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.

Gabon seeks return of rare Fang mask sold in France for over €4 million Authorities in Gabon have launched a legal battle to get back a precious wooden mask used in secret ceremonies by the Fang ...

Object Details Maker Bobo artist Label Text Among Bobo peoples of southeastern Burkina Faso, masks are owned by families and appear in initiation ceremonies, burial and funeral rites, harvest ...

Each dancer swings the mask in a figure 8, touching the ground with the top of the superstructure. Description Wood face mask with double cross superstructure, additional pieces at crossbar ends go up ...

An antiques dealer who bought an African mask for £130 and then sold it for £3.6million has won a legal battle with its previous owners - after a judge ruled the elderly French couple failed to ...

Edward Shaw of UNO, left, and Stephen Zubrod admire the collection of African artifacts that Zubrod’s father, Dr. C. Gordon Zubrod, brought home from the trips he took as a leading cancer ...

Lot Performance Against Estimate Sculpture A comparison of an artwork’s realized price at auction to its pre-sale estimate, expressed as a percentage. This metric indicates whether a lot sold above, ...

The mask - which the auctioneers had initially valued at €300,000 - was bought for €4.2m by an unnamed bidder. The couple then launched a civil case to annul the sale.