Modern antiquity: Queen Nefertiti bust from 1930
At Van Ham (27% buyer’s premium) in Cologne on November 12, the auctioneers were overwhelmed with bids when an early 20th century plaster copy of an iconic ancient Egyptian bust came up for sale with a guide of €6000.
It was a depiction of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the Pharaoh Echnaton (Akhenaton), and is an exact c…