African Art survey (part 1)
African Art survey conclusions
The price of this report would normally be 39 €, but since I am working on my next E-Book on how to make money with African Art,
I want to put you in my inner circle and allow you to get these conclusions for
free. Just send me your remarks if you enjoyed it to david@african-antiques.com
In the next report I will also include some links to tools I use to do my research work to describe pieces and get access to provenances and background informations.
These conclusions are only in draft and not cleaned up
David Norden
I received 180 filled surveys among the 4000 readers of my newsletter, this a response rate of 4.5 %
The last six months did buy african art:
first place: 34 % bought between 2 and six time up to one piece per month
second place: 28 % did not buy any piece the last six months
third place: 21 % did buy one piece.
fourth place: 9 % did buy nearly every week
fifth place: 8% did buy two times a month
conclusion: most of the readers of the newsletter are quite active collectors, 72 % actually did buy a piece the last six months,
the majority of you buying between 4 and 12 pieces a year, and even a whooping 17% buying more than 24 pieces each
year.
What about "Authenticity" ?
36 % say they care about authenticity, and only buy from people they know can tell the difference themselves at auctions and from reputable dealers
18 % mainly buy things in Africa and from runners who visit their town
14 % consider themself as an expert and can recognise authentic pieces
12 % various or no respons
8 % only buy pieces that have an expertise document and/or with known provenance
6 % don't care and just buy what they like from whoever is trying to sell them
4 % inherited the collection
2 % only say they don't know what an authentic piece looks like
Around 60 % of you want to buy genuine items, preferably with a good provenance and around 30 % of you don't care about the provenance, and buy things pleasing to
them.
How is your relation to African Art ?
58 % of you are collectors
13 % are dealers
11 % both collector and dealer
9 % are fine art dealers
6 % only have an intelectual interest in African Art but don't collect.
3 % are dealer in African Art who buys mainly directly from African ateliers and runners
2/3 of my readers are collectors and one third are dealers
What are you interested in getting more information about ?
Buying tips (10): See more unpublished pieces. Nice and (maybe) old, but other things. Not always the same famous generally known art-items.
New things, new opportunity to buy and maybe later an good investment.
Fakes and/or thefts. How do you tell the difference, what to look for, what is going on in this area in different countries, etc.
Authenticity & provenance (13) of African & Oceanic Tribal Asian.
I would very much learn more about prices and how old the pieces can be. The differences in style etc.
Different pieces compared (II). authentic and non-authentic
Peer reviewed study & reports science and facts. Stylistic analysis based on fully vetted objects
( by qualified art conservators) peer reviewed sources (--> Jstor).
Undigged pieces / chronicle
How to look, how to identify, how to recognize the true pieces. material/origin/use
How to discover a fake!!!
Visual inspection tips. How we can be sure about autheticity by examining a piece?
How can I confirm the provenance, the authenticity of a piece...The history of an object - time and place of make - previous owners
I like to read interesting provenances; I've seen a few older pieces that come with notes or a notebook made by the person
who originally collected an item.
Age of bronzes, ivory certification, tribal use
- Travel & tribal art on the field (II) - live in the villages where Art are produced - documentations.
I like excellantly exiquited contemporary traditional pieces made for the indigenous market but not used.
Provenance is less of a concern than "made for local use".
Any information is always helpful but exact location of collection is most important to me.
-scams III
American market
European market
Determine value
- facts about and history of pieces. Who made it where did it come from. Who are the people who had it. What was its purpose
Tribes (10): Relation between form and use; Comparisons in form between neighboring tribes. specific information on reference material, use customs.
Tribal Asian (III) Southeast Asia
South America
Oceania
West Africa (III) - Ewe people, yoruba, Ghana, ibedji
East Africa (III) Ethiopia
Asante (gold)
Congo -Lulua
Fang Gabon
Mali - Dogon-Djenne
African archeology
Book as that tell about the tribes and their artifacts and use of them.
tribal descriptions, traditional rituals, contemporary rituals
Types Weapons
currencies
- Infos and comparative images on fakes and authentic items
- Infos on how to restaurate on my own items made of various materials (wood, stone, lether, cloth, metals etc) ; professional receipes for cleaning, re-sticking broken parts, preserving, etc old items of various materials
- Ideas for making own stands and supports for exposing art items
- Find authentic pieces at affordable prices
- Substances used to daube the masks in ,kaoline etc
Books
Selling tips .Price determination & selling pieces (6)
- How to determine specific selling price.
The prices sometimes vary widely on very similar pieces. Particularly auctioned pieces.
How to determine market value of some of my pieces
Especially I'm looking to build up a network of colleague-collectors.
Setting up such a (virtual but even better irl) network would be fantastic.
How to sell good pieces with no provenance at good prices
How to market a collection.
How to find wealthy clients
Share expertise
Want to pay for identifying, valuing & selling
Why ony auctions?
Field tips: Living in South Africa, take part in the preservation through collection of African artifacts and collectable wares
Auctions (II)
- private collections (III) I like to see items what people back at home have, intentions and thinking of other collectors
- exhibitions (II
-other than ebay that has african artifacts
- Legal cases
- conservation, display and mounting tips
- News Events, Fairs, News, Market, Ethnografic data, etc.
Museums, meet conservators.
- dealers, addresses of reputable dealers
- general information on tribal art market trends and development (IIII). different types/groups of collectors, eg weapons, beadwork etc
History of collecting, regional variations, marketplace trends.Current trends and directions in the African art market
I well understand issues of quality in western artworks but despite study have yet to develop a real "eye" when it comes to African art works.
My aesthetic understanding of African art needs fine tuning and I continue to have difficulty in ascertaining subtle differences in quality.
I would like further education on just what distinguishes quality in African art and accounts for the tremendous differences in prices.
I am still developing my eye and tastes and therefore find a lot of information useful, including good pictures and descriptions,
background information re provenance and importance, price ranges, authenticity issues.
Museums
studying african art and the developments of african art within the museum setting
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once a day: 24%
once a month : 34%
once a week : 42%
Newsletter content
I like many subject treated in every newsletter, leave it as is 55%
more pdf 6%
more video 1%
broadcast 3%
one subject 11%
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