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African Union Day must be more than ceremonial speeches and official hashtags. It must be a mirror, not a mask. A mirror that forces us to confront not only what was done to us, but what we are ...
This includes more than 250 Black dolls displayed in the fall and early winter exhibit “Black Dolls, Black Pride," as well as 500-plus African masks and artifacts. “I think it’s special to ...
A 20th-century African mask sold for £107,100, more than 300 times its guide price. The Kwele mask from Gabon was given an estimate of between £300 to £500 by Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury ...
a large wooden mask measuring 2 ½ feet tall, is a good example of the quality work coming out of Africa at the time, DuMouchelle said. Unfortunately, it is not an older example of African tribal ...
A second-hand dealer has successfully retained the $4.6m proceeds from selling a rare African mask discovered in the attic of an elderly French couple. The dealer was enlisted to assist in ...
The elderly French couple sold an "extremely rare" African mask for €150, when it was really worth millions. A court ruled their own carelessness was to blame. A French couple who sold an ...
An elderly couple who discovered an African mask worth millions in their attic have lost their case against a second-hand dealer who bought it from them for just £130. The mask, which is said to ...
An antiques dealer who sold a rare African mask for $4.6 million won a legal battle with the elderly couple who sold it to him for $165 without realizing the treasure’s actual worth. A French ...
The dealer had been brought in to clear the attic of an elderly French couple when he found an African mask that is "rarer than a Leonardo da Vinci painting". He bought it from them for just £130 ...
Montpellier (France) (AFP) – A French elderly couple on Tuesday saw its request to cancel the 4.2-million-eurosale of a rare African mask that they had let go for 150 euros thrown out ...
A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£3.6m; $4.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly French couple's attic. He had been brought in to help ...