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Comb
France
ca. 1500
boxwood with bone, ebony and pewter inlays
“Collecting Treasures VII”
Blumka Gallery
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Blumka Gallery

COLLECTING MEDIEVAL
AND BAROQUE TREASURES

by Brook S. Mason

It just so happens that avant-gardists Jeff Koons and Georg Baselitz are both members of an esoteric collecting fraternity, devoted to medieval and Baroque works of art. A growing number of contemporary artists as well as contemporary art collectors are crossing over into this area, according to Munich dealer Florian Eitle-Böhler.

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