Courtesy of Sotheby’s

A Ngbaka ancestor figure from the Republic of Congo.

September 2009 Auction Reviews

20th-Century Design

Impressionist & Modern Art

Contemporary Art

Old Masters

Christie’s

Leslie Hindman

Heritage

Antiquorum

Bloomsbury

PIASA

Dreweatts

Van Ham

Freeman’s

Rippon Boswell & Co.

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NEW YORK—Top lot: A Ngbaka ancestor figure from the Republic of Congo went for $1,258,500 — a record for a sculpture of this type. Nearly all the pieces from the collection of the Austrian-born American sculptor and his wife found buyers.

"In Brief: Sotheby's" originally appeared in the September 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's September 2009 Table of Contents.