallery (where i...Nov-02-06 08:31:49 PSTComments 1
Heart Of Darkness, Gleam of GoldAfrican tribal art falls into many loose categories -- the Islamic style in which figurative representation is prohibited, the broad groupings of central, west and southern Africa, and so on. But beneath this, I see only two basic divisions, which can be illustrated by comparing the art of West Africa with that of Angola and the Congo. The West African nations like Benin, modern-day Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc were in contact with Portuguese and other Europeans from the Renaissance onward. The...Nov-02-06 07:33:54 PSTComments 0
People regularly ask whether an item is "a good investment." The truth is that buying art "for investment" is a shaky proposition. One main problem is that art is hard to sell. You need to send it to auction...
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African Art -- The World And The Spirits The West African nations like Benin, modern-day Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc were in contact with Portuguese and other Europeans from the 1500's onward. These wealthy...
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