BOONTON, N.J. — Across three days, May 15-17, Millea Bros Auctioneers conducted its Select Auction, which covered all the bases: modern and contemporary art and design, Asian arts, American and British arts and antiques, Native American arts, Continental art and antiques, carpets, African and Oceanic arts, books and historical letters. Competing with about 1,095 other lots, the top finisher across all three days was a malagan, or funerary carving, from the northern New Ireland people of Papua New Guinea. The Nineteenth Century sculpture was carved from wood and, with white and red pigment, depicted a mythological figure. Standing at 53 inches tall and 13 inches wide, the carving was paired with a custom metal stand and came from the estate of Oceania collectors Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright. Exceeding its $80,000 high estimate, the symbolic figure brought $100,000 with buyer’s premium. A more in-depth review of the sale will be in a forthcoming issue.