THE NEW YORKER
Goings On About Town, Above and Beyond
January 17, 2011
AUCTIONS AND ANTIQUES
The auction houses are just beginning to emerge from their holiday break, with Christie’s in the lead. The house will hold the first in a series of auctions of Americana, a selection of Native American art, on Jan. 18. The sale, which is curated by John Molloy, a New York dealer specializing in the trade, includes a deer-hide shirt made by members of the Illinois tribe in the mid-eighteenth century, as well as a gorgeous pair of moccasins from the late eighteenth century, decorated with geometric orange and red braiding and bright-red horsehair tassels. (20 Rockefeller Plaza, at 49th St. 212-636-2000.)
View the sale on-line: www.christies.com

John quoted in the WSJ:
 
A Mask That Inspired Masters
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John Molloy, a rival dealer who also advises Christie's on Native American art, says the Donati mask is a superb specimen. "The influence of this mask and others collected by Twitchell on the group of Surrealists living in New York in the 1940s is immeasurable but undeniable. It's a great piece and deserves to be the record-holder."