SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams looks forward to presenting its inaugural auction solely devoted to Oceanic Art on February 11 in San Francisco, with 150 lots of original, diverse works from the regions of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Indonesia and Australia, that will appeal to both seasoned and entry-level collectors. The auction is timed to occur alongside the 26th Annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, non-affiliated with Bonhams, February 10-12 at the Fort Mason Center. Leading the Oceanic Art auction at Bonhams will be a rare and important Rarotonga or Atiu pole-club, ‘akatara,’ of the Cook Islands (pre-sale est. $75,000-100,000), with provenance from Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) of Bath, Maine; thence by descent. Seawall was candidate for Vice President of the United States with William Bryan in 1896, and was one of the earliest and most prominent shipbuilders of Bath. His son, Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924),