Ottoman velvet smashes £100 estimate to fetch £46,800 in Sussex Auction
An Ottoman velvet panel with an estimate of £70–£90 sold for £39,000 (hammer price) at Bellmans, West Sussex on 6 December in its Antiques and Interiors sale.
Auctions
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Arthur Millner’s online auction achieves high prices
Arthur Millner, of 25 Blythe Road, concluded his second online auction on 7 November 2013, with some very strong results, particularly among the Himalayan bronzes and paintings, as well as Indian miniatures.The total sold was £184,879 (including premium at 20%).
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25 Blythe Road: Islamic, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
25 Blythe Road’s next Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian Works of Art online-only auction, run by Arthur Millner, will include a variety of Indian art and Buddhist Himalayan treasures, from 3 – 7 November 2013.
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Ancient Egyptian and Islamic Art online at Auctionata
Auctionata will be conducting an online auction of “Ancient Egyptian and Islamic Art from two important Collections”, on Friday 1 November 2013.
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Van Ham Cologne, Rugs & Tapestries auction, 30 October
Van Ham’s auction of Rugs and Tapestries in Cologne, Germany, on 30 October 2013, will be open for bidding online. The preview will be from 26 – 29 October. The sale includes a large selection of reasonably priced rugs and carpets at a venue which has been a happy hunting ground in the past for dealers… Read more »
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Koller Zürich Autumn carpet auction, 19 September 2013
Among the 120 diverse lots in Koller’s carpet sale in Zurich on 19 September 2013 are a number of attractive and interesting tribal and village rugs, not all in prime condition, but generally at enticingly low estimates, as well as a dramatic Uzbek suzani.
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Webb’s New Zealand: Art of Africa, Oceania (and the Americas), 14 September 2013
Webb’s auction house, Auckland, are to sell a diverse range of tribal and oceanic art, taking place Saturday 14 September, 2013 including an array of items from the cultures of Africa, Australia and the Americas.
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Bonhams Oriental Rugs and Carpets sale in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 29 July 2013
Alone among the major international auction houses, Bonhams still has dedicated North American sales of Oriental rugs and carpets, mainly in their West Coast salerooms, but also occasionally in New York. We show a selection of lots that will be offered simultaneously in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Monday 29 July 2013.
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The Thyssen Mughal Hunting Carpet at Sotheby’s
This mid-17th century North Indian Mughal carpet, until recently furnishing the Swiss home of the late Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, sold at Sotheby’s in New Bond Street, London, on 3 July 2013 (lot 23) for £314,000, approximately three times its lower estimate.
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For the Record: The Bacri-Clark Kerman Sickle Leaf Throne Carpet
Michael Franses asks whether the Bacri-Clark throne carpet will be remembered for a world-record price ‒ US $33,765,000 ‒ or judged by the glowing words written about it each of the many times it has been exhibited?
