Bonhams, which will host the sale on May 2, has put the value of 'The Cell Door, Robben Island' -- completed in 2002 by the Nobel peace laureate -- at $60,000 to $90,000.
Bonhams, which will host the sale on May 2, has put the value of"The Cell Door, Robben Island" -- completed in 2002 by the Nobel peace laureate -- at $60,000 to $90,000."The word 'iconic' is so overused but to have a drawing of one of the most important men of the 20th century... would be a remarkable thing," Giles Peppiatt, the auction house's director of modern African art, told AFP.
"It's the first time this work has ever been exhibited in public. It's also the first work by Nelson Mandela ever to be sold in the open market."
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