Auctions
Market
No more horn section in Denmark
By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 13 February 2013
Rhino horns
The Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen has stopped selling rhinoceros horns following complaints from the public and the local chapter of the World Wildlife Fund. “At Bruun Rasmussen we have taken note of the numerous enquiries from the public, and… have decided to tighten up on our ethical guidelines,” it announced in a statement. In December, it withdrew from sale two polished rhinoceros horns, weighing 1.7kg and 4.2kg respectively and estimated at DKr150,000-DKr200,000 (€20,000-€27 000) and Dkr300,000-DKr400,000 (€40,000-€54,000). —Clemens Bomsdorf
Submit a comment
All comments are moderated. If you would like your comment to be approved, please use your real name, not a pseudonym. We ask for your email address in case we wish to contact you - it will not be
made public and we do not use it for any other purpose.
Want to write a longer comment to this article? Email letters@theartnewspaper.com