ABSTRACT
There is something special about objects from colonial territories owned by private collectors and art dealers. There are many, but no one knows how many; and there are certainly valuable pieces among them, but we don’t know the details about them. A few are visible, but only because they are in museums – via donation, long-term loan or for a temporary exhibition. About others there are mainly suspicions. Very occasionally they turn up during a visit to an antiques dealer, at an art fair, or in the catalogue of an auction house.
