A Japanese ivory netsuke of a reclining rat, one of the pieces of Japanese artwork being auctioned off by the failed Bank of Lincolnwood.
By Becky Yerak
| Japanese artwork and space memorabilia owned by the failed Bank of Lincolnwood and appraised at more than $30,000 is being auctioned by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The auction, being run by Rick Levin & Associates, continues through April 28.
Assets include Japanese ivory miniature sculptures of such subjects as: a recumbent boar with its “ludicrously extended snout raised heavenwards”; a reclining rat with bulging eyes and a baby rat on its tail; and a warty toad crouching on a stump. All three are starting at $480 apiece.
