Auction of Japanese Works of Art at Bonhams New York
Published February 13th, 2008
Bonhams will host its inaugural auction of Japanese art in New York City on 19 March 2008, featuring an auction of choice works from several private collections.
The sale is scheduled during New York City’s Asia Week and an international pool of collectors is expected to vie for desirable examples of sword fittings and netsuke from two East coast collections and prints from the Yoshida Family collection of Tokyo.
This first sale of Japanese art by Bonhams in New York is part of a plan for long-term growth of the international auctioneers’ sales of traditional, modern and contemporary Japanese art. Bonhams appointed two renowned specialists, Neil Davey and Suzannah Yip, formerly of Sotheby’s London, last July. This newly-assembled Bonhams team mounted a highly successful London auction of Japanese art during Asian Art in London Week in November 2007. Bonhams plans to hold Japanese art sales in New York twice each year coinciding with Asia Week in that city.
