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...
People: Songye Location: Southeastern DRC Population: 150,000 Arts: The distinctive art forms of the Songye are universally admired, with major collections and museums having at least one example. The actual...
Espoused and unconscious motivations for collecting African “antiques”By Gary Croft, Snohomish, WA, USA -- to preserve artifacts originating from “traditional cultures” that, if left “in situ,” would...