Auction Alerts

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of cultural items placed for sale at the auctions listed below. If there are any other auctions that you are aware of, please reach out to the Association. 

If you find an item that is sensitive to your Nation, please do the following:
​1.   Alert the Association immediately. Even if you are unsure about how the            item was dispossessed and cannot tell whether the item is legitimate, do            not wait to perform additional research.
2.  The Tribal representative should immediately contact the auction house             requesting that the item be removed so that further due diligence can be           performed.
3.  NAGPRA does not usually apply to items for sale. However, Tribal laws, and         state and other federal laws may apply to items that have been improperly         dispossessed, regardless of how long ago they were taken.
The Association can help.
Please contact us at general.aaia@indian-affairs.org or 240-314-7155
​so we can best support your efforts to protect cultural heritage. 

​Holabird Western Americana Collections in Reno, NV

This is a two-part online sale where highly sensitive Native American items are interwoven with contemporary items at this auction, titled, "Wigwam Auction". 

Listed separately below are the Tribal Nations affected by each "session". Please visit the auction site linked under each "session" to see a full display of what is being sold.

Auction Contact Info 
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3555 Airway Drive, Reno, NV 89511
info@holabirdamericana.com
775-851-1859
​1. Session 3: Art, Native Americana Part I - March 9, 2019

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Tribal Nations potentially affected:
  • ​​Alaskan Inuit
  • Alaska Native
  • Apache
  • Arapaho
  • Bannock
  • Canadian Eskimo
  • Cheyenne
  • Crow
  • Great Basin artifacts
  • Great Lakes
  • Hopi
  • Lakota
  • Navajo
  • Nez Perce
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Paiute
  • Pyramid Lake Paiute
  • Sioux
  • Shoshone
  • Washoe
  • Zuni​
​2. Session 4: Native Americana, Railroad Part II - March 10, 2019

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Tribal Nations potentially affected: 
  • ​​Acoma Pueblo
  • Akimel O'odham
  • Casa Grandes Region
  • Chattahoochee Region
  • Haida
  • Havasupai
  • Hopi
  • Jicarilla Apache
  • Maidu
  • Micmac
  • Navajo
  • Paiute
  • Papago
  • Pomo
  • Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Shoshone
  • Washoe
  • Western Mono
  • Yokuts
  • Yurok​

Artcurial in Paris, France

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at Artcurial in Paris, France begining on 03/27/2019. This is the first of several European sales to take place in March/April 2019. These items appear to be highly sensitive in nature.

The cultural items may be viewed by clicking on the associated site links below.

Auction Contact Info
Matthieu Fournier
mfournier@artcurial.com
Tribal Nations potentially affected:


​Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, OH.

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of these cultural items placed for sale at Cowan's online auction titled, "American Indian and Western Art: Premier Auction" beginning on 04/05/2019. 

This is their 3rd auction of Native American items in 2019. Highly sensitive Native American items are interwoven with contemporary items.

Auction Contact Info
Wes Cowan wescowan@gmail.com
Danica Farnand indianart@cowans.com
513-871-1670 (ext. 215)
Tribal Nations potentially affected:
  • ​​Acoma Pueblo
  • Akimel O’odham (Pima)
  • Alaskan Eskimo
  • Aleutian Island
  • Anishinaabe
  • Northeastern
  • Apache
  • Assiniboine
  • Athabaskan
  • Blackfeet
  • Chemehuevi
  • Cheyenne
  • Cheyenne River Sioux
  • Chilcotin
  • Chumash
  • Cochiti Pueblo
  • Cree
  • Crow
  • Delaware
  • Eastern Woodlands
  • Great Lakes
  • Gros Ventre
  • Haida
  • Heiltsuk
  • Hopewell
  • Hopi
  • Hunkpapa Lakota
  • Inuit
  • Kewa Pueblo
  • Kiowa
  • Kutenai
  • Kwakwaka’wakw
  • Lakota
  • Lenape
​
​
  • ​Mandan-Hidatsa​​
  • ​Mescalero Apache
  • ​Navajo
  • ​Nez Perce
  • ​Northern California
  • ​Northern Plains
  • Northwest Coast
  • ​Nuu-chah-nulth
  • Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • ​Old Bering Sea
  • ​Penobscot
  • ​Picuris Pueblo
  • ​Plains
  • Plateau​
  • ​Pueblo
  • ​Pomo
  • ​Salish
  • ​San Ildefonso
  • Santa Clara
  • ​Sioux
  • Skokomish
  • ​Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho
  • ​Southern Plains
  • ​​Tlingit
  • ​Tsimshian
  • ​Western Great Lakes
  • Ute
  • Yokut
  • Yupik
  • ​Zia
  • ​​Zuni​
​

​Lempertz’s Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas in Brussels, Belgium

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Lempertz's online auction titled, "Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas" beginning on 04/09/2019. This is one of several European sales to take place in March/April 2019. Below, you will find a link to each respective item.

Auction Contact Info
Lempertz Brüssel
Grote Hertstraat 6, Rue du Grand Cerf
Brüssel-1000 Brüssel

T +32 251405-86
F +32 251148-24
bruxelles@lempertz.com


The Tribal Nations potentially affected:

​Christie’s Auctions in Paris, France

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Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Christie's Auctions titled, "Art d’Afrique, d’Oceanie et d’Amerique du Nord" beginning on 04/10/2019.  This is one of several European sales to take place in March/April 2019. These items appear to be highly sensitive in nature. Above is a link to the eCatalogue. 

Auction Contact Info
Susan Kloman, International Director
skloman@christies.com
212-484-4898

Francois de Ricqles, President
fdricqles@christies.com

​
Tribal Nations potentially affected:
  • Inuit (Lot # 5, 9, 11)
  • Nootka (Lot #3)
  • Tlingit (Lot # 1, 2, 4, 12)
  • Yup'ik (Lot # 6, 7, 8, 10)

​Eve Auctions in Paris, France 

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​Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Eve Auctions titled, "Art Premiers: Precolumbien et
Amerindien" beginning on 04/10/2019. 

The Tribal Nations affected are not yet known. ​

​Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Denver, CO

Visit Site Here  **Cultural Items are not yet available for viewing on the site**

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers titled, "Arts of the American West" beginning on 05/02/2019 in addition to the online auction beginning on 05/10/2019.

The Tribal Nations affected are not yet known. 

​Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX

Visit Site Here  **Cultural Items are not yet available for viewing on the site**

Please assist us in identifying the sensitivity of the cultural items placed for sale at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers titled, "Ethnographic Art American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction" beginning on 06/25/2019.

The Tribal Nations affected are not yet known.