The blanket featured
dramatic stripes and nearly tripled estimates.
Private
Collector Wins Navajo Chief's Blanket for $317,500 in New
York
NEW YORK CITY -- American Indian Art offered at Christie's first
auction of the 2003 season on January 13 did well with the 213
lots offered in the auction going 93 percent sold and grossing
$1,160,334.
Leading the way in the sale was an early classic Navajo chief's
wearing blanket in dramatic black, blue and white stripes that
nearly tripled presale estimates selling at $317,500 to a private
collector.
A Great Lakes effigy burl bowl also did well selling between
estimates at $65,725, while a Yupic Eskimo polychrome wood dance
mask sold to a European collector for $38,240.
Prices include the buyer's premium.
