African Artifacts Lifelong Collection Dual Platform Auction

Kellies Estate Services

Date(s) 9/10/2023 - 9/24/2023

ONLINE AUCTION ONLY! This auction runs from 9/10/2023 12:00 PM EST Through 9/24/2023 7:00 PM EST. This auction has a soft closing.

AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, CLOTHING, MATERIAL AND A HUGE HOUSE FULL OF SO MUCH MORE! Written by the late Zen'e's daughter,During my mom’s first trip to South Africa, she met kindred spirits, artists and clothing designers that introduced her to more art than she could house. As local people became more and more interested in buying art, my mom’s business “Africentricity” was born.Africentricity was not only a way to sell art, it was a platform for my mother to educate her community about African history and culture.Her friendships with the artists she met in Africa were a direct connection to bringing a unique experience to the city. My mom was able to create displays for local school events, she showcased art for major concerts, and hosted events for people looking to bring art into their homes.She always dreamed about having a home in the Boston Edison District and selling African art from 829 Chicago was a joy for her!! Obituary: Zené lived an abundant and extraordinary life! She was born Frances L. Johnson on Monday, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1949 in Detroit's Historic Black Bottom to Willie and Ernest Johnson. After being double promoted for her academic accomplishments, she graduated as “Best Dressed” & Class Secretary from Northwestern High School’s Class of 1966. She then attended the HBCU Wilberforce University (in Wilberforce, OH) and was the first person in her family to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970.After returning to Detroit, Frances was hired as one of the first black female probation officers for the State Of Michigan Department Of Corrections. Frances then attended The Shrine Of The Black Madonna where she was baptized and renamed as Zené Diallo, with the intention of revolutionizing racial tensions and empowering her community. That intention was fulfilled throughout her work personally and professionally as she touched so many lives.In the mid and late 1970s she celebrated the birth of her children Talibah and Askia.Zené understood the concept of “multiple streams of income” and expanded her love of modeling, African Art, cosmetology, and baking into fruitful entrepreneurial businesses.Zené frequently traveled and was a social butterfly who was passionate about a variety of hobbies including her work with the Boston-Edison Historic District Historical Society, and she enjoyed DIY home projects, sewing, bike riding, racquetball, teaching yoga, landscaping and gardening, concerts, long drives filled with music, ballroom dancing, family gatherings and keeping in touch with all her friends.A woman blessed with unwavering faith, Zené served faithfully at Fellowship Chapel for many years.

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Large collection of baseball sports pins

VINTAGE SIGNED GOLD FLORAL BOUQUET BROOCH

Vintage sterling Native American brooch

Chanel Brown Tweed Camellia Flower Form Brooch

Vintage TAC flower & Gerry’s Bee brooches

Masonic / Knights Templar Style Costume Brooch

Calgary Olympics framed lapel pins ltd edition

18K Yellow Gold Ruby & Pearl Circular Pin

Misc. Pins

Vtg deer pin

Vintage 14k GF NFBPWC PIN National Federation

STUNNING VINTAGE GOLD CLEAR CRYSTAL ONYX BROOCH

Calgary Olympics commemorative pin set

USSR Moscow Olympic Pins

Coro Sterling Silver Bird 1.75" Brooch

USAF Missleman Pins

KSU lapel pin

Navy & Pins

Large collection of baseball sports pins

Vintage Large Snake Brooch Pin with Multi Colored

Baseball Pins

3 Service Award pins

Misc. Pins

Sterling Antique Scimitar & Sheath Pin Rose Quartz

VINTAGE SIGNED "GIOVANNI" GOLD LONG STEM ROSE

GORGEOUS VINTAGE CLEAR CRYSTAL CIRCLE BROOCH

Antique American Red Cross G Pin Lapel

VINTAGE AMERICAN GREETINGS BUTTON PIN "I MAY NOT

Large collection of baseball sports pins

Vintage Red Adair Lapel and Hat Pins (4)

Elegant Vintage Dragonfly Brooch Emerald Color

Political Buttons

VINTAGE SILVER PINK CRYSTAL THORNED HEART BROOCH

Chanel Runway Gold-Tone Metal Pins, 4

Butterfly and Band Lot

Crayons pin

VINATGE STERLING SILVER ELEGANT LADIES BROOCHES

1978 Fur Rondy booster button

(2) Vintage Micro Mosaic glass brooches / pins

SWARVOSKI CRAB BROOCH WITH ENAMEL & PEARL DETAILS

VINTAGE SIGNED SARAH COV GOLD & RED BEETLE BROOCH

Leaf brooch

VINTAGE 19040'S SIGNED "COROCRAFT" GOLD BROOCH

Marboux, Calla Lilly Pearl Brooch, Gold Tone,

Jimmy Carter Campaign Buttons

Hand Painted Porcelin Brooches

14K White Gold Bar Pin Tourmaline

HEIDI DAUS WATERMELON SLICE CRYSTALS BROOCH

David Webb 18K Enamel Frog Lapel Pin

Souvenir Horseshoe Pin (Oklahoma)

Gerald Ford Campaign Buttons

Antique Daughters of Rebekah Brooch

Vintage CCCP Interkosmos Kopernik 500 Soviet

Courtney Peterson Sterling Silver Bumble Bee

VINTAGE RACE CAR MUSTANG PIN PINBACK STRUTT YUR

UNIQUE VINTAGE GOLD CREAM COLOR ENAMEL BUTTERFLY

Vintage brooch poinsettia AB rhinestones

Brooch with Pair of Barettes 1-1/2” Square

Smithsonian Reproduction of Hope Diamond Brooch

GOLD GREECE ATHENA OWL TETRADRACHM A-19 900 COIN

MINNIE MOUSE PIN DISNEY AA M MARK POGOSTICK POGO

Vintage Signed Craft Black Enamel Horse Head

Vintage 14K Gold & Rubies Wefferling Berry & Co

Broaches, Lapel Pins, Cuff Links

Frog pin

Chicken Pin Cushons

VTG SIGNED DANECRAFT STERLING DOUBLE BUTTERFLY

Flag Pins

RED RHINESTONE HEART BROOCH PENDANT

Vintage USAF Buttons

14K Gold Brooch Purple Sapphire

2 vintage butterfly brooches, 1 marked sterling &

Vintage Pins 1916 H & S & Peterborough C 1

BN Artifact Pin

VINTAGE 1940s SIGNED "MADE IN GERMANY" GOLD BROOCH

GOLD TONE VINTAGE RIFLE WITH BLUE MICRO MOSAIC

Calgary Olympics commemorative pin set

Vintage Signed Jeanne Owl Brooch with Faux